In one of the biggest surprises of NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission, its target asteroid, Bennu, turned out to be a jagged, rugged ...

The bigger the hailstone, the more damage it can cause. But scientists find that predicting hailstone size can be challenging ...

Data collected by NASA's missions about interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will continue to reveal insights about the comet and ...

NASA’s groundbreaking science and exploration missions increasingly rely on the efficient use of large-scale data, advanced computing, and high-performance analytics. Led by Kevin Murphy (Chief ...

All seven planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system orbit closer to their host star than Mercury does to the Sun. This diagram compares the orbits of the seven TRAPPIST-1 planets around their star, which are ...

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NASA Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) engages communities across the nation with educational programs about heliophysics. As part of the NASA Science Activation program, NASA HEAT ...

Spectroscopy is a scientific method of studying objects and materials based on detailed patterns of colors (wavelengths). Spectroscopy is used to figure out what things are made of, how hot they are, ...

Catalog: Learning and Educational Activities and Resources from NASA Science This catalog of learning resources draws from NASA science content. You can search this collection using key words and/or ...

Although a new moon happens about once a month, solar eclipses do not. That’s because the Moon does not orbit in the same plane that the Sun and Earth are in (known as the ecliptic plane). Instead, ...

In the path of totality, where the Moon completely covers the Sun, the sky will become dark, as if it were dawn or dusk. For those who only experience a partial solar eclipse, the sky will appear ...

From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one million miles per hour as it traverses to the edge of interstellar space bathing ...