Jet Propulsion Lab Archives

Voyager 1 Spacecraft Resumes Communication Thanks to Ingenious Engineering Hack Performed from 15 Billion Miles Away

Micah Hanks·April 23, 2024

After five months of silence, NASA engineers have successfully received communications from the iconic Voyager 1 spacecraft, allowing them to perform a health and status checkup on the most distant human-built object in the cosmos.

Curious ‘Oblong’ Object Detected on Radar Was Closely Tracked by NASA, Officials Say

Micah Hanks·February 21, 2023

NASA officials say an odd, oblong-shaped object detected on radar was tracked by the space agency’s Deep Space Network earlier this month.

NASA’s DART Spacecraft Is On Its Way Toward a Collision With an Asteroid Moon

Micah Hanks·September 8, 2022

This week's Intelligence Brief examines NASA's plans to smash its DART spacecraft into an asteroiod moonlet millions of miles away from Earth later this month.

Was Einstein Wrong? Dark Energy Study Yields Surprising Discoveries About Nature’s Most Mysterious Forces

Micah Hanks·September 2, 2022

A new study on dark energy examines whether our understanding of gravity and its influence throughout the universe is incomplete.

Planetary Defense: How to Protect Earth from Deadly Asteroid Impacts

Micah Hanks·June 30, 2022

In this International Asteroid Day edition of the Intelligence Brief, we look at what NASA and others are doing to mitigate the threats of potential asteroid impacts in the future.