The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter snapped this series of pictures of sand dunes in the north polar region of Mars. The area covered in each of the five panels is about 0.8 mile (1.3 kilometers)... More »
This artist’s concept shows the Euclid spacecraft. The telescope will launch to an orbit around the sun-Earth Lagrange point L2. The Lagrange point is a location where the gravitational pull of two large masses, the sun and Earth in this case, precisely equals... More »
MAHLI’s First Night Imaging of Martian Rock, White Lighting This image of a Martian rock illuminated by white-light LEDs (light emitting diodes) is part of the first set of nighttime images taken by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the ro... More »
Nearly 500 design enthusiasts and architecture aficionados joined the Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts (PSHA) in the City of Arcadia this past Friday for their annual Empty House Party. Held at a stunning 1941 Monterey Colonial style estate that was design... More »
A full-scale model of the Curiosity Mars rover as well as ‘the first image of Mars’ will be on display at the Jan. 23 premier of ‘The Changing Face of Mars’ at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Space enthusiasts will be able to get “... More »
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is seen here in a new view from the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA participation. Image credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS/L. Decin et al Orion, the famous hunter presiding over northe... More »
As NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity neared the ninth anniversary of its landing on Mars, the rover was working in the ‘Matijevic Hill’ area seen in this view from Opportunity’s panoramic camera (Pancam). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona ... More »
A full-scale model of the Curiosity Mars rover as well as ‘the first image of Mars’ will be on display at the Jan. 23 premier of ‘The Changing Face of Mars’ at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Space enthusiasts will be able to get... More »
This view of layered rocks on the floor of McLaughlin Crater shows sedimentary rocks that contain spectroscopic evidence for minerals formed through interaction with water. The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnais... More »
Participants in a NASA Social to preview the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory’s (MSL) Curiosity rover photograph NASA and JPL personnel as they hold up tires from various Mars rovers over the years during a NASA Social held at the Jet Propulsion Laborato... More »
A model of the Mars rover Curiosity, similar to the one shown here, will ride in the Inaugural Parade on Jan. 21. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech It’s an all-American, once-every-four-years tradition: the inauguration of a president. On Monday, Jan. 21, the R... More »
At left, the extent of the 2005 megadrought in the western Amazon rainforests during the summer months of June, July and August as measured by NASA satellites. The most impacted areas are shown in shades of red and yellow. The circled area in the right panel s... More »
