Category: Solar System
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NASA’s Curiosity Captures Martian Morning, Afternoon in New ‘Postcard’
Lighting from two times of day was combined for a stunning view of terrain that the rover is leaving behind.
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Webb Maps Surprisingly Large Plume Jetting From Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
A water vapor plume from Saturn’s moon Enceladus spanning more than 6,000 miles – nearly the distance from Los Angeles, California to Buenos Aires, Argentina – has been detected by researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Not only is…
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NASA’s Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has enabled another long-sought scientific breakthrough, this time for solar system scientists studying the origins of Earth’s abundant water. Using Webb’s NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument, astronomers have confirmed gas – specifically water vapor – around…
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Meet the Creators of NASA’s Newest Eclipse Art
To celebrate the special role of eclipses in connecting art and science, creatives across NASA will be sharing their eclipse-inspired artwork in anticipation of two solar eclipses that will cross the United States on October 14, 2023, and April 8,…
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Juno Marks 50 Orbits Around Jupiter
NASA’s Juno mission completed its 50th close pass by Jupiter on April 8, 2023. To mark the 50th close pass, NASA teamed up with Google Arts & Culture to feature a selection of JunoCam images.
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NASA Solar Eclipse Partner Locations for 2023 and 2024
NASA has selected the following locations as its primary partner locations for the total solar eclipse: Kerrville, Texas; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Cleveland, Ohio. Each location will provide a group viewing area for the public.
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NASA’s Webb Scores Another Ringed World with New Image of Uranus
Following in the footsteps of the Neptune image released in 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken a stunning image of the solar system’s other ice giant, the planet Uranus. The new image features dramatic rings as well as…
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Hubble Finds Saturn’s Rings Heating Its Atmosphere
The secret has been hiding in plain view for 40 years. But it took the insight of a veteran astronomer to pull it all together within a year, using observations of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and retired Cassini…
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Hubble Monitors Changing Weather and Seasons at Jupiter and Uranus
Ever since its launch in 1990, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been an interplanetary weather observer, keeping an eye on the largely gaseous outer planets and their ever-changing atmospheres. NASA spacecraft missions to the outer planets have given us a…
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New Horizons Team Discusses Discoveries from the Kuiper Belt
New Horizons continues to shed light on the mysterious planets and smaller bodies of the outer solar system.