The Solar System

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Missions
Planets
The Solar System
Uranus
Uranus Moons
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side. Webb captured this dynamic world with rings, moons, storms, and other atmospheric features – including a seasonal polar cap.
Posted December 18, 2023
Cassini
Astrobiology
Enceladus
Planetary Science
Saturn
Saturn Moons
The Solar System
A study zooms in on data that NASA’s Cassini gathered at Saturn’s icy moon and finds evidence of a key ingredient for life and a supercharged source of energy to fuel it. Scientists have known that the giant plume of ice grains and water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus is rich with organic compounds, […]
Posted December 14, 2023
Perseverance (Rover)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars
Mars 2020
The Solar System
Now at 1,000 days on Mars, the mission has traversed an ancient river and lake system, collecting valuable samples along the way. Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of […]
Posted December 12, 2023
MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN)
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Mars
Solar Wind
Space Weather
The Solar System
The Sun
In December 2022, NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream of charged particles constantly emanating off the Sun, known as the solar wind. This was caused by a special type of solar event that was so powerful, it created a void in its wake as […]
Posted December 11, 2023
Psyche Mission
Asteroids
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Psyche Asteroid
The Solar System
The mission team has celebrated several successes since its launch from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 13. The latest is the operation of the spacecraft’s cameras. NASA’s Psyche spacecraft is on a roll. In the eight weeks since it left Earth on Oct. 13, the orbiter has performed one successful operation after another, powering on […]
Posted December 5, 2023
Asteroids
Jupiter
Mars
Pioneer
Pioneer 10
Planets
The Solar System
This illustration made on Nov. 26, 1974, by Rick Giudice shows the Pioneer 10 spacecraft traveling through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system. At the time, it was uncertain whether it would traverse it safely since the density of particles large enough to damage the craft was […]
Posted December 4, 2023
Mariner 3
Mariner 4
Mars
Planets
The Solar System
A model of the Mariner-C spacecraft seems to float in the darkness of space in this photo from a June 1964 Conference on New Technology at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. Mariner-C and Mariner-D were identical spacecraft designed by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to fly by Mars and photograph the Martian surface. Mariner-C was […]
Posted November 28, 2023
Dragonfly
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Saturn
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
NASA’s Dragonfly mission has been authorized to proceed with work on final mission design and fabrication – known as Phase C – during fiscal year (FY) 2024. The agency is postponing formal confirmation of the mission (including its total cost and schedule) until mid-2024, following the release of the FY 2025 President’s Budget Request. Earlier […]
Posted November 28, 2023
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Inst.
The Solar System
Uncategorized
Let’s look at the mean temperature of the Sun, and the planets in our solar system.
Posted November 16, 2023
Europa Clipper
Europa
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Solar System
Six weeks remain for you to add your name to a microchip that will ride aboard the spacecraft as it explores Jupiter’s moon Europa. It’s not every day that members of the public have the chance to send their names into deep space beyond Mars, all the way to Jupiter and its moon Europa. But […]
Posted November 13, 2023
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