News on Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Record Arctic ozone hole raises fears of worse to come

2011-10-03T04:00:09Z

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A huge hole that appeared in the Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic in 2011 was the largest recorded in the Northern Hemisphere, triggering worries the event could occur again and be even worse, scientists said in a report on Monday.

The ozone layer high in the stratosphere acts like a giant shield against the Sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation, which can cau...

Dark, dangerous asteroids found lurking near Earth

2010-10-25T09:25:50Z

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Elachi to Receive Procter Prize

2010-10-22T11:41:16Z

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NASA downgrades threat of large asteroid

2010-04-16T09:56:32Z

NASA downgrades threat of 885-foot asteroid striking Earth in 2036

Earth can breathe a sigh of relief.

NASA on Wednesday downgraded the odds of an 885-foot asteroid striking the planet in 2036.

Scientists initially believed there was a 1-in-45,000 chance that Apophis could hit the planet on April 13, 2036. But the threat was lowered to a 1-in-250,000 chance after researchers recalculated the asteroid's path.

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NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning measurements of winter sea ice thickness over Arctic Ocean, 2004 and 2008

2010-10-24T09:24:27Z

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Phew! Asteroid's passing was a cosmic near-miss

2010-04-16T16:13:24Z

Duck! Earth dodges near-miss _ at least on a cosmic level _ as asteroid zooms past

An asteroid about the size of one that leveled more than 800 square miles of forest in Siberia a century ago just buzzed the Earth. The asteroid named 2009 DD45 was about 48,800 miles from Earth when it zipped past early Monday, NASA's Jet Propulsion ...

"Renegade" Stars Tearing Across Universe, Hubble Shows

2010-11-03T09:02:35Z

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Vast Mars Glaciers Are Spotted

2010-11-03T09:02:29Z

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FLASH! Meteor to Explode Tonight

2010-10-26T10:50:04Z

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Temperature and Composition of Saturn's Polar Hot Spots and Hexagon

2010-10-26T10:12:06Z

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Seeding the Universe

2010-11-02T13:37:07Z

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Spirit finds proof of wet past on Mars

2010-09-08T21:27:18Z

Mars Rover Finds Strongest Evidence Yet That Ancient Mars Was Wetter Than Previously Thought

The Mars rover Spirit has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the planet used to be wetter than previously thought, scientists reported Monday.

The robot analyzed a patch of soil in Gusev Crater and found it unusually rich in silica. The presence of water would have been necessary to produce such a large...

Alien Life

2010-12-08T03:31:28Z

FILE - This image, released Nov. 12, 1996, by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., shows Jupiter's ice-covered moon, Europa. Every new discovery makes it seem more likely that we are not alone. The case for some kind alien life s...

Comet Encounter

2010-11-04T10:33:56Z

Project manager Tim Larson, left, and encounter flight director Steve Wissler celebrate as the first images from the NASA Deep Impact spacecraft, which passed within 435 miles (700 kilometers) of the Comet Hartley 2, are seen for the first time, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory shows Dr. Lew Allen Jr., a former Air Force chief of staff who headed NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 1982 to 1990 and oversaw the launches of the Magellan spacecraft to Venus and the Galileo mission to Jupiter, died Monday Jan. 4, 2010 in

Saturn Giant Ring

2010-03-31T07:58:03Z

This artist's rendering released by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Tuesday Oct. 6, 2009 shows the biggest but never-before-seen ring around Saturn, spotted by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The inset shows an enlarged image of Saturn, as seen by the