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Interactive: Take the Sea Level Quiz

How much do you know about Earth's changing sea level and its potential impact on coastal populations? Test your knowledge with this interactive quiz.

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From the Lab to the Moon

Before astronauts could walk its surface, NASA/JPL's robotic explorers had to fly past, slam into, and land on the moon.

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Five Years on Mars

After five years, the Mars Exploration Rovers are still studying Mars. Take a closer look at how they work.

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Earthquake Studies

NASA uses space-based technologies, ground-based techniques and complex computer models to learn more about quakes in California.

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Interactive: Climate Time Machine

Take an interactive tour through Earth's recent climate history.

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Interactive: Cassini at Saturn - Updated!

New features are on display in this interactive 3-D Saturn viewer. Users can ride along with Cassini and see Saturn and its moons.

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Interactive: Sea Level Viewer

Explore ocean height from space with this new interactive.

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Slide Show: 3-D Solar System

Grab a pair of 3-D glasses and check out views of Mars, Earth and moons.

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Saturn Moons Explorer: Enceladus

Take a virtual tour of Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus, which sprays geyser-like jets from its south polar region.

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Interactive: New Worlds Atlas

Explore strange new worlds with this continuously updated database of all known planets beyond our solar system.

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Saturn Moons Explorer: Enceladus

Use this continuously updated 3D guide to explore Saturn's moon Enceladus.

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Anatomy of a Flyby

On Mar. 12, 2008, the Cassini spacecraft will make its closest flyby yet to a moon.

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Interactive: Explorer 1 Spacecraft

Look inside the first U.S. Earth-orbiting satellite and learn how it worked.

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Interactive: Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks

With increasing regularity, scientists are discovering asteroids and comets with unusual orbits -- ones that take them close to Earth and the sun.

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Lecture webcast: Voyager at the Edge of The Solar System

Launched in 1977, the twin Voyager spacecraft were assigned an ambitious mission - to explore the giant outer planets.

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Blog: Voyager's Golden Record

What one item would you add to a new Golden Record? Remember, it's been 30 years since the Voyagers launched.

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Titan Virtual Tour

Explore Saturn's moon Titan with an interactive tour, which includes a 3D globe with interactive hot spots.

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Rocket Science 101

The Phoenix spacecraft began its journey toward Mars aboard a Delta II rocket.

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Rings Around Saturn

A new slide show highlights the Cassini spacecraft's third year at the ringed world.

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Slide Show: Dazzling Universe

Marvel at a few gems from the universe, including sparkling clusters of baby stars and the shimmery demise of a dying star.

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Slide Show: 3-D Science

Grab a pair of 3-D glasses and explore Earth, Mars and more. Many of these images will also be on display at JPL's Open House.

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Slide Show: Cool Science

Icebergs, fjords, glaciers. All part of the view at Earth's poles.

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Quiz: Near-Earth Objects

Find out how much you know about asteroids and comets that may come near Earth's neighborhood.

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Virtual Tour: Deep Space Network

Take a 360-degree virtual tour of the Deep Space Network's station in Goldstone, Calif.

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Virtual Tour: Planet-Finding Telescopes

Take a 360-degree virtual tour of the W.M. Keck Observatory, home of the world's largest optical and infrared telescopes.

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Pack Your Backpack

Calling all explorers! Tour JPL with our new Virtual Field Trip site. Stops include Mission Control and the Rover Lab. Cool space images and souvenirs are included in your visit.

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Slide Show: Mars 360

Views of the red planet from a variety of spacecraft.

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Slide Show: The Year in Pictures

Intriguing planets and glittering galaxies. JPL missions produced a dazzling array of images in 2006.

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Slide Show: Cassini Rings in the New Year

A journey in images that the Cassini mission has captured through 2006

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Slide show: Signs of Flowing Water on Mars

Images that provide evidence of recent water flows on Mars.

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Slide Show: Mars Global Surveyor

Gullies, dunes and more. See just a few highlights from the spacecraft that has orbited Mars for nearly ten years.

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Quiz: JPL History

Calling all space buffs. To celebrate 70 years of exploration, we created a quiz to test your knowledge of JPL and its history.

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Slide Show: Rainbow Saturn

A kaleidoscope of colors can be seen in new views of Saturn and Titan from the Cassini spacecraft.

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Slide Show: Snapshots of the Universe

The Spitzer Space Telescope and Galaxy Evolution Explorer capture images of life and death in the universe.

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Flash feature: Summer Stories

Four students describe their summer research projects at JPL.

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Slide Show: Rover Road Trip

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Cassini Photo Essay

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Slide Show: Hurricane Watch

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Slide Show: Open House 2006 Preview

Our new slide show gives visitors a sneak peek at out-of-this-world technologies and missions to distant worlds.

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Slide Show: The Infrared Universe

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is using its infrared eyes to turn the dark and dusty cosmos into a beautiful garden of colorful objects.

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Cloud Quiz

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Flash: A Century of Quake Research

In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, a violent earthquake shook San Francisco and the surrounding area.

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Slide Show: Students Aim High

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3D Guide to the Galaxy

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Two Years on Mars

This narrated slide show features images selected by members of the the rover team.

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Flash: Stardust and Return to Earth

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The Year in Images: JPL 2005

JPL missions and instruments capture unique and beautiful images 365 days a year. The following photo essay and gallery offer a glimpse at just a few of these views.

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Virtual Tour: Planet-Finding Telescopes

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Alien Safari

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Deep Impact: Night of the Comet

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Deep Impact: Dirty Ice Balls

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Spitzer Space Telescope: Eyes the Infrared Universe

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Mars Rovers: One Year on Mars

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Cassini - A Photo Essay

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Cassini: Why Go to Saturn?

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Earth Sciences: Studying Oceans From Space

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Spitzer Space Telescope: Infrared Search for Origins

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The Two Micron All Sky Survey

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Keeping an Eye on Space Rocks

With increasing regularity, we are discovering asteroids and comets with unusual orbits -- ones that take them close to Earth and the Sun.

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Voyager: The Golden Record

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Voyager: The Great Adventure Continues

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Topex/Poseidon Celebrating Ten Years

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Navigating to Saturn

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Pathfinder: A Five-Year Anniversary

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Journey to Mars

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Image Sites

Planetary Photojournal

Photojournal

JPL's indepth database of images includes planets, moons, stars and galaxies.

 
Space Gallery

Space Gallery

Use our image slider to scroll through some of our favorite Earth and space images.

 
Wallpaper

Wallpaper

Download the beauty of space and Earth imagery onto your desktop.

 
Twitter Wallpaper

Twitter Wallpaper

Download stunning background images featuring Astro-Bird to your Twitter page.

 
NASA Images

NASA Images

The most comprehensive compilation of NASA stills, film and video.