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.
News Board
09.19.11
Winners of the annual 2011 Postdoc Research Day gave seminars on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.
09.15.11
A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore Mars' subsurface to map, for the first time, freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert.
09.01.11
The new 'Discover JPL' brochure gives an inside look at JPL's collaborative relationships with the academic community. These partnerships provide accelerated innovation for NASA’s missions and the discovery of new science & technology opportunities.
08.22.11
NASA has selected three proposals, including one from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., as Technology Demonstration Missions to transform space communications, deep space navigation and in-space propulsion capabilities.
08.18.11
NASA-funded researchers have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica.
08.16.11
Our planet Earth is not expanding, as some scientists had previously speculated.
08.01.11
The Herschel Space Observatory's large telescope and state-of-the-art infrared detectors have provided the first confirmed finding of oxygen molecules in space.
07.28.11
NASA has selected the inaugural class of Space Technology Research Fellows.
07.25.11
Astronomers, including a team led by Matt Bradford of JPL, found a feeding black hole soaking in water vapor.
07.25.11
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and Chevron Corporation in San Ramon, Calif., have announced a partnership to develop a range of advanced technologies that can be used in harsh environments, both on Earth and in space.
06.24.11
A group of young Jet Propulsion Laboratory employees launch a mission and learn how to work as a team.
06.15.11
Students get the chance to design a sample return mission to a comet or asteroid.
06.14.11
Since 1611, humans have recorded the comings and goings of black spots on the sun.
06.02.11
In a recent article in NASA's ASK magazine, Richard Cook of JPL discusses the technology challenges faced by the Mars Exploration Program.
05.31.11
A NASA-led team has used NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests.
05.27.11
A clean, efficient technology to generate grid-independent electricity from methanol, developed by a JPL team in partnership with USC, has been licensed to a private company.
05.16.11
Visitors from around the country attended the 2011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open House to see science and technology showcases.
05.13.11
The Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has birthed robotic explorers sent to destinations throughout the solar system over the past five decades.
04.26.11
The seeds from JPL rover technology are being used to examine buildings inside Japan’s damaged nuclear plant.
03.31.11
"Mous" leaves behind a distinguished legacy of science, discovery, mentorship, and deep friendship.
03.29.11
NASA announces the 2011 Carl Sagan Fellowships, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.
03.10.11
Visualization tools help researcher practice map the Vesta asteroid with still images and animations.
03.08.11
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace, according to a new NASA-funded satellite study.
03.03.11
Former JPL physicist/engineer Eric Fossum will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for a sensor chip widely used in cell phone and other digital cameras, webcams and medical imaging applications.
02.10.11
NASA has selected 20 small satellites, including two from JPL, to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard new rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012.
01.26.11
A group of JPL researchers and their colleagues will hunt for new and exotic objects in the sky by using ceiling-fan-size antennas.
01.25.11
Arcadia High School beat out 22 other local high schools in an all day 'buzzer-beater'-style competition held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
01.03.11
A JPL developed software architecture has been selected by the Apache Software Foundation to become a Top Level Project.
01.03.11
NASA has released a solicitation for NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF) for Fall 2011. Graduate students are encouraged to apply for technology fellowship research opportunities at NASA centers, including JPL.
12.07.10
A group of early-career employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., can now add “rocket launch” to their resumes.
11.23.10
In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change.
11.23.10
A team of scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has brought the world one step closer to 'hearing' gravitational waves.
11.16.10
An astronomy team led by Dan Coe, formerly of JPL, has created one of the sharpest and most detailed maps of dark matter in the universe.
11.10.10
A NASA analysis of satellite data has quantified, for the first time, the amount of older and thicker 'multiyear' sea ice lost from the Arctic Ocean due to melting.
11.03.10
JPL is a partner on a project that will develop and implement the next generation Global Differential GPS System.
10.19.10
JPL has conducted the first test flight of a prototype instrument being developed for a future space mission to survey how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's changing climate.
09.20.10
Snowmelt in the Colorado River basin is occurring earlier, reducing runoff and the amount of crucial water available downstream.
09.16.10
Winners of the annual 2010 Postdoc Research Day gave seminars on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.
09.14.10
New NASA research mixes satellite and surface measurements with an ocean model to estimate how water is moving around Earth and measure changes caused by the last major Ice Age.
09.08.10
W.M. Keck Institute for Space Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships Announcement of Opportunity
08.25.10
A new type of El Nino is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new NASA/NOAA study that has potential implications for long-term weather forecasting.
08.19.10
Astronomers have devised a new method for measuring perhaps the greatest puzzle of our universe -- dark energy.
08.12.10
A new model developed by scientists working with radar data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that differing densities in the outermost layers of Titan can account for the unusual surface behavior.
07.26.10
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) and The Mount Wilson Institute have awarded JPL's Dr. Michael Shao the 2010 Michelson Prize.
07.07.10
NASA's proposed FY 2011 budget could include new opportunities for academic collaborations in technology research and development.
06.24.10
A new website is now available that highlights JPL's airborne earth science instruments
06.14.10
A NASA-led research team has successfully demonstrated for the first time elements of a prototype tsunami prediction system that quickly and accurately assesses large earthquakes and estimates the size of resulting tsunamis.
06.08.10
Team X is responsible for conducting rapid and thorough designs and reviews of space missions to demonstrate feasibility and provide cost estimates of future missions.
06.08.10
Scientists at JPL have found an improved method to help predict space weather.
09.19.11
Winners of the annual 2011 Postdoc Research Day gave seminars on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.
09.15.11
A NASA-led team has used radar sounding technology developed to explore Mars' subsurface to map, for the first time, freshwater aquifers buried deep beneath an Earth desert.
09.01.11
The new 'Discover JPL' brochure gives an inside look at JPL's collaborative relationships with the academic community. These partnerships provide accelerated innovation for NASA’s missions and the discovery of new science & technology opportunities.
08.22.11
NASA has selected three proposals, including one from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., as Technology Demonstration Missions to transform space communications, deep space navigation and in-space propulsion capabilities.
08.18.11
NASA-funded researchers have created the first complete map of the speed and direction of ice flow in Antarctica.
08.16.11
Our planet Earth is not expanding, as some scientists had previously speculated.
08.01.11
The Herschel Space Observatory's large telescope and state-of-the-art infrared detectors have provided the first confirmed finding of oxygen molecules in space.
07.28.11
NASA has selected the inaugural class of Space Technology Research Fellows.
07.25.11
Astronomers, including a team led by Matt Bradford of JPL, found a feeding black hole soaking in water vapor.
07.25.11
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., and Chevron Corporation in San Ramon, Calif., have announced a partnership to develop a range of advanced technologies that can be used in harsh environments, both on Earth and in space.
06.24.11
A group of young Jet Propulsion Laboratory employees launch a mission and learn how to work as a team.
06.15.11
Students get the chance to design a sample return mission to a comet or asteroid.
06.14.11
Since 1611, humans have recorded the comings and goings of black spots on the sun.
06.02.11
In a recent article in NASA's ASK magazine, Richard Cook of JPL discusses the technology challenges faced by the Mars Exploration Program.
05.31.11
A NASA-led team has used NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests.
05.27.11
A clean, efficient technology to generate grid-independent electricity from methanol, developed by a JPL team in partnership with USC, has been licensed to a private company.
05.16.11
Visitors from around the country attended the 2011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open House to see science and technology showcases.
05.13.11
The Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has birthed robotic explorers sent to destinations throughout the solar system over the past five decades.
04.26.11
The seeds from JPL rover technology are being used to examine buildings inside Japan’s damaged nuclear plant.
03.31.11
"Mous" leaves behind a distinguished legacy of science, discovery, mentorship, and deep friendship.
03.29.11
NASA announces the 2011 Carl Sagan Fellowships, created to inspire the next generation of explorers seeking to learn more about planets, and possibly life, around other stars.
03.10.11
Visualization tools help researcher practice map the Vesta asteroid with still images and animations.
03.08.11
The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace, according to a new NASA-funded satellite study.
03.03.11
Former JPL physicist/engineer Eric Fossum will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for a sensor chip widely used in cell phone and other digital cameras, webcams and medical imaging applications.
02.10.11
NASA has selected 20 small satellites, including two from JPL, to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard new rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012.
01.26.11
A group of JPL researchers and their colleagues will hunt for new and exotic objects in the sky by using ceiling-fan-size antennas.
01.25.11
Arcadia High School beat out 22 other local high schools in an all day 'buzzer-beater'-style competition held at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
01.03.11
A JPL developed software architecture has been selected by the Apache Software Foundation to become a Top Level Project.
01.03.11
NASA has released a solicitation for NASA Space Technology Research Fellowships (NSTRF) for Fall 2011. Graduate students are encouraged to apply for technology fellowship research opportunities at NASA centers, including JPL.
12.07.10
A group of early-career employees at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., can now add “rocket launch” to their resumes.
11.23.10
In the first comprehensive global survey of temperature trends in major lakes, NASA researchers determined Earth's largest lakes have warmed during the past 25 years in response to climate change.
11.23.10
A team of scientists and engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has brought the world one step closer to 'hearing' gravitational waves.
11.16.10
An astronomy team led by Dan Coe, formerly of JPL, has created one of the sharpest and most detailed maps of dark matter in the universe.
11.10.10
A NASA analysis of satellite data has quantified, for the first time, the amount of older and thicker 'multiyear' sea ice lost from the Arctic Ocean due to melting.
11.03.10
JPL is a partner on a project that will develop and implement the next generation Global Differential GPS System.
10.19.10
JPL has conducted the first test flight of a prototype instrument being developed for a future space mission to survey how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's changing climate.
09.20.10
Snowmelt in the Colorado River basin is occurring earlier, reducing runoff and the amount of crucial water available downstream.
09.16.10
Winners of the annual 2010 Postdoc Research Day gave seminars on their research and were presented with plaques to commemorate the event.
09.14.10
New NASA research mixes satellite and surface measurements with an ocean model to estimate how water is moving around Earth and measure changes caused by the last major Ice Age.
09.08.10
W.M. Keck Institute for Space Studies Postdoctoral Fellowships Announcement of Opportunity
08.25.10
A new type of El Nino is becoming more common and progressively stronger, according to a new NASA/NOAA study that has potential implications for long-term weather forecasting.
08.19.10
Astronomers have devised a new method for measuring perhaps the greatest puzzle of our universe -- dark energy.
08.12.10
A new model developed by scientists working with radar data obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows that differing densities in the outermost layers of Titan can account for the unusual surface behavior.
07.26.10
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) and The Mount Wilson Institute have awarded JPL's Dr. Michael Shao the 2010 Michelson Prize.
07.07.10
NASA's proposed FY 2011 budget could include new opportunities for academic collaborations in technology research and development.
06.24.10
A new website is now available that highlights JPL's airborne earth science instruments
06.14.10
A NASA-led research team has successfully demonstrated for the first time elements of a prototype tsunami prediction system that quickly and accurately assesses large earthquakes and estimates the size of resulting tsunamis.
06.08.10
Team X is responsible for conducting rapid and thorough designs and reviews of space missions to demonstrate feasibility and provide cost estimates of future missions.
06.08.10
Scientists at JPL have found an improved method to help predict space weather.