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 »
This set of images from the radar instrument on NASA’s Cassini spacecraft shows a relatively “fresh” crater called Sinlap (left) and an extremely degraded crater called Soi (right). Sinlap has a depth-to-diameter ratio close to what we see on Jupiter’s moon Ga... More »
A team of scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory is testing whether organic molecules can be brewed in a simulated ocean vent. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech This week, fizzy ocean water and the alkaline fluid that bubbles up from deep ocean vents are... More »
Contributions of nitrogen dioxide emissions – the primary source of ozone- to the global average thermal absorption of ozone as observed by the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer instrument on NASA’s Aura spacecraft in Aug. 2006. High values (red) indicate tha... More »
On Sol 84 (Oct. 31, 2012), NASA’s Curiosity rover used the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) to capture this set of 55 high-resolution images, which were stitched together to create this full-color self-portrait. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Malin Space Science ... More »
