Pasadena missed out on the fireworks at the Rose Bowl this year, but a comet will provide a show to remember starting this weekend, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. A comet known to scientists as C/2020 F3 NEOWISE,will be most visible in the nort... More »
Scientists at Pasadena’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are hosting an online workshop Tuesday afternoon to explain their work on the upcoming NASA’s Mars 2020 mission,tentatively set to launch late this month, and its groundbreaking robotic explorer, the Persevera... More »
How do you design a vehicle that can withstand the furnace-like heat and crushing pressures of Venus? One idea being explored by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a wind-powered clockwork rover, and it’s just been given a boost by designers, the maker commun... More »
After more than a year in a clay-rich region, Curiosity is making a mile-long journey around some deep sand so that it can explore higher up Mount Sharp. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has started a road trip that will continue through the summer across roughly a... More »
The long-anticipated launch of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, carrying the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Perseverance rover and first-of-its kind Mars Ingenuity helicopter, has been pushed back by at least 10 days after engineers detected an anomaly during pre-flight... More »
The planetary explorers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena are inviting students across the nation to design their own versions of wheels to help robotic rovers traverse the Red Planet. Entries as digital 3-D models are preferred, although student... More »
Smart phone apps provide nearly instantaneous navigation on Earth; the Deep Space Atomic Clock could do the same for future robotic and human explorers. As the time when NASA will begin sending humans back to the Moon draws closer, crewed trips to Mars are an ... More »
Most of us know that feeling of trying to retrieve a memory that does not come right away. You might be watching a romantic comedy featuring that famous character actor who always plays the best friend and find yourself unable to recall her name (it’s Judy Gre... More »
A team of three Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists has invented a 3D-printed necklace that vibrates to alert wearers when their hands near their faces to help stem the spread of COVID-19, and they gave away the plans for it on Thursday. PULSE is meant to pro... More »
Caltech scientists may have spotted light emanating from a pair of coalescing black holes. The event would mark the first time light has been seen coming from a merger of black holes When two black holes spiral around each other and ultimately collide, they se... More »
Born in Pasadena and destined to make history on the Red Planet, engineers have been making final adjustments to NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which its creators hope will become the first experimental test flight of a powered aircraft on another planet af... More »
Excitement continues to build at JPL with the launch of the most technologically advanced rover ever sent to Mars just one month away. The JPL-built rover Perseverance includes an array of scientific instruments, and it will make aerospace history — carrying a... More »
