Our Solar System

Based on observations from several NASA missions, the map details the path of the Moon’s shadow as it crosses the contiguous U.S. during eclipses in 2023 and 2024.

Dr. Nicola Fox will serve as the associate administrator for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate.

The next full moon will be Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 7:40 AM EST. The Moon will appear full Sunday through Wednesday.

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 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 will be Tuesday morning, November 8, 2022 at 6:02 AM EST.

Movies from NASA’s NEOWISE space telescope are revealing motion and change across the sky.

Scientists have pieced together the story of how dwarf planet Haumea became one of the most unusual objects in the solar system.

Here’s a quick run through some of the more intriguing impacts across our solar system.

The next full moon is the Hunter's Moon; the Travel, Dying Grass, Sanguine, or Blood Moon.

The Next Full moon is the Harvest Moon

The agency’s newly upgraded “Eyes on the Solar System” visualization tool includes a host of new features.

The next full moon is called the Sturgeon Moon and it’s a marginal supermoon.

The Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon, or the Mead, Honey, or Rose Moon.

The next full moon is the Flower Moon and there will be a total lunar eclipse.

The next full moon is the Pink Moon – also known as the Sprouting Grass, Egg, or Fish Moon.

A new study finds the speed of sound is slower on Mars and that, mostly, a deep silence prevails.

The Sun emitted a mid-level solar flare on March 31, 2022, peaking at 2:35 p.m. EST.

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft atop has arrived at Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center.

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.

The next full moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, and Worm Moon.

Composed of multiple images, this enhanced-color mosaic of a hill in Jezero Crater was created using Perseverance's Mastcam-Z camera system.

The team has successfully worked through the second and third out of seven total phases of mirror alignment.

One of the most exciting findings in planetary science in recent years is the discovery of interstellar objects passing through our solar system.

Several weeks after a dust storm on Mars, InSight's solar panels are producing almost as much power as they did before the storm.