NASA and university scientists have developed a new way to use satellite measurements to track changes in Atlantic Ocean currents, which are a driving force in global climate.

CubeSat concepts under study to accompany ESA’s proposed Asteroid Impact Mission into deep space

Space Science Image of the Week: Cassini captured this view of Saturn’s moon Enceladus en route to its deepest-ever dive through the moon’s icy geysers

The next Galileo launch campaign has begun with the arrival of the latest pair of navigation satellites at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

New research shows that a gap in a disk could be a sort of cosmic illusion and not the sign of a hidden planet after all.

Tomorrow morning, Mars and brilliant Venus make their closest approach in the dawn sky, allowing a rare opportunity for skygazers.

Organa crater is rich in frozen ammonia, and from what scientists have seen so far, unique on Pluto’s largest moon.

The large space rock that will safely zip past Earth this Halloween is most likely a dead comet.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has sent back new images of Saturn’s active moon Enceladus, acquired during its Oct. 28 flyby.

Our week through the lens: 26-30 October 2015

Cassini’s stunning images are providing us a quick look at Enceladus from this ultra-close flyby, but some of the most exciting science is yet to come.

Astrophysicists have found that Jupiter likely bumped a giant planet from the solar system.

Scientists poring over data from NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission are seeing patterns emerge as they seek answers to questions about atmospheric carbon dioxide.

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will suspend activities next week to perform a multi-step update of onboard memory that is crucial in case of an unplanned computer reboot.

A study provides new insights about the magnetic field of the interstellar medium, using data from Voyager 1 and other spacecraft.

Join us Friday, 30 October, at 10:00 CET for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-1A image of the Manicouagan Crater

It may seem counter intuitive, but satellite data suggest that part of the Greenland ice sheet moves more slowly if the surface of the ice melts faster

Thanks to new processing work by the science team, New Horizons is releasing the entire breathtaking image of Pluto.

Solar storms can cause major power outages, and they could also lead to breakdowns of satellites and communication systems.

Rosetta’s surprising detection of oxygen suggests it was built into the comet from the start

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its close flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus today, passing 30 miles (49 kilometers) above the moon’s south polar region.

Technology image of the week: Testing out how the 2018 ExoMars rover will descend from its lander onto the dusty surface of the red planet

A chemical analysis of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko’s atmosphere revealed a high proportion of oxygen molecules.

Today NASA will attempt to sample the ocean beneath Saturn’s moon Enceladus as it flies through a plume of icy spray.

An asteroid four times the size of a football pitch will miss Earth on All Hallows’ Eve. The flyby highlights the need to watch for space rocks.

The baffling and strange behaviors of black holes have become somewhat less mysterious, with new observations from two NASA missions.

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: All Hallows’ Eve celebrates the cycle of destruction and rebirth, which our Cluster mission knows well

Two space telescopes caught a supermassive black hole in the midst of a giant eruption of X-ray light, helping astronomers address an ongoing puzzle: How do supermassive black holes flare?

Understanding why Mars is smaller than expected has frustrated scientists’ modeling efforts for decades.

An underwater robot initially built to help astronauts train for life in weightlessness is now being tested in the Mediterranean Sea. One day, robots like this may carry out sophisticated missions on our ocean floors, from finding lost air…

Researchers used cutting-edge technology to analyze bacteria present on the International Space Station and compare it to controlled clean rooms on Earth.

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft fired up its ion engine on Friday, Oct. 23, to begin its journey toward its fourth and final science orbit at dwarf planet Ceres.

Facts to help you understand what Cassini’s upcoming Enceladus flyby is all about.

Space Science Image of the Week: An intense burst of charged particles from the Sun created this eerie celestial display, captured in the skies above Norway

Catalina Sky Survey observations allowed scientists to spot the object, which looks more like space junk than a natural body.

Some of these galaxies formed just 600 million years after the Big Bang and are fainter than any other galaxy yet uncovered by Hubble.

The International Charter Space and Major Disasters celebrates 15 years of free access to the best-available satellite images

A new study describes polymers that could potentially increase the safety of aviation fuel, both during transportation and in the event of a collision.

Displaying the essential role satellites play in monitoring our changing world, the Climate Cube on the Champs-Elysées in Paris was inaugurated in the presence of ESA’s Director General Jan Woerner

Our week through the lens: 19-23 October 2015

Pluto’s moon Kerberos appears to be smaller than scientists expected and has a highly reflective surface, which suggests it’s coated with relatively clean water ice.

A rare reentry of a suspected rocket body from a very high orbit next month offers an excellent opportunity to gather data to improve our knowledge of how objects interact with Earth’s atmosphere.

NASA, through JPL, has issued a call to American industry for innovative ideas involving the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will sample an extraterrestrial ocean next week when it flies directly through a plume of icy spray from Enceladus. A news telecon on Monday, Oct. 26, will preview the event.

Join us Friday, 23 October, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme. This week features a Sentinel-2A image of Mexico City

The two stars in the extreme system VFTS 352 could be heading for a dramatic end, during which the two stars either coalesce to create a single giant star or form a binary black hole.

Astronomers have spotted a large rocky object disintegrating in its death spiral around a distant white dwarf star.

Technology image of the week: the glacier topping Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro, imaged by Proba-V minisatellite

Starting with 515 ideas from 40 countries in this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition, 37 winners were announced in Berlin

Thick smoke from the worst forest fires in nearly two decades blankets the island of Borneo in an Oct. 14 satellite image from NASA’s MISR instrument.

NASA scientists are tracking the upcoming Halloween flyby of an asteroid with optical observatories and radar capabilities of the Deep Space Network at Goldstone, California.

A tiny, rocky object is likely being torn apart as it spirals around a white dwarf star.

Oxia Planum has been recommended as the primary candidate for the landing site of the ExoMars 2018 mission.

Scientists used a giant particle detector at the South Pole to test whether the highest-energy neutrinos violate Einstein’s relativity theory by traveling faster than light.

These stars are pulsating stars, some of which show signatures attributed to a second type of pulsations.

Human spaceflight and operations image of the week: Scanning knees to reveal cartilage health in space and on Earth

A new NASA-led analysis of a moderate earthquake that shook Greater Los Angeles in 2014 offers new insights into the potential for future earthquakes in the region.

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The Climate Cube sitting on the Champs-Elysées focuses on how vital satellites are for understanding climate change, and how space is playing a major role in climate research and climate change mitigation

Data confirm that the local interstellar flow of helium atoms is significantly hotter than believed previously and provide insight into the direction the heliosphere is moving, as well as how fast it is traveling.

When our solar system was born 4.6 billion years ago, only eight percent of the potentially habitable planets that will ever form in the universe existed.

NASA satellite observations are giving scientists a comprehensive suite of tools to analyze the evolving El Niño and its global impacts as never before.

JPL’s education office has relaunched its website with new capabilities and offerings for formal and informal educators, K-12 students and aspiring JPL interns and fellows.

Space Science Image of the Week: Saturn’s moon Dione, viewed from the Cassini orbiter, crossing the face of its parent planet

25 years ago, the Ulysses spacecraft was launched into space and now, for the first time, its complete set of measurements of interstellar dust has been analyzed.