JPL News
The latest space news from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found
2026-10-29 18:18
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
When a rose-colored meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert in 2022, no one knew how old it was or where it came from. Not until NASA-funded scientists age-dated its minerals did they realize the...
Caltech Names Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as NASA JPL Deputy
2026-10-29 02:49
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The emeritus astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain begins his new role...
NASA’s Perseverance Offers Clues to Protect Crews From Mars Dust
2026-10-26 21:07
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit materials that are carried aboard the rover, including some that are small enough...
NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration
2026-10-21 18:35
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, they had no idea that their work...
NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
2026-10-15 17:59
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly...
NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission
2026-10-13 13:00
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
A commercial lander that will be at the forefront of NASA’s efforts to establish a Moon Base, humanity’s first lunar outpost, has passed a series of critical tests at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in...
NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs
2026-10-08 18:22
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
NASA’s SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) space telescope is shedding light on brown dwarfs, celestial objects that blur the line between stars and exoplanets. New findings...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn
2026-10-06 15:30
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
A newly released panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity rover offers the most detailed view yet of distant, wind-carved Martian cliffs, highlighting features the mission’s scientists have long been waiting to see up close. The scene...
US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
2026-09-24 15:47
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake had struck in...
NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class
2026-09-23 20:09
Jet Propulsion Laboratory – NASA
Editor’s Note: This release was updated on Sept. 24, 2026, to reflect current international partners. NASA announced Wednesday a mission to explore the history and evolution of the universe, PRIMA (PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics),...