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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

JPL News - Day in Review

NASA's Webb Maps Weather on Planet 280 Light-Years Away | NASA Grants Support Academic Collaborations | Defrosting Dunes | 
 
Day in Review
Exoplanets
This artist's concept shows what the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b could look like
Webb's MIRI instrument, managed through launch by JPL, has illuminated conditions on a planet that's Jupiter-size but closer to its star than Mercury is to the Sun. Read More
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JPL Life

The Science Mission Directorate Bridge Program funds research projects at under-resourced academic institutions to build or strengthen relationships with NASA. Read More

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Defrosting Dunes


This field of sand dunes in the Martian springtime was recently captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.


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Monday, April 29, 2024

JPL News - Day in Review

Solar Storms at Mars | Webb Captures Horsehead Nebula | Launch Date Set for PREFIRE | 
 
Day in Review
Mars
Coronal mass ejection
The Sun will be at peak activity this year, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and radiation could affect future astronauts on the Red Planet. Read More
Horsehead Nebula

Stars and Galaxies

The mid-infrared instrument (MIRI), managed through launch by NASA-JPL, helped reveal for the first time the small-scale structures of the nebula's edge. Read More

Climate Change

Data from the mission will improve our understanding of how the Arctic and Antarctic help to regulate Earth's climate, the mechanisms of polar ice loss, and related issues of sea level rise and sea ice loss. Read More

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Voyager 1 to Madrid


In a historic first, all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex carried out a test to receive data from Voyager 1 at the same time.


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