Category: Solar System
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New NASA Map Details 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses in the US
Based on observations from several NASA missions, the map details the path of the Moon’s shadow as it crosses the contiguous U.S. during eclipses in 2023 and 2024.
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10 Ways to Celebrate Pi Day with NASA on March 14
Whether you’re doing it for the nerd cred or the pie, this week on #10Things, we’ve got all the ways you can celebrate #PiDay 2023 with NASA.
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Hubble Captures the Start of a New Spoke Season at Saturn
New images of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope herald the start of the planet’s “spoke season” surrounding its equinox, when enigmatic features appear across its rings. The cause of the spokes, as well as their seasonal variability, has yet…
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Webb Detects Extremely Small Main Belt Asteroid
An asteroid roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Their project used…
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The Moon Illusion: Why Does the Moon Look So Big Sometimes?
Why does the Moon look so big when it’s rising or setting? The Moon illusion is the name for this trick our brains play on us.
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NASA Solar System Ambassadors: Sharing the Science for 25 Years
NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors Program is celebrating its 25th anniversary in Fall 2022.
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Cloudspotting on Mars Project Extended!
The forecast for the Cloudspotting on Mars project is cloudy. And that’s a good thing! The Cloudspotting on Mars citizen science project has received additional funding from NASA’s Mars Data Analysis Program to search for clouds in more Mars data.…
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What You Need to Know About the November 2022 Lunar Eclipse
On November 8 (depending on time zone), the Moon will pass into Earth’s shadow and turn red. Here’s what you need to know about the eclipse.
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10 Facts about the Pioneer Spacecraft
Someone’s got to be first. In space, the first to explore beyond Mars were Pioneers 10 and 11, twin robots who charted the course to the cosmos.
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Webb, Hubble Capture Detailed Views of DART Impact
Two of NASA’s Great Observatories, the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, have captured views of a unique NASA experiment designed to intentionally smash a spacecraft into a small asteroid in the world’s first-ever in-space test for…