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

~2 minute video featuring aurora data and graphical analysis, part of the NASA CONNECT video classroom series.

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

Video from the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured a close-up view of the 13th flight of the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, on Sept. 4, 2021.

A simulated flyover of the most intriguing landmarks on giant asteroid Vesta, as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

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

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

This graphic and animation depicts a cross-section of the Saturnian moon Titan.

Ion propulsion isn’t something found only in science fiction. JPL engineer Mike Meacham looks at how ion engines are being used to drive NASA's Dawn spacecraft through the solar system.

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

Multimedia-rich e-book on the birth and death of the Sun and other types of stars, full of NASA data and imagery.

Scientists have discovered that water is being released from the Moon during meteor showers.

Io in Eclipse

MESSENGER captured this departure sequence of Venus after a close flyby of the planet in 2007.

NASA’s Artemis I mission will need communications and navigation services during its journey. NASA’s Deep Space Network and Near Space Network will support all phases of the mission.

On June 7, 2021, NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew closer to Jupiter’s moon Ganymede than any spacecraft in more than two decades. Less than a day later, Juno made its 34th flyby of Jupiter. This animati...

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

The Usual Suspects: Science research is like detective work. One scientist takes his case to California's Death Valley, to search for clues surrounding a Titan lake.

Sound waves from the nascent universe, called baryon acoustic oscillations (BAOs), left their imprint on the cosmos by influencing galaxy distribution. Researchers have explored this imprint back t...

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...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft collected a sample of asteroid Bennu and discovered surprising details about its surface.

This guided tour of Mars' Jezero Crater from NASA’s Perseverance rover provides a glimpse of the Martian landscape from the rover's highest vantage point yet in the “Séítah” region. 

The Artemis missions will build a community on the Moon, driving a new lunar economy and inspiring a new generation.

As the solar wind flows from the sun, it creates a bubble in space known as the "heliosphere" around our solar system.