15 July 2020
Comet Neowise puts on a spectacular show
... a teleconference whereby the public and media can pose their comet conundrums to a panel of experts from NASA, JPL, and the NEOWISE mission. The NASA Science Live episode will air live at 15:00 EDT (19:00 GMT) Wednesday...
10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
... saturation in the ocean and is being incorporated in the crust upon freezing,” says Julie Castillo-Rogez also at JPL. As such, Ceres’ ocean could be nearing the end of its life. Still, there are many unknowns when...
18 February 2021
Success for NASA as Perseverance lands on Mars
... will be to take pictures of its new home and transmit them back to Earth. A flurry of images were received by JPL ground crew shortly after the craft landed and more expected soon. During the next four...
19 April 2021
Success for NASA as Ingenuity makes the first ever powered, controlled flight on Mars
... less than a minute, was autonomous – piloted by onboard guidance, navigation, and control systems developed by the team at JPL. Its success was hailed as a Wright Brothers moment, and indeed Ingenuity carries a bit of wing fabric from...
21 May 2021
New study suggests organic salts are likely present on Mars
Using instruments stowed on board NASA’s Curiosity rover, scientists at JPL have found what could be organic salts on the martian surface. These salts are the chemical leftovers of ...
24 January 2022
Solar sail mission will intercept and study small asteroid
..., all within the five to 30 m size range,” said Julie Castillo-Rogez, the mission’s principal science investigator at JPL. “It is a chance to study a class of asteroid that we currently know very little about.” The asteroid 2020 GE was first...
