Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look ...

The solar wind starts its journey at the Sun. It emanates from features on the Sun such as dark and cool regions called coronal holes and active regions, which are characterized by strong magnetic ...

On most nights, weather permitting, you can spot at least one bright planet in the night sky. While two or three planets are commonly visible in the hours around sunset, occasionally four or five ...

On Earth, if you go outside and touch the ground and dig, you can expect to hit dirt or sand. But on the Moon, you would encounter something a bit different: lunar regolith. The tiny particles that ...

The Office of the Chief Science Data Officer (OCSDO) within NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) plays a pivotal role in advancing transformative science. Established in 2021, the OCSDO focuses on ...

Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Curiosity was back at work on Monday, ...

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image, looking southwest toward the distant large boxwork structures in the Uyuni ...

For 540 million years, the ebb and flow in the strength of Earth's magnetic field has correlated with fluctuations in atmospheric oxygen, according to a newly released analysis by NASA scientists. The ...

A NASA-sponsored team is creating a new approach to measure magnetic fields by developing a new system that can both take scientific measurements and provide spacecraft attitude control functions.

NASA uses satellite lidar technology to study Earth’s forests, key carbon sinks. The GEDI mission maps forest height and biomass from the International Space Station, while ICESat-2 fills polar data ...

Solar images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory show different features on the Sun, including sunspots in the visible light spectrum. Filaments and prominences can be seen in hydrogen-alpha, ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image of the “Altadena” drill hole, using its Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI), a close-up camera located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.