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This animation, derived from data obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, shows how plasma swirling around Saturn is correlated to bursts of radio waves emanating from the planet.

This life-like movie sequence captures Saturn's rings during a ring plane crossing--which Cassini makes twice per orbit--from the spacecraft's point of view.

Io in Eclipse

NASA is celebrating students who’ve persevered. Select students will get a message from the Perseverance rover on Mars.

The geocentric phase, libration, position angle of the axis, and apparent diameter of the Moon throughout the year 2020.

Trouble pronouncing Rosetta and Philae's target comet? We called in some expert help.

This animation glides along the shoreline of Ontario Lacus, the largest lake on the southern hemisphere of Saturn’s moon Titan.

NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu.

In this movie from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, the gravitational pull of Saturn's moon Prometheus creates patterns in Saturn's F ring.

December 2021 skywatching highlights: A string of sunset planets, a chance to spy 2021's brightest comet, and the annual Geminid meteor shower won't be completely squashed by a bright Moon.

Cassini mission planners created this animation to showcase Cassini's final 22 orbits - the mission's Grand Finale.

The Cassini mission’s epic 13-year exploration of Saturn is coming to a close. On Sept. 15, the spacecraft will make a planned plunge into the atmosphere of Saturn in order to protect pristine icy ...

NASA's robotic explorers are helping scientists learn about the weather on Mars.

When scientists and engineers want to send commands to a spacecraft in deep space, they turn to the Deep Space Network.

On March 21, 2021, Arctic sea ice reached its maximum extent for winter 2020-2021, tying with 2007 for the seventh-lowest maximum on record.

To prepare the new Perseverance rover for its big day on Mars, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission team conducted a wide array of tests to ensure a successful entry, descent, and landing at the Red Planet.

Soar over the giant asteroid Vesta in 3-D. Put on your 3-D glasses for this ride over asteroid Vesta.

On February 24, 1987, observers in the southern hemisphere saw a new object in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. This was one of the brightest supernova explosi...

Seeking August 2020 skywatching highlights? The Moon poses with the planets, and the Perseid meteors peak!

Since the 1960’s, scientists have suspected that frozen water could survive in cold, dark craters at the Moon’s poles. 

What’s the latest news from Mars? NASA’s InSight lander and MarCO CubeSats are on their way to the Red Planet, a tiny helicopter will hitch a ride with the Mars 2020 rover mission, and Curiosity’s ...

Sir Arthur C. Clarke's video greeting to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory for Cassini's first close Iapetus flyby in 2007.

Mating of LVA

Have burning questions about asteroids? Our experts have answers! (Spoiler Alert: none of them will hit Earth.) Our solar system is littered with asteroids and comets and sometimes they get a littl...

The history-making Viking 1 mission launched 35 years ago.