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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, has experienced its first lunar transit of the year.
NASA's SDO Spots First Lunar Transit of 2021
NASA has approved two heliophysics missions to explore the Sun and the system that drives space weather near Earth.
NASA Approves Heliophysics Missions to Explore Sun, Earth's Aurora
The next full Moon will be Tuesday evening, December 29, 2020. The Moon will appear full from Monday evening through Thursday morning.
December 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon
NASA’s AIM mission has spotted Antarctica's first noctilucent, or night-shining, clouds of the summer.
NASA's AIM Sees First Night-Shining Clouds of Antarctic Summer
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, a joint U.S.-European satellite built to measure global sea surface height, has sent back its first measurements of sea level.
New Satellite Returns First Sea Level Measurements
NASA has selected two SmallSat missions to share a ride to space in 2025 with the agency’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe.
NASA Selects Heliophysics Missions
Scientists have confirmed that Near-Earth Object 2020 SO is a 1960’s-Era Centaur rocket booster.
Data Confirm Near-Earth Object 2020 SO is Upper Centaur Rocket Booster
NASA’s VIPER will be the first off-world rover to have its brains split in two as it explores the Moon’s surface in search of water ice.
VIPER's Many Brains are Better than One
A small satellite mission to study the lunar water cycle has received NASA approval to proceed to the next phase of development.
NASA Confirms New SIMPLEx Mission Small Satellite to Study Lunar Surface
With NASA's Eyes on the Earth web-based app, you can tag along with the U.S.-European satellite as it orbits the globe.
Follow Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich in Real Time As It Orbits Earth
The next full Moon will be early on Monday morning, November 30, 2020.
November 2020: The Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite will enhance forecasts and provide detailed information on large-scale ocean currents.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Launched to Monitor Global Ocean
Seasonal cues tell Arctic animals when to migrate, when to mate, and when and where to find food. A shift in these cues is already happening.
Arctic Animals Shifting Movement Patterns as Earth's Climate Changes
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, the latest in a series of spacecraft designed to monitor our oceans, is ready for launch.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite Prepared for Launch
For Artemis astronauts traveling to the Moon, two space weather instrument suites, NASA’s HERMES and ESA’s ERSA, will provide an early forecast.
Lunar Gateway Instruments to Improve Forecasting for Artemis Astronauts
STEVE, or Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, is still new to scientists, who are working to understand all its details.
Aurora-Chasing Citizen Scientists Help Discover A New Feature of STEVE
Plumes of water vapor that may be venting into space from Jupiter's moon Europa could come from within the icy crust itself, according to new research.
Potential Plumes on Europa Could Come From Water in the Crust
Earth has captured a tiny object from its orbit around the Sun and it's probably a Centaur upper stage rocket booster.
Earth May Have Captured a 1960s-Era Rocket Booster
New experiments re-create the environment of Europa and find that the icy moon shines, even on its nightside. The effect is more than just a cool visual.
Europa Glows: Radiation Does a Bright Number on Jupiter's Moon
With a little over two weeks to go until its California launch, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft is undergoing final preparations.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Prepared for Launch
NASA scientists have identified a molecule in Titan’s atmosphere that has never been detected in any other atmosphere.
NASA Scientists Discover ‘Weird' Molecule in Titan's Atmosphere
A new study of Greenland's shrinking ice sheet reveals that many of the island's glaciers are not only retreating but are also undergoing other physical changes.
Greenland's Retreating Glaciers Could Impact Local Ecology
The next full Moon will be on the morning of Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, The Moon will appear full for about three days, making this a full Moon weekend.
October 2020 - Part II: The Next Full Moon is a Halloween Hunter's Moon and "Micro" Moon
NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon.
NASA's SOFIA Discovers Water on Sunlit Surface of Moon
On Oct. 16, 2020, the Moon photobombed NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory’s view of the Sun.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory Catches a Lunar Transit