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Perseverance animation shows 807-foot drive along Jezero Crater rim — Assets.science.nasa.gov

Perseverance animation shows 807-foot drive along Jezero Crater rim

This animation shows NASA’s Perseverance rover’s point of view during an 807-foot (246-meter) drive along the rim of Jezero Crater on Dec. 10, 2025, the 1,709th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The sequence was captured over two hours and 35 minutes using 53 Navigation Camera

NASA completes assembly of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — Science.nasa.gov

NASA completes assembly of Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Technicians completed construction of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope when they joined the observatory’s two major segments on November 25, 2025. The mission is slated to launch no later than May 2027, with teams working toward a launch as early as fall 2026, and the observatory will

Caltech names astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as its next president — Static01.nyt.com

Caltech names astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as its next president

The California Institute of Technology has named Ray Jayawardhana, an astrophysicist and the provost of Johns Hopkins University, as its next president. Dr. Jayawardhana, 54, is scheduled to start in July and will succeed Thomas F. Rosenbaum, who led the school for 12 years. Caltech leaders cited Dr. Jayawardhana’s

JPL Tests Drones in Death Valley to Improve Mars Autonomy — Nasa.gov

JPL Tests Drones in Death Valley to Improve Mars Autonomy

Engineers from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory took three research drones to Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert this year to develop and test navigation software meant for Mars. The work, called Extended Robust Aerial Autonomy, is one of 25 projects funded this year by NASA’s Mars

Reanalysis of Cassini Data Indicates Titan Likely Has Slushy Interior, Not a Global Ocean — Nasa.gov

Reanalysis of Cassini Data Indicates Titan Likely Has Slushy Interior, Not a Global Ocean

A reanalysis of radio tracking data from NASA’s Cassini mission suggests Saturn’s moon Titan may not host a single global ocean beneath its surface but instead has a layered interior of ice, slush and small pockets of warm water near its rocky core. The new study, led by