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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to Lay off About 550 Workers

(Reuters) -NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown. JPL is NASA's only federally ... Read More

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory laying off hundreds

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., said it’s laying off 550 employees Tuesday as “part of a reorganization that began in July and not related to the current government ... Read More

JPL has 3rd round of layoffs, lets go of about 550 employees

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena laid off about 550 employees, or 11% of its total staff, on Tuesday. The layoff spanned technical, business and support areas. This is the third round of ... Read More

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in LA County to lay off hundreds

Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ... Read More

NASA Detects Non-Gravitational Boost On 3I/ATLAS — Distinctive Blue Jet Raises New Questions

On July 1, 2025, astronomers at the ATLAS telescope in Chile identified a rare celestial visitor: comet 3I/ATLAS, officially designated C/2025 N1. This object, only the third confirmed interstellar ... Read More

NASA lays off 550 employees at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in sweeping 'realignment' of workforce

Approximately 550 employees of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) will be laid off, according to an announcement made on the agency's website on Monday (Oct. 13). The news comes in the midst of an ... Read More

NASA Mars spacecraft flip maneuver challenges theory of underground lake

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this view of Mars’ south polar ice cap Feb. 25, 2015. Three years later, the spacecraft detected a signal from the area to the right of the ... Read More

NASA technology hiding in plain sight

What does taking a selfie and going into space have in common? More than you might think. It turns out the camera in your cellphone made its way to you via space technology developed at NASA’s Jet ... Read More

Jet from comet 3I/ATLAS surprises space scientists

The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has captivated astronomers with its unusual behavior, challenging established comet physics. Discovered by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in ... Read More

Airborne sensors map ammonia plumes in California's Imperial Valley

A recent study led by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California and the nonprofit Aerospace Corporation shows how high-resolution maps of ground-level ammonia plumes can be ... Read More

NASA and SpaceX Are About to Launch a New Satellite to Monitor Earth’s Oceans in Real Time

B, a next-generation ocean-monitoring satellite developed in partnership with SpaceX and international agencies. The mission will continue decades of high-precision sea level tracking and ocean ... Read More

Caltech Tentatively Settles Suit Over Man’s Alleged Lewd Remark

A former scientist at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has reached a tentative settlement in his lawsuit in which he alleged he was wrongfully fired for a false allegation that he made a comment ... Read More