Io in Eclipse

A simplified model of Jupiter's massive magnetic field, known as a  magnetosphere.

NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft have new names, thanks to some enthusiastic 4th graders from Montana, who reveal the names in dramatic fashion.

On Jan. 22, 2012, the Sun erupted with a solar flare, a coronal mass ejection, and a burst of highly energetic protons known as solar energetic particles.

This video shows the James Webb Space Telescope's mirrors during their long string of tests, from individual segments to the final tests of the assembled mirror. 

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

On March 6, the Dawn spacecraft will slip into orbit around Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the main asteroid belt.

Celebrate Women's History Month with us as we pay tribute to scientists, engineers, astronauts, and leaders who continue to pave the way for future generations of explorers.

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

This video describes Cassini measurements of high speed streams of tiny dust particles emanating from the vicinity of Saturn.

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 ...

Blanket Protection

Join the journey as NASA’s Psyche mission team launches in 2022 to explore a unique metallic asteroid orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter.

Unveiling Rogue Planets

NASA's Dawn is the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial targets.

When depicting an eclipse path, data visualizers have usually chosen to represent the moon's shadow as an oval. By bringing in a variety of NASA data sets, visualizer Ernie Wright has created a new...

A mission concept to explore Jupiter's intriguing moon system.

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

This computer-generated view shows the view from the perspective of the Cassini spacecraft as it dives between the rings and Saturn's cloud tops.

Could Venus once have been like Earth – a habitable world with liquid water oceans? This is one of the many mysteries of our sister world.

This data visualization represents twenty years' worth of data showing the abundance of life both on land and in the sea. 

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

This movie shows clouds in the mid-southern latitudes of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in a series of images captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft a few months after fall began in the southern hemi...

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.

On unexplored worlds, the sound of science is a harmonious melody of chimes, clicks and mechanical whirrs.

This rotating mosaic of asteroid Bennu is composed of 40 images captured by the PolyCam imager onboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft over a four-hour period on Dec. 2, 2018.