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NASA Launches International Mission to Survey Earth’s Water
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Kelvin waves, a potential precursor of El Niño conditions in the ocean, are rolling across the equatorial Pacific toward the coast of South America. .
May 12, 2023
While the CubeSat couldn’t reach the lunar South Pole to help seek ice, it fulfilled several technology goals that will empower future missions for the benefit of humanity. .
Evidence left in rocks is leading scientists to rethink what watery environments looked like on ancient Mars. .
May 11, 2023
A science team gains new insight into the atmosphere of a “mini-Neptune,” a class of planet common in the galaxy but about which little is known. .
May 10, 2023
A versatile robot that would autonomously map, traverse, and explore previously inaccessible destinations is being put to the test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. .
May 8, 2023
Three glowing disks of dusty debris encircling a young star are reminiscent of our solar system’s asteroid belt. .
The work is based on new modeling and explores how oceans could exist in unlikely places in our solar system. .
May 4, 2023
A star nearing the end of its life swelled up and absorbed a Jupiter-size planet. In about 5 billion years, our Sun will go through a similar end-of-life transition. .
May 3, 2023
Led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the short videos take audiences behind the scenes to learn more about how space missions come together. .
May 2, 2023
The mission is gathering observations with airborne sensors, a research ship, and autonomous instruments like gliders that skim the upper layers of the Pacific Ocean. .
May 1, 2023
The plan will keep Voyager 2’s science instruments turned on a few years longer than previously anticipated, enabling yet more revelations from interstellar space. .
April 26, 2023
One of six instruments aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, CRISM produced global maps of minerals on the Red Planet’s surface. .
April 25, 2023
