The Solar System

Asteroids
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
General
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
The Solar System
NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed.  A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge repurposed Webb’s observations of a distant star to reveal a population of small asteroids — smaller than astronomers had ever detected orbiting
Posted December 20, 2024
Comets
Asteroids
The Solar System
These celestial objects look like asteroids but act like comets now come in two flavors. The first dark comet — a celestial object that looks like an asteroid but moves through space like a comet — was reported less than two years ago. Soon after, another six were found. In a new paper, researchers announce […]
Posted December 9, 2024
Earth
Earth Science Division
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Langley Research Center
Planetary Science Division
The Solar System
The Sun
NASA researchers will present findings on Earth science, planetary science, and heliophysics at the upcoming American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024 annual meeting in Washington, DC, beginning on Monday, Dec. 9.
Posted December 6, 2024
Comets
Goddard Space Flight Center
Planetary Science
Planetary Science Division
Rosetta
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
Scientists find that cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets as potential sources of water for early Earth. 
Posted December 3, 2024
Mars
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
General
High-Tech Computing
Mars Moons
Martian Moon Exploration (MMX)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Planets
Technology
The Solar System
A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulations reveals a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars get its moons?
Posted November 20, 2024
The Solar System
Our universe is full of mysterious sights and sounds. Explore some of our most frightful finds from past Halloweens. Sinister Sounds of the Solar System Have you heard the scary noises from across our universe before? Using data from our spacecraft, scientists gathered sinister sounds from the depths of space. Listen to our playlist filled with […]
Posted October 25, 2024
Artemis
Artemis 3
Earth's Moon
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Directorates
Science Mission Directorate
The Solar System
Scientists and engineers tested NASA’s LEMS (Lunar Environment Monitoring Station) instrument suite in a “sandbox” of simulated Moon “soil.”
Posted September 26, 2024
Europa Clipper
Europa
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Jupiter Moons
The Solar System
With NASA’s Europa Clipper just weeks away from launch, five short videos give a behind-the-scenes peek at some of the engineers dedicated to making the mission a success. What does it take to build a massive spacecraft that will seek to determine if a mysterious moon has the right ingredients for life? Find out in […]
Posted September 24, 2024
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