Stone’s remarkable tenure on NASA’s longest-operating mission spans decades of historic discoveries and firsts. | Continue reading
Built to help scientists understand how dust affects climate, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation can also pinpoint emissions of the potent greenhouse gas. | Continue reading
Observations from the spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique science. | Continue reading
Over 100 participants from 18 countries – including NASA scientists and the agency’s NEOWISE mission – took part in the international exercise. | Continue reading
The Deep Space Network is NASA’s international network of facilities used to communicate with faraway spacecraft exploring our solar system. | Continue reading
Earlier this week, we received this question from a fan on Facebook who wondered how many decimals of the mathematical constant pi (π) NASA-JPL scientists and engineers use when making calculations:Does JPL only use 3.14 for its pi calculations? Or do you use more decimals like s … | Continue reading
A concept in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory would allow potential planetary missions to chase interesting clues in subsurface oceans. | Continue reading
A supermassive black hole 9 billion light-years away appears to have a companion black hole orbiting around it. As the orbit shrinks, the pair gets closer to merging. | Continue reading
Imagery has come down from Mars capturing a recent flight in which the rotorcraft flew farther and faster than ever before. | Continue reading
NASA's InSight lander took this final selfie on April 24, 2022. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, or in its second selfie, taken in March and April of 2019. | Continue reading
Eyeing some of the components that enabled the rover to get safely to the Martian surface could provide valuable insights for future missions. | Continue reading
Hosted by JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, the data can be used by the science community to better understand how asteroids break up when entering the atmosphere. | Continue reading
With its recent 21st flight complete, the Red Planet rotorcraft is on its way to setting more records during its second year of operations. | Continue reading
Can you use π (pi) to solve these stellar math problems faced by NASA scientists and engineers? | Continue reading
A design quirk in the X-ray observatory has made it possible for astronomers to use previously unwanted light to study even more cosmic objects than before. | Continue reading
The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located. | Continue reading
Six facsimile sample tubes hang on the sample tube board in this image taken in the offices of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. | Continue reading
Learn about pi and the history of Pi Day before exploring some of the ways the number is used at NASA. Then, try the math for yourself in our Pi Day Challenge. | Continue reading
Create a video game that lets players explore the Red Planet with a helicopter like the one going to Mars with NASA's Perseverance rover! | Continue reading
The observatory will map the entire sky to study the rapid expansion of the universe after the big bang, the composition of young planetary systems, and the history of galaxies. | Continue reading
The spacecraft has been collecting data on the gas giant's interior since July 2016. Some of its latest findings touch on "hot spots" in the planet's atmosphere. | Continue reading