![Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as seen by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220310b_image1_lg.jpeg)
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Mar 10, 2022
Comet 67P’s Abundant Oxygen More of an Illusion, New Study Suggests
Seven years ago, scientists made the surprising discovery of oxygen coming from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, throwing into question much of what they thought they knew about the early solar system. But a new study led by Johns Hopkins APL researchers reveals new details that suggest not everything about that discovery is as it seems.
![Planetary Scientist Andy Rivkin guides participants though a portion of the Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise](/sites/default/files/2024-05/20220310c_image1_lg-rs.jpg)
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Mar 10, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Hosts NASA-FEMA Exercise to Simulate Nation’s Asteroid Impact Response
Representatives from a host of federal, state and local agencies convened recently at APL for the fourth iteration of a Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise to assess our nation’s ability to respond effectively to a (simulated) asteroid impact threat to Earth.
![With just six months until NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is scheduled to impact an asteroid in the world’s first full-scale planetary defense test, Johns Hopkins APL has been named No. 3 on Fast Company’s 2022 World’s Most Innovative Space Companies list for building and managing DART.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220308_image1_lg.jpg)
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Mar 8, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL Named One of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Space Companies
APL has been named No. 3 on Fast Company's 2022 World's Most Innovative Space Companies list for building and managing NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.
![From left, Angie Lilly, Trena Lilly and Shaleta Handy](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220304_image1_lg.jpg)
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Mar 4, 2022
Three Johns Hopkins APL Staff Members Honored at Black Engineers STEM Conference
Three APL staff members received Black Engineer of the Year Awards honoring their leadership and recognizing their commitment to inspire the next generation of technical professionals.
![Autonomous delivery drones](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220217b_image1_med.jpg)
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Feb 17, 2022
Johns Hopkins APL, IEEE to Co-Host International Conference on Assured Autonomy
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy (IAA), in partnership with APL and IEEE, is launching the IEEE International Conference on Assured Autonomy (ICAA). The virtual conference will take place March 22-23.
![Illustration of hypersonics vehicles around the globe](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220217_image1_lg.jpeg)
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Feb 17, 2022
Creating Coatings for Extreme Environments: From Solar Shields to Hypersonic Leading Edges
Johns Hopkins APL researchers are developing coatings that can stand up to the rigors of hypersonic flight in the upper atmosphere. The work leverages APL’s ability to produce custom materials solutions to solve hard problems that stand between success and failure on real missions.
![Why NASA's Parker Solar Probe Swings By Venus](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Cover_Why_PSP_Swings_By_Venus.jpg)
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Feb 9, 2022
Visions of Venus
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has captured a series of visible light images of Venus, and this data from the Johns Hopkins APL-built spacecraft is adding to scientists’ understanding of the planet likened as Earth’s twin.
![An image of Comet NEAT, captured by Kitt Peak National Observatory](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220208_image2_lg.jpeg)
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Feb 8, 2022
New Analysis Points to Comets as Source of Near-Surface Ices at the Moon’s South Pole
A new analysis examining elemental data from a NASA mission more than a decade ago pins down comets as the source of water ice and volatile elements near the Moon’s South Pole. The finding sheds light on another piece of the Earth-Moon system’s history and underscores the use of the Moon’s ices for revealing that story.
![The Project Wonder team standing outside an APL building](/sites/default/files/2023-06/20220202_image1_lg.jpg)
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Feb 2, 2022
With Project Wonder, Johns Hopkins Medicine and Johns Hopkins APL Seek to Generate Discoveries From Data
Wonder is, by its very nature, impossible to quantify. But, convinced of the fundamental role of wonder in the scientific enterprise, a team from Johns Hopkins Medicine and APL is leveraging the power of data to foster wonder, inspire novel insights and push the frontiers of precision medicine.
![An image captured by NASA’s STEREO mission, which Johns Hopkins APL leads, of a coronal mass ejection (CME) on July 23, 2012.](/sites/default/files/2023-01/20220202b_image1_med.jpg)
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Feb 2, 2022
New NASA Mission Will Capture First Complete Views of Sun’s Massive Explosions
A new NASA mission led by Johns Hopkins APL researcher and engineer James Mason will use specially developed imaging technology to capture the first complete images and video of some of the Sun’s most powerful explosions and unveil the physical mechanisms that drive them.