News Releases

A new study has revealed similarities and relationships between certain types of chemicals found on 30 different comets, which vary widely in their overall composition compared to one another.

NASA’s New Horizons mission reached a major milestone this week when the last bits of science data from the Pluto flyby — stored on the spacecraft’s digital recorders since July 2015 — arrived safely on Earth.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is pleased to announce that Lisa Blodgett, head of the Force Projection Sector, has been named to the Board of Directors for the Naval Submarine League.

Andrew Merkle has been appointed the Mission Area Executive for Research and Exploratory Development at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland.

Johns Hopkins Medicine, in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, today announced a joint effort to apply rigorous data analysis and systems engineering practices in an effort to revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory is pleased to announce the appointment of three new senior fellows.

Camille Daniel, a mathematics and statistics analyst at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will receive a 2016 Women of Color Technology Award for her accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)-related fields.

Scientists using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have made the first detections of X-rays from Pluto.

Although there is significant evidence of ice on the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in orbit between Mars and Jupiter, an analysis of the surface geology indicates that ice is not a major factor in forming surface features, according to a paper in the September issue of Science magazine.

A team from the Asymmetric Operations Sector, led by John Contestabile, was awarded a 2016 Under Secretary’s Award from the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate for its work in leading the testing and development of datacasting, a new technology for first responders.