News Board

The Media Relations Office at JPL is responsible for issuing press releases and hosting media events. As an institution, discussing new discoveries with the public is key to JPL's success as an institution. Below are selected press releases from JPL about new advances in many research fields.

Correlation between CH4 emissions and natural gas consumption
01.16.24

Decadal decrease in Los Angeles methane emissions is much smaller than bottom-up estimates

Overview of the disk-integrated JWST/NIRSpec spectrum of HH 48 NE
01.16.24

A JWST inventory of protoplanetary disk ices

Miranda as imaged by Voyager 2
01.16.24

Unraveling the Geologic History of Miranda's Inverness Corona

Subdomains and ground truth networks across Alaska
12.16.23

Investigating permafrost carbon dynamics in Alaska with artificial intelligence

SFR Vs Stellar Mass of W1904+4853
12.16.23

Discovery of a Low-redshift Hot Dust-obscured Galaxy

Io's polar volcanic thermal emission
12.16.23

Io’s polar volcanic thermal emission indicative of magma ocean and shallow tidal heating models

The change in predicted GPP following a one-time increase in monthly precipitation in the year prior to GPP collapse (2014)
08.09.23

Forest productivity recovery or collapse? Model-data integration insights on drought-induced tipping points

The 1:3 scale model of the TDM vehicle
Distribution of coadded TEXES
08.02.23

A High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Study of Jupiter's Mid-infrared Auroral Emissions and Their Response to a Solar Wind Compression

InSight Mars lander used sand to help clean Martian dust that accumulated on its solar panels
06.28.23

The Nitty-Gritty Forces That Shape Planetary Surfaces

Scatterplot between air temperature and specific humidity
06.21.23

Contrasting Intraurban Signatures of Humid and Dry Heatwaves over Southern California

The FUV emission toward EY Hya imaged with GALEX
06.21.23

Faint but Not Forgotten. I. First Results from a Search for Astrospheres around AGB Stars in the Far-ultraviolet

The truncation of the protoplanetary disc by the stellar magnetic field
06.20.23

Halting migration in magnetospherically sculpted protoplanetary discs

Waveguide connected hybrid CMOS systems envisaged for flight mission efforts
06.20.23

Dual-band Fourier-transform Millimeter-wave Spectrometry for In Situ Gas Sensing

Representative magnetic field lines of Europa Clipper spacecraft in a zero-field environment
06.20.23

Magnetic Field Modeling and Visualization of the Europa Clipper Spacecraft

Effective depth of representation of microwave satellite soil moisture retrievals
05.04.23

Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Can Capture Dynamics Relevant to Plant Water Uptake

Comparison of the ALMA 0.9 mm and 2.1 mm and the VLA 6.8 mm and 9.2 mm observations
05.04.23

Modest Dust Settling in the IRAS04302+2247 Class I Protoplanetary Disk

Schematic showing core-transiting ray-paths through Earth, Mars, and the Moon
05.04.23

First observations of core-transiting seismic phases on Mars

Credit: RyersonClark/E+/Getty
04.18.23

The co-production of knowledge for climate science

Iron colorimetry results
04.18.23

Prebiotic reactions in a Mars analog iron mineral system: Effects of nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia on amino acid formation

Enceladus Ice Shell Thickness
04.18.23

Estimating the 3D structure of the Enceladus ice shell from Flexural and Crary waves using seismic simulations

Schematic of Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean-Darwin DIC budget terms
03.02.23

Attribution of Space-Time Variability in Global-Ocean Dissolved Inorganic Carbon

Raman spectrum of frozen brine
03.02.23

Crystallization Kinetics of Vitreous Magnesium Sulfate Hydrate and Implications for Europa's Surface

Image of ocean air warming.
02.15.23

A Physical Explanation for Ocean Air-Water Warming Differences Under CO2-Forced Warming

Image of the redshift distributions of the galaxy samples considered in this work
02.15.23

Joint analysis of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck. III. Combined cosmological constraints

NASA Spinoffs
01.31.23

JPL-developed technologies, including VITAL, FINDER, 3D-printing methods, and Voyager spacecraft communications, are featured in the agency’s technology publication.

Image of the experimental SHIELD lander which is designed to absorb impact
10.20.22

Like a car’s crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact.

Illustration of a suite of instruments designed to detect life in liquid samples from icy moons.
10.06.22

A team at the Lab has invented new technologies that could be used by future missions to analyze liquid samples from watery worlds and look for signs of alien life.

Illustration of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022
08.02.22

The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.

Illustration of the ASTHROS mission's giant primary mirror
06.29.22

Telescopes designed to operate in space have to be constructed differently than those meant to operate on the ground. But what about telescopes that operate in between?

Illustration of the Sensing With Independent Micro-Swimmers (SWIM) concept
06.28.22

A concept in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory would allow potential planetary missions to chase interesting clues in subsurface oceans.

failed corn crop
04.28.22

To assess how climate warming will change risks such as crop failures and wildfires, it’s necessary to look at how the risks are likely to interact.

new DSN antenna
03.17.22

Part of an ongoing project to grow the capacity of the Deep Space Network, which acts as a kind of interplanetary switchboard, the new antenna is the network’s 14th.

thawing permafrost
03.15.22

Scientists are turning to a combination of data collected from the air, land, and space to get a more complete picture of how climate change is affecting the planet’s frozen regions.

illustration of an asteroid
03.15.22

Asteroid 2022 EB5 was too small to pose a hazard to Earth, but its discovery marks the fifth time that any asteroid has been observed before impacting into the atmosphere.

promo image of technology
02.28.22

The selected concepts include three from JPL. The projects are still in the early stages of development and are not considered official NASA missions.

JPL Technology Highlights 2021 cover
02.17.22

A new document presents a diverse set of technology developments -- selected by the Chief Technologist out of many similar efforts at JPL -- that are essential for JPL’s continuing contribution to NASA’s future success. 

diagram showing orbits of potentially hazardous objects as calculated by JPL CNEOS
12.06.21

The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come close to our planet.

Planets that are between 1.7 and 3.5 times the diameter of Earth are sometimes called “sub-Neptunes.”
10.28.21

A new study shows how the chemicals in an exoplanet’s atmosphere can, in some cases, reveal whether or not the temperature on its surface is too hot for liquid water.

OGS-2
10.27.21

Two optical ground stations, including one managed by JPL, will support NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration mission when it launches this fall.

Team CoSTAR, led by NASA’s JPL, will use autonomous robots with diverse methods of movement to compete in the complex underground environments of the SubT Challenge Final. One of the robots, NeBula-Spot, walks on four legs to explore hard-to-access locations.
09.21.21

Led by NASA JPL, Team CoSTAR will participate in the SubT final this week to demonstrate multi-robot autonomy in a series of tests in extreme environments.

The 70-mete Deep Space Station 14
09.02.21

The DSN is being upgraded to communicate with more spacecraft than ever before and to accommodate evolving mission needs.

Mosaic of Bennu
08.12.21

Along with collecting a sample from the Bennu’s surface, the spacecraft provided precision data to better predict the near-Earth object’s orbit around the Sun.

The Moon is covered with craters and rocks, creating a surface “roughness” that casts shadows, as seen in this photograph
08.03.21

The shadows cast by the roughness of the Moon’s surface create small cold spots for water ice to accumulate even during the harsh lunar daytime.

Most metallic glass alloys form a hard, smooth surface
07.29.21

Bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D printed metals.

A rainforest in Malaysia
07.26.21

A new index shows that the world’s rainforests are responding differently to threats like a warming climate and deforestation.

Amazon rain forest
07.22.21

The finding comes out of an effort to map where vegetation is emitting and soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Image from Ingenuity
07.08.21

Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s also powering inspiration at multiple universities.

DASC hardware
06.30.21

Designed to improve navigation for robotic explorers and the operation of GPS satellites, the technology demonstration reports a significant milestone.

city
06.09.21

When lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic cut local nitrogen oxide emissions, the effect on ozone pollution was global and unexpectedly rapid.

 

Correlation between CH4 emissions and natural gas consumption
01.16.24

Decadal decrease in Los Angeles methane emissions is much smaller than bottom-up estimates

Overview of the disk-integrated JWST/NIRSpec spectrum of HH 48 NE
01.16.24

A JWST inventory of protoplanetary disk ices

Miranda as imaged by Voyager 2
01.16.24

Unraveling the Geologic History of Miranda's Inverness Corona

Subdomains and ground truth networks across Alaska
12.16.23

Investigating permafrost carbon dynamics in Alaska with artificial intelligence

SFR Vs Stellar Mass of W1904+4853
12.16.23

Discovery of a Low-redshift Hot Dust-obscured Galaxy

Io's polar volcanic thermal emission
12.16.23

Io’s polar volcanic thermal emission indicative of magma ocean and shallow tidal heating models

The change in predicted GPP following a one-time increase in monthly precipitation in the year prior to GPP collapse (2014)
08.09.23

Forest productivity recovery or collapse? Model-data integration insights on drought-induced tipping points

The 1:3 scale model of the TDM vehicle
Distribution of coadded TEXES
08.02.23

A High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Study of Jupiter's Mid-infrared Auroral Emissions and Their Response to a Solar Wind Compression

InSight Mars lander used sand to help clean Martian dust that accumulated on its solar panels
06.28.23

The Nitty-Gritty Forces That Shape Planetary Surfaces

Scatterplot between air temperature and specific humidity
06.21.23

Contrasting Intraurban Signatures of Humid and Dry Heatwaves over Southern California

The FUV emission toward EY Hya imaged with GALEX
06.21.23

Faint but Not Forgotten. I. First Results from a Search for Astrospheres around AGB Stars in the Far-ultraviolet

The truncation of the protoplanetary disc by the stellar magnetic field
06.20.23

Halting migration in magnetospherically sculpted protoplanetary discs

Waveguide connected hybrid CMOS systems envisaged for flight mission efforts
06.20.23

Dual-band Fourier-transform Millimeter-wave Spectrometry for In Situ Gas Sensing

Representative magnetic field lines of Europa Clipper spacecraft in a zero-field environment
06.20.23

Magnetic Field Modeling and Visualization of the Europa Clipper Spacecraft

Effective depth of representation of microwave satellite soil moisture retrievals
05.04.23

Remotely Sensed Soil Moisture Can Capture Dynamics Relevant to Plant Water Uptake

Comparison of the ALMA 0.9 mm and 2.1 mm and the VLA 6.8 mm and 9.2 mm observations
05.04.23

Modest Dust Settling in the IRAS04302+2247 Class I Protoplanetary Disk

Schematic showing core-transiting ray-paths through Earth, Mars, and the Moon
05.04.23

First observations of core-transiting seismic phases on Mars

Credit: RyersonClark/E+/Getty
04.18.23

The co-production of knowledge for climate science

Iron colorimetry results
04.18.23

Prebiotic reactions in a Mars analog iron mineral system: Effects of nitrate, nitrite, and ammonia on amino acid formation

Enceladus Ice Shell Thickness
04.18.23

Estimating the 3D structure of the Enceladus ice shell from Flexural and Crary waves using seismic simulations

Schematic of Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean-Darwin DIC budget terms
03.02.23

Attribution of Space-Time Variability in Global-Ocean Dissolved Inorganic Carbon

Raman spectrum of frozen brine
03.02.23

Crystallization Kinetics of Vitreous Magnesium Sulfate Hydrate and Implications for Europa's Surface

Image of ocean air warming.
02.15.23

A Physical Explanation for Ocean Air-Water Warming Differences Under CO2-Forced Warming

Image of the redshift distributions of the galaxy samples considered in this work
02.15.23

Joint analysis of Dark Energy Survey Year 3 data and CMB lensing from SPT and Planck. III. Combined cosmological constraints

NASA Spinoffs
01.31.23

JPL-developed technologies, including VITAL, FINDER, 3D-printing methods, and Voyager spacecraft communications, are featured in the agency’s technology publication.

Image of the experimental SHIELD lander which is designed to absorb impact
10.20.22

Like a car’s crumple zone, the experimental SHIELD lander is designed to absorb a hard impact.

Illustration of a suite of instruments designed to detect life in liquid samples from icy moons.
10.06.22

A team at the Lab has invented new technologies that could be used by future missions to analyze liquid samples from watery worlds and look for signs of alien life.

Illustration of an umbrella cloud generated by the underwater eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano on Jan. 15, 2022
08.02.22

The huge amount of water vapor hurled into the atmosphere, as detected by NASA’s Microwave Limb Sounder, could end up temporarily warming Earth’s surface.

Illustration of the ASTHROS mission's giant primary mirror
06.29.22

Telescopes designed to operate in space have to be constructed differently than those meant to operate on the ground. But what about telescopes that operate in between?

Illustration of the Sensing With Independent Micro-Swimmers (SWIM) concept
06.28.22

A concept in development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory would allow potential planetary missions to chase interesting clues in subsurface oceans.

failed corn crop
04.28.22

To assess how climate warming will change risks such as crop failures and wildfires, it’s necessary to look at how the risks are likely to interact.

new DSN antenna
03.17.22

Part of an ongoing project to grow the capacity of the Deep Space Network, which acts as a kind of interplanetary switchboard, the new antenna is the network’s 14th.

thawing permafrost
03.15.22

Scientists are turning to a combination of data collected from the air, land, and space to get a more complete picture of how climate change is affecting the planet’s frozen regions.

illustration of an asteroid
03.15.22

Asteroid 2022 EB5 was too small to pose a hazard to Earth, but its discovery marks the fifth time that any asteroid has been observed before impacting into the atmosphere.

promo image of technology
02.28.22

The selected concepts include three from JPL. The projects are still in the early stages of development and are not considered official NASA missions.

JPL Technology Highlights 2021 cover
02.17.22

A new document presents a diverse set of technology developments -- selected by the Chief Technologist out of many similar efforts at JPL -- that are essential for JPL’s continuing contribution to NASA’s future success. 

diagram showing orbits of potentially hazardous objects as calculated by JPL CNEOS
12.06.21

The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come close to our planet.

Planets that are between 1.7 and 3.5 times the diameter of Earth are sometimes called “sub-Neptunes.”
10.28.21

A new study shows how the chemicals in an exoplanet’s atmosphere can, in some cases, reveal whether or not the temperature on its surface is too hot for liquid water.

OGS-2
10.27.21

Two optical ground stations, including one managed by JPL, will support NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration mission when it launches this fall.

Team CoSTAR, led by NASA’s JPL, will use autonomous robots with diverse methods of movement to compete in the complex underground environments of the SubT Challenge Final. One of the robots, NeBula-Spot, walks on four legs to explore hard-to-access locations.
09.21.21

Led by NASA JPL, Team CoSTAR will participate in the SubT final this week to demonstrate multi-robot autonomy in a series of tests in extreme environments.

The 70-mete Deep Space Station 14
09.02.21

The DSN is being upgraded to communicate with more spacecraft than ever before and to accommodate evolving mission needs.

Mosaic of Bennu
08.12.21

Along with collecting a sample from the Bennu’s surface, the spacecraft provided precision data to better predict the near-Earth object’s orbit around the Sun.

The Moon is covered with craters and rocks, creating a surface “roughness” that casts shadows, as seen in this photograph
08.03.21

The shadows cast by the roughness of the Moon’s surface create small cold spots for water ice to accumulate even during the harsh lunar daytime.

Most metallic glass alloys form a hard, smooth surface
07.29.21

Bulk metallic glass could slash prices of collaborative robots and lead to advanced 3D printed metals.

A rainforest in Malaysia
07.26.21

A new index shows that the world’s rainforests are responding differently to threats like a warming climate and deforestation.

Amazon rain forest
07.22.21

The finding comes out of an effort to map where vegetation is emitting and soaking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Image from Ingenuity
07.08.21

Created at NASA’s JPL, the open-source flight software called F Prime isn’t just powering humanity’s first interplanetary helicopter; it’s also powering inspiration at multiple universities.

DASC hardware
06.30.21

Designed to improve navigation for robotic explorers and the operation of GPS satellites, the technology demonstration reports a significant milestone.

city
06.09.21

When lockdowns during the coronavirus pandemic cut local nitrogen oxide emissions, the effect on ozone pollution was global and unexpectedly rapid.