NASA's Lunabotics Junior Contest offers students in grades K-12 the opportunity to design lunar-excavating robots.
NASA From ACM TechNews | October 26, 2021
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration dispatched two robots to the Arctic in early July to collect sea surface temperature data.
NASA From ACM TechNews | September 20, 2021
On its final flyby of Saturn's largest moon in 2017, NASA's Cassini spacecraft gathered radar data revealing that the small liquid lakes in Titan's northern hemisphere...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 17, 2019
Scientists working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover have been excited to explore a region called "the clay-bearing unit" since before the spacecraft launched.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 16, 2019
It probably goes without saying, but this isn't your everyday satellite dish. In fact, it's not a satellite dish at all.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 2, 2019
A new study reveals asteroid impacts on ancient Mars could have produced key ingredients for life if the Martian atmosphere was rich in hydrogen.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 28, 2019
The farthest object ever explored is slowly revealing its secrets, as scientists piece together the puzzles of Ultima Thule—the Kuiper Belt object NASA's New Horizons...NASA From ACM News | March 22, 2019
A NASA spacecraft that will return a sample of a near-Earth asteroid named Bennu to Earth in 2023 made the first-ever close-up observations of particle plumes erupting...NASA From ACM News | March 19, 2019
Over 29 days last spring, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity documented this 360-degree panorama from multiple images taken at what would become its final...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 14, 2019
The Cigar Galaxy (also known as M82) is famous for its extraordinary speed in making new stars, with stars being born 10 times faster than in the Milky Way.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 6, 2019
NASA's Mars InSight lander has a probe designed to dig up to 16 feet (5 meters) below the surface and measure heat coming from inside the planet.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 5, 2019
Scientists have reproduced in the lab how the ingredients for life could have formed deep in the ocean 4 billion years ago. The results of the new study offer clues...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | February 26, 2019
The mission team called it a "stretch goal—just before closest approach, precisely pointing the cameras on NASA's New Horizons spacecraft to snap the sharpest possible...NASA From ACM News | February 25, 2019
No matter how cold your winter has been, it's probably not as chilly as Mars. Check for yourself: Starting today, the public can get a daily weather report from...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | February 21, 2019
NASA has selected a new space mission that will help astronomers understand both how our universe evolved and how common are the ingredients for life in our galaxy's...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | February 19, 2019
After 15 years, the mission of NASA's Opportunity rover has come to an end, but its successes on Mars have earned it a spot in the robot hall of fame. Here's what...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | February 14, 2019
One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface...NASA From ACM News | February 13, 2019
An evocative new image sequence from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft offers a departing view of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) nicknamed Ultima Thule—the target of...NASA From ACM News | February 12, 2019