Caltech has led JPL to some of the most ambitious and successful missions in NASA's history, but the agency could be about to ...
The only spacecraft to ever orbit Saturn, Cassini showed us the planet, its rings and moons up close in all their glory.
Is Mars the end of the line or is it a steppingstone to somewhere else? If we “moon-to-Mars,” do we then “Mars-to-somewhere else?” These are curious questions that have received very little attention ...
Caltech will compete to operate and manage the Jet Propulsion Lab, a federally funded research and development center it ...
A decades-old mystery about Saturn has finally been solved thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope. Scientists discovered that Saturn’s changing “rotation rate” was never caused by the planet ...
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NASA's Psyche spacecraft is flying to a metal asteroid. So, why did it just visit Mars?
NASA's Psyche flyby of Mars highlights how gravity assists help spacecraft gain speed, conserve fuel and travel across the ...
The frozen worlds orbiting Jupiter and Saturn might be encapsulated in "fluffy ice" that could send landers spiraling down a pit of icy space slush, scientists warn.
Dr Sarah Alam Malik suggests Saturn's moons Titan and Enceladus, and Jupiter's moon Europa, may host conditions suitable for life, challenging traditional views of the 'Goldilocks zone'.
How can electromagnetic (EM) sounding be used to study Enceladus’ subsurface ocean? This is what a recent study published in ...
NASA’s Psyche spacecraft used Mars’ gravity to gain speed on its journey toward a strange metal-rich asteroid deep in the ...
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NASA’s Psyche spacecraft just skimmed 2,800 miles above Mars at 12,000 mph — using the planet’s gravity to slingshot toward a metal asteroid worth $700 quintillion
On May 15, 2026, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft tore past Mars at roughly 12,333 mph, skimming just 2,800 miles above the planet’s ...
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