Release of Probe

One of the Hubble Space Telescope’s most iconic images is the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, which unveiled myriad galaxies across the universe, stretching back to within a few hundred million years of t...

Our planet is a beautiful water-filled world, teeming with life. But did you know that Earth is not the only world in our solar system with an ocean? Here’s what you need to know about Ocean Worlds.

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

The most prominent jets of vapor and icy particles emerging from the south polar terrain of Saturn’s moon Enceladus are shown here in graphical form in a movie clip of a “rotating” Enceladus.

Bright morning and evening planets, the Moon steals the show from the Perseid meteors, and Cygnus the swan soars overhead.

This video highlights Dawn's top accomplishments during its orbit around the giant asteroid Vesta.

Meet Lucy as she prepares for the first ever journey to the Trojan asteroids, a population of primitive small bodies orbiting in tandem with Jupiter.

What can you see in the February sky? Stars and planets with distinct red and blue colors, like Mars and Sirius.

November 2021 skywatching highlights: Planets after sunset, a partial lunar eclipse, and the familiar stars of winter return.

Cassini mission leads Earl Maize and Linda Spilker talked about the spacecraft's epic journey and science - and the exciting two-part grand finale.

Blanket Protection

Spacecraft Full Stack

The heavens often seem vast and unchanging as seen from Earth, but movement in the skies is the norm. The relative motions of both Cassini and Enceladus over a 15-minute period create the movement ...

Great Dark Spot  

This animation demonstrates how deformation in the icy surface of Europa could transport subsurface ocean water to the moon’s surface.

It’s time to #UnfoldTheUniverse. Watch as the mission team reveals the long-awaited first images from the James Webb Space Telescope.

October 2021 skywatching highlights: Find the Moon with Venus and Arcturus after sunset, and Regulus and Mercury before sunrise. And get to know Vega and Deneb, two of the brightest stars in the No...

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket's core stage fired all four of its RS-25 engines on March 18, 2021, at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.

This animation illustrates Jupiter's magnetic field.

An aurora, shining high above the northern part of Saturn, moves from the night side to the day side of the planet in this movie recorded by Cassini.

Cassini's mission planners created this animation to showcase the mission's final orbits, known as the Grand Finale.

RSP Installaton

Have you ever seen a meteorite streaking across the sky? If so, you may very well have seen part of the asteroid, Vesta!

Io Color Eclipse

The bright crescent of Saturn's moon Enceladus slides past distant Rhea in this mutual event, or occultation, movie from Cassini.