NASA's Kepler mission has verified 1,284 new planets—the single largest finding of planets to date.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 10, 2016
During a recent stargazing session, NASA's Cassini spacecraft watched a bright star pass behind the plume of gas and dust that spews from Saturn's icy moon Enceladus...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 9, 2016
Volcanoes erupted beneath an ice sheet on Mars billions of years ago, far from any ice sheet on the Red Planet today, new evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 4, 2016
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has nearly finished crossing a stretch of the most rugged and difficult-to-navigate terrain encountered during the mission's 44 months...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | May 2, 2016
Of the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Titan is the only one with a dense atmosphere and large liquid reservoirs on its surface, making it in some ways more...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 28, 2016
Imagine you want to measure the size of a room, but it's completely dark. If you shout, you can tell if the space you're in is relatively big or small, depending...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 27, 2016
Craters with bright material on dwarf planet Ceres shine in new images from NASA's Dawn mission.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 20, 2016
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 15, 2016
Using satellite data on how water moves around Earth, NASA scientists have solved two mysteries about wobbles in the planet's rotation—one new and one more than...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 14, 2016
During a scheduled contact on Thursday, April 7, mission operations engineers discovered that the Kepler spacecraft was in Emergency Mode (EM). EM is the lowest...NASA From ACM News | April 11, 2016
Astronomers have made great strides in discovering planets outside of our solar system, termed "exoplanets."Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 8, 2016
From its perch high on a ridge, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this image of a Martian dust devil twisting through the valley below.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 6, 2016
NASA's long-lived Mars rover Opportunity is driving to an alternative hillside target after a climb on the steepest slope ever tackled by any Mars rover.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 4, 2016
In a nod to extraterrestrial mountaineers of the future, scientists working on NASA's Cassini mission have identified the highest point on Saturn's largest moon...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 28, 2016
Scientists from NASA's Dawn mission unveiled new images from the spacecraft's lowest orbit at Ceres, including highly anticipated views of Occator Crater, at the...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 24, 2016
A new map of Mars' gravity made with three NASA spacecraft is the most detailed to date, providing a revealing glimpse into the hidden interior of the Red Planet...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 22, 2016
A year ago, Pluto was just a bright speck in the cameras of NASA's approaching New Horizons spacecraft, not much different than its appearances in telescopes since...NASA From ACM News | March 18, 2016