25 April 2016
Near-Earth asteroid population smaller than thought
... information on this research, please see http://arxiv.org/pdf/1604.06328.pdf 1) Source http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov
04 May 2016
Martian minerals point to subglacial volcanoes
... beneath an ice sheet and are labelled as sulfates (blue) and iron oxides (pink). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/JHUAPL/ASU Using the spacecraft's Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), the team...
04 July 2016
JUNO's orbit insertion phase starts soon!
...transmitting telemetry. The burn is performed in view of Earth, allowing its progress to be monitored by the mission teams at NASA JPL and Lockheed Martin Space Systems via signal reception by Deep Space Network antennas in Goldstone, California, and...
18 July 2016
NASA unveils new Mars 2020 rover
..., and it could also provide useful engineering information," said Mars 2020 Deputy Project Manager Matt Wallace of JPL.
05 September 2016
Surprises for Jupiter as Juno sends back its first images
... image giving an unprecedented view of Jupiter's souther aurora, as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on August 27, 2016. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/ASI/INAF/JIRAM Due to Earth’s position in respect to Jupiter's south pole, the gas giant...
30 December 2016
NEOWISE spots two new objects heading our way
... with a comet. "2016 WF9 could have cometary origins," said Deputy Principal Investigator James "Gerbs" Bauer at JPL. "This object illustrates that the boundary between asteroids and comets is a blurry one; perhaps over time...
