In the 1900s, the U.S. warmed everywhere except the Southeast, where warming didn’t begin till the 1990s. A study finds air quality improvements may have played a role.

In the 1900s, the U.S. warmed everywhere except the Southeast, where warming didn’t begin till the 1990s. A study finds air quality improvements may have played a role.

It turns out these events could be even more impressive than we thought.

Technology image of the week: This pioneering microbiology life-support experiment flew in space 30 years ago this week

Space Science Image of the Week: Rosetta captured views of the comet during its most active phase two years ago

Three JPL scientists are part of the Dark Energy Survey, which is helping to further our understanding of the structure of the universe.

Three JPL scientists are part of the Dark Energy Survey, which is helping to further our understanding of the structure of the universe.

Our week through the lens: 31 July – 4 August 2017

MU69 could be hiding a strange secret: it’s one object, not two.

Learn whether Earth’s second moon can cause solar eclipses.

Human spaceflight image of the week: ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli tests his muscles

Over the mission’s 40 years, NASA’s Voyager spacecraft have paved the way for modern deep space communications.

NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program, including one managed by JPL.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.

Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a planet outside our solar system.

NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program, including one managed by JPL.

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, which landed near Mount Sharp five years ago this week, is examining clues on that mountain about long-ago lakes on Mars.

Scientists have discovered the strongest evidence to date for a stratosphere on a planet outside our solar system.

Over the mission’s 40 years, NASA’s Voyager spacecraft have paved the way for modern deep space communications.

This tool has the answers to your eclipse day questions.

First … low Earth orbit. But eventually, these chip-sized spacecraft could explore Proxima Centauri.

Technology image of the week: This highly mobile jumping Nanobot is designed to make a profit on the Moon

Technology image of the week: This highly mobile jumping Nanobot is designed to make a profit on the Moon

This morning Arianespace launched a Vega rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites for Italy, France and Israel encased in Vega’s lighter protective fairing.

This morning Arianespace launched a Vega rocket carrying two Earth observation satellites for Italy, France and Israel encased in Vega’s lighter protective fairing.

Viewing options for astronomy fans outside totality.

Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September.

Few missions can match the achievements of NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft during their 40 years of exploration.

Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September.

Few missions can match the achievements of NASA’s groundbreaking Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft during their 40 years of exploration.

Each Galileo satellite must go through a rigorous test campaign to assure its readiness for space

These missions will study the Sun and our space environment, as well as develop instruments.

Space Science Image of the Week: Massive stars emerge from glowing gas and dust in one of the Milky Way’s most active stellar nurseries

Space Science Image of the Week: Massive stars emerge from glowing gas and dust in one of the Milky Way’s most active stellar nurseries

A warm meal was quickly delivered by a drone from an ESA business incubator start-up to the last inhabitant in a remote village in Portugal.

A warm meal was quickly delivered by a drone from an ESA business incubator start-up to the last inhabitant in a remote village in Portugal.

Paolo Nespoli and crewmates arrive at the International Space Station, aboard Soyuz MS-05

Paolo Nespoli and crewmates arrive at the International Space Station, aboard Soyuz MS-05

Paolo Nespoli, Randy Bresnik and Sergey Ryazanskiy arrive at the International Space Station

Paolo Nespoli, Randy Bresnik and Sergey Ryazanskiy arrive at the International Space Station

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergei Ryazansky were launched into space yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:41 GMT (17:41 CEST). Their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft circle…

ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik and Roscosmos commander Sergei Ryazansky were launched into space yesterday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 15:41 GMT (17:41 CEST). Their Soyuz MS-05 spacecraft circle…

Scientists plan to use a small asteroid’s close approach to Earth this October to test NASA’s network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense.

Scientists plan to use a small asteroid’s close approach to Earth this October to test NASA’s network of observatories and scientists who work with planetary defense.

Our week through the lens: 24-28 July 2017

Our website will host an HD livestream of the event from Denver, Colorado.

Earth observation image of the week: the peninsulas and islands of the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar captured by Sentinel-2, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme

Microbes carried to the edge of space during the Aug. 21 eclipse will be analyzed by NASA’s Ames Research Center and JPL.

Microbes carried to the edge of space during the Aug. 21 eclipse will be analyzed by NASA’s Ames Research Center and JPL.

Watch a replay of the Vita mission liftoff on 28 July

Watch a replay of the Vita mission liftoff on 28 July

Join us Friday, 28 July, at 10:00 CEST for the ‘Earth from Space’ video programme

Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging.  

Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4–5 cm.  

Precision farming is set to become even more precise with a new camera drawing on satellite imaging.  

Thanks to research with ESA on new cameras, hyperspectral cameras flying on drones are now able to see details as small as 4–5 cm.  

Cassini has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in producing complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan.

Cassini has made a surprising detection of a molecule that is instrumental in producing complex organics within the hazy atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan.

Human spaceflight image of the week: Soyuz is rolled out ahead of Vita mission launch

This may be the earliest supernova ever detected.

Technology image of the week: ESA’s Proba-V minisatellite shows vegetation bloom across the African Sahel with the coming of the rainy season

NASA’s WISE spacecraft, scanning the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, has delivered new insights about distant cometary wanderers.

What makes clouds drizzle? A new study overturns a common assumption about raindrop size.

What makes clouds drizzle? A new study overturns a common assumption about raindrop size.

NASA’s WISE spacecraft, scanning the entire sky at infrared wavelengths, has delivered new insights about distant cometary wanderers.