A new analysis of data from NASA’s Kepler mission finds evidence for at least 100 billion planets in our galaxy. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Look up at the night sky and you’ll see stars, sure. But the sky is also filled with planets — billions and billions... More »
Pasadena-based Ares J. Rosakis will receive the 2013’s P. S. Theocaris Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM). Rosakis is Caltech’s Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and professor of mechanical engineering, and chair of the Di... More »
This composite-color view from NASA’s Dawn mission shows Cornelia Crater, streaked with dark materials, on the giant asteroid Vesta. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA A new study of images from JPL’s Dawn mission examines remarkable, dark-as-co... More »
An image of the Curiosity Explorer badge that can be earned by Foursquare users who check into a NASA visitor center or a venue categorized as a science museum or planetarium. Image Credit: Foursquare/NASA › Follow the Mars Curiosity rover on Foursquare WASHIN... More »
President Obama named Frances H. Arnold, a leader in the field of protein engineering and a member of the faculty at Caltech, Â one of 11 inventors who are the recipients of the 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Arnold, who is the Dick and Barb... More »
JPL’s Education Office has released a six-part video series that walks students, teachers and parents through the ins and outs of crafting a science fair project. › Watch video series Just in time for science fair season, the Education Office at NASA’s Jet Pro... More »
NASA/JPL’s popular mobile app continues to amass many exciting images including the Mars Curiosity Rover, dying stars, moons of Saturn and giant asteroids. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Space Images, the mobile image application from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab... More »
This false-color composite image, constructed from data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows Saturn’s rings and southern hemisphere. The composite image was made from 65 individual observations by Cassini’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer in t... More »
This is a screen shot from the Clouds game, a new addition to the Milky Way Project, where everyone can help astronomers sort and measure our galaxy. Copyright: 2010-2012 Zooniverse A new galactic game launching today lets citizen scientists identify the glowi... More »
The NASA Mars rover Curiosity used its left Navigation Camera to record this view of the step down into a shallow depression called “Yellowknife Bay.” Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Mars Science Laboratory Mission Status Report The NASA Mars rover Curiosity th... More »
The giant star Zeta Ophiuchi is having a “shocking” effect on the surrounding dust clouds in this infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Stellar winds flowing out from this fast-moving star are making ripples in the dust as it approaches, creating... More »
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has delivered a glorious view of Saturn, taken while the spacecraft was in Saturn’s shadow. The cameras were turned toward Saturn and the sun so that the planet and rings are backlit. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Insti... More »
