Christopher Hoffman has been recognized as a Johns Hopkins APL Master Inventor, a distinction earned through a career spent ...

In the clean room at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland, Emory Toomey (left) and Hunter Reeling integrate the engineering model of Dragonfly’s Integrated Electronics ...

Dr. Stephanie Menten is a planetary scientist interested in understanding interior–surface exchange and surface processes on solid bodies in our solar system. Her research focuses on investigating ...

Producing high-performance titanium alloy parts — whether for spacecraft, submarines or medical devices — has long been a slow, resource-intensive process. Even with advanced metal 3D-printing ...

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is dazzling scientists yet again, this time not with stunning images of the cosmos but instead with the first comprehensive list of molecular ingredients in the ...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the first complete view of Venus’ dust ring, a band of particles that stretches for the entirety of the planet’s path around the Sun. The new images, published April ...

After years of work to design, build and run tests, scientists and engineers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, bid farewell to the Europa Imaging System (EIS) ...

As countries around the world shift their attention to the Moon and the space surrounding it, the United States is making it a priority to establish a long-term lunar presence, recognizing that ...

The shape of an antenna’s front end dictates many of its operating parameters. Once it’s manufactured, those characteristics are locked in. A shape-changing antenna would enable communications across ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, have developed a new, easily manufacturable solid-state thermoelectric refrigeration technology with ...

Locating and tracking active satellites and debris in geosynchronous orbit, more than 22,000 miles above the Earth, is a real-world challenge. Tools such as optical sensors — both in space and on the ...