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The next full Moon will be on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023. The Moon will appear full from early Saturday morning through early Tuesday morning.
The Next Full Moon is the Snow, Storm, or Hunger Moon
The next full Moon will be Friday evening, Jan. 6, 2023, at 6:08 PM EST. The Moon will appear full from Thursday evening through Sunday morning.
The Next Full Moon is the Wolf or Ice Moon
The next full Moon will be Tuesday morning, November 8, 2022 at 6:02 AM EST.
The Next Full Moon is the Beaver, Frost, Frosty, or Snow Moon
Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky.
NASA Telescope Takes 12-Year Time-Lapse Movie of Entire Sky
Scientists have pieced together the story of how dwarf planet Haumea became one of the most unusual objects in the solar system.
NASA Studies Origins of ‘Weird' Solar System Object: Dwarf Planet Haumea
Here’s a quick run through some of the more intriguing impacts across our solar system.
10 Things: Greatest Hits – Craters We Love
The agency’s newly upgraded “Eyes on the Solar System” visualization tool includes a host of new features.
Explore the Solar System With NASA's New-and-Improved 3D ‘Eyes'
A new study finds the speed of sound is slower on Mars and that, mostly, a deep silence prevails.
What Sounds Captured by NASA's Perseverance Rover Reveal About Mars
The Sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on March 31, 2022, peaking at 2:35 p.m. EST.
Mid-Level Solar Flare Erupts From Sun
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop has arrived at Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center.
NASA's Mega Moon Rocket, Spacecraft Complete First Roll to Launch Pad
The Webb team expects the telescope's optical performance will be able to meet or exceed the science goals the observatory was built to achieve.
NASA's Webb Reaches Alignment Milestone, Optics Working Successfully
Composed of multiple images, this enhanced-color mosaic of a hill in Jezero Crater was created using Perseverance's Mastcam-Z camera system.
A View of the Red Planet (in Blue)
The team has successfully worked through the second and third out of seven total phases of mirror alignment.
Webb Telescope Mirror Alignment Continues
One of the most exciting findings in planetary science in recent years is the discovery of interstellar objects passing through our solar system.
Studying the Next Interstellar Interloper with Webb
Several weeks after a dust storm on Mars, InSight's solar panels are producing almost as much power as they did before the storm.
NASA's InSight Sees Power Levels Stabilize After Dust Storm
A new study finally reveals higher-frequency X-rays and explains why they eluded another mission 30 years ago.
NASA Telescope Spots Highest-Energy Light Ever Detected From Jupiter
Here are 10 impressively super, bowl-shaped venues adorning worlds in our solar system, including a couple where we've actually made…touchdowns!
10 'Super Bowls' in Our Solar System
NASA has selected two science missions to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of the Sun and its connection to Earth.
New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has taken its first visible light images of the surface of Venus from space.
Parker Solar Probe Captures its First Images of Venus' Surface in Visible Light
A new study calculates how dark matter’s gravity affects objects in our solar system, including spacecraft and distant comets.
How Dark Matter Could Be Measured in the Solar System
NASA-funded ATLAS has reached become the first survey capable of searching the entire dark sky every 24 hours for near-Earth objects.
NASA Asteroid Tracking System Now Capable of Full Sky Search
Dr. Laurie Leshin has been appointed as director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California.
NASA Statement on New Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Appointment
Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago.
NASA's MRO Finds Water Flowed on Mars Longer Than Previously Thought
In preparing for Flight 19, the Mars helicopter team found that unexpected Mars weather can result in a scenario familiar here on Earth: a delayed flight.
Grounded: First Flight Delay Due to Inclement Weather on Another World
Europa Clipper will need to know its orientation while traveling from Earth to Jupiter and in orbit around Jupiter. To accomplish this, it will use the stars.
Europa Mission Dispatch: Tracking the Stars