Early Christmas morning, NASA’s revolutionary new space observatory, the James Webb Space Telescope, successfully launched into space after taking off on top of a European Ariane 5 rocket from South America. The launch marks the beginning of one of the most anticipated NASA missions in decades, a program that promises to transform how we study the deepest depths of the…
CES 2022 loses Microsoft in Las Vegas over COVID fears
December 24, 2021
Microsoft is the latest company to drop a physical presence at CES, as the increased prevalence of COVID-19 spooks exhibitors. It joins a growing list of major companies ditching the world’s largest technology show.
“After reviewing the latest data on the rapidly…
Where Ideas Go to Grow
December 23, 2021
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James Smith created the JPL University Crowdsourcing Initiative (JUCI) to pair JPLers with a volunteer workforce hungry for challenges.
It was 2016 and Alex Austin couldn’t believe his luck. A college senior studying aerospace and mechanical…
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5 Things to Know About a Pair of Small But Mighty Weather Instruments
Launched Tuesday to the space station, the COWVR and TEMPEST two instruments could lead the way to big improvements in gathering key information for weather forecasting.
The Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer (COWVR) is no bigger than a minifridge. The Temporal…
New analysis further links Pegasus spyware to Jamal Khashoggi murder
December 21, 2021
New forensic analysis indicates that representatives of the United Arab Emirates government installed Pegasus spyware on the phone of Hanan Elatr, wife of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, just months before her husband was killed. The analysis was conducted by…
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NASA-JPL’s ‘On a Mission’ Podcast New Season Rolls Out With Mars Rovers
With the first episode available now, Season Four shares the personal stories of the people who’ve helped put NASA’s six-wheeled explorers on the Red Planet.
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft ‘Hears’ Jupiter’s Moon
December 18, 2021
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NASA’s Juno Spacecraft ‘Hears’ Jupiter’s Moon
An audio track collected during Jupiter mission’s Ganymede flyby offers a dramatic ride-along. It is one of the highlights mission scientists shared in a briefing at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Sounds from a Ganymede flyby, magnetic fields, and remarkable…
Vergecast: James Webb Space Telescope’s launch next week, cool gadgets launched this week
December 17, 2021
Every Friday, The Verge publishes our flagship podcast, The Vergecast, where co-hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn discuss the week in tech news with the reporters and editors covering the biggest stories. On the final Vergecast of 2021, Nilay and Dieter invite Verge managing…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
December 16, 2021
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Makes Surprising Discoveries
The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples geologists and future scientists associated with the agency’s Mars Sample Return program will have to study.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
December 16, 2021
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Reaches a Total of 30 Minutes Aloft
With its recent 17th flight, the Red Planet rotorcraft reaches an airborne milestone the team never considered achievable. Its 18th flight is scheduled for no earlier than today.
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Ingenuity sits on a slightly inclined surface with about 6-degree tilt at the center…
