NASA Funds Proposals for Microgravity Laboratory | Public Can Help NASA Search for Young Planetary Systems

 

LATEST NEWS NASA Selects International Space Station Physical Science Research Proposals NASA will fund seven proposals, including one from JPL, to conduct physics research on the agency's new microgravity laboratory, launching to the International Space Station. Read more NASA-Sponsored 'Disk Detective' Lets Public Search for New Planetary Nurseries NASA invites the public to help find young planetary systems in data from the agency's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission. Read more

 

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NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars

LATEST NEWS NASA Preparing for 2014 Comet Watch at Mars A close flyby of Mars in 2014 by comet Siding Spring could deliver opportunities for learning, but also possible hazards for orbiting spacecraft. NASA is preparing for both. › Read full story

 

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NASA Radar Maps the Winter Pace of Iceland's Glaciers

LATEST NEWS NASA Radar Maps the Winter Pace of Iceland's Glaciers A high-precision radar instrument from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., left Southern California for Iceland today to create detailed maps of how glaciers move in the dead of winter. › Read full story

 

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NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Activation Countdown

LATEST NEWS NASA Instruments on European Comet Spacecraft Begin Countdown Three NASA science instruments are being prepared for check-out operations aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus in November. › Read full story

 

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NASA's Opportunity at 10: New Findings from Old Rover

LATEST NEWS NASA's Opportunity at 10: New Findings from Old Rover New findings from rock samples collected and examined by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity have confirmed an ancient wet environment that was milder and older than the acidic and oxidizing conditions told by rocks the rover examined previously. › Read full story

 

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Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Ceres | NASA Launches 5 Earth Missions

 

LATEST NEWS Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres. Read more NASA Set for a Big Year in Earth Science For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth science missions will be launched into space in the same year. Read more

 

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NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation

LATEST NEWS NASA Receives Mars 2020 Rover Instrument Proposals for Evaluation NASA has received 58 proposals for science and exploration technology instruments to fly aboard the agency's next Mars rover in 2020, twice the usual number submitted for instrument competitions in the recent past, and an indicator of the extraordinary interest in exploration of the Red Planet. › Read full story

 

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NASA Hosts News Conference About 10 Years of Roving on Mars

LATEST NEWS NASA Hosts News Conference About 10 Years of Roving on Mars NASA's Opportunity rover was built for a three-month mission on Mars, but continues to return valuable scientific data 10 years later. NASA will reflect on the rover's work in a news conference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) Thursday, Jan. 23. › Read full story

 

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NASA/JPL's Educator Resource Center Has Moved!

This is a feature of the NASA/JPL Education Office                                          Jan. 21, 2014 NASA/JPL's Educator Resource Center Has Moved!   The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Educator Resource Center (ERC), which provides K-12 and informal educators with free math and science materials, workshops and hands-on activities, has a new home at JPL in Pasadena, Calif., and is officially open and ready for business. Educators can still obtain posters, lithographs, educator guides with activities, booklets and information on NASA/JPL missions (subject to availability) by contacting the ERC. Items can be sent via mail or educators may call the ERC to set up an in-person visit. The ERC's popular Saturday educator workshops, occurring several times throughout the year, will be held at JPL's Von Karman Auditorium. An email with a schedule of upcoming workshops for 2014 will go out soon. The schedule will also be available online at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=387. For more information about the ERC's new location, hours and contact information, visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=115. Follow @NASAJPL_Edu on Twitter for the latest updates about JPL education workshops, activities and resources. - end -

 

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Rosetta: To Chase a Comet

LATEST NEWS Rosetta: To Chase a Comet Comets are among the most beautiful and least understood nomads of the night sky. To date, half a dozen of these most heavenly of heavenly bodies have been visited by spacecraft in an attempt to unlock their secrets. › Read full story

 

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Eight Seconds of Terror | Mars Exploration Rover 10-Year Anniversary Tonight

 

LATEST NEWS Eight Seconds of Terror Twenty years ago, Southern California was rocked by a devastating 6.7 earthquake. A JPL scientist reflects on the lessons of Northridge and what lies ahead, and beneath. Read more Free Mars Exploration Rover 10-Year Anniversary Event Tonight The public is invited to share, either in person or online, in a 10-year anniversary event for the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER), Spirit and Opportunity, tonight at 7 p.m. PST (10 p.m. EST). Read more

 

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NASA: Cracked Sea Ice Stirs Up Arctic Mercury Concern

LATEST NEWS NASA: Cracked Sea Ice Stirs Up Arctic Mercury Concern Vigorous mixing in the air above large cracks in Arctic sea ice that expose seawater to cold polar air pumps atmospheric mercury down to the surface, finds a NASA field campaign. This process can lead to more of the toxic pollutant entering the food chain, where it can negatively affect the health of fish and animals who eat them, including humans. › Read more

 

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Enter the Wake Up Rosetta Video Contest

 

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Hubble Probes Faraway Galaxies | NEOWISE Spots New Asteroid | Spitzer Examines Stormy Stars

LATEST NEWS NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Team up to Probe Faraway Galaxies NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes are providing a new perspective on the remote universe, including new views of young and distant galaxies bursting with stars. Read more Recently Reactivated NASA Spacecraft Spots Its First New Asteroid NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen asteroid -- its first such discovery since coming out of hibernation last year. Read more Stormy Stars? NASA's Spitzer Probes Weather on Brown Dwarfs Swirling, stormy clouds may be ever-present on cool celestial orbs called brown dwarfs. New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that most brown dwarfs are roiling with one or more planet-size storms akin to Jupiter's "Great Red Spot." Read more

 

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NASA Hosts 10-Year Anniversary for Mars Rovers | Kepler Provides Insights on Enigmatic Planets

 

LATEST NEWS NASA and Smithsonian to Host 10-Year Anniversary Events for Mars Rovers NASA and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington are sponsoring events to commemorate 10 years of roving across the Red Planet by the Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). Read more NASA's Kepler Provides Insights on Enigmatic Planets More than three-quarters of the planet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler spacecraft have sizes ranging from that of Earth to that of Neptune. Read more

 

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