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An artist concept of the dwarf planet Eris and its moon Dysnomia. The sun is the small star in the distance.
This detail of NASA Dawn spacecraft framing camera image shows low sun angles and large shadows on asteroid Vesta.
Moderated by Jia-Rui Cook. Panelists include Thomas Zurbuchen, Jennifer Trosper, Ken Farley, Vivian Sun, Olivier Toupet.
This diagram shows the approximate distances of the terrestrial planets from the Sun; they include Mercury, Venus,...
The sun low angle near the terminator highlights the topography of craters within Rhea wispy terrain
The moon Prometheus and a bit of Saturn northern hemisphere are both brilliantly lit by the sun here, making the A...
The battered features of the moon Rhea, seen at low phase, appear washed out by the sun.
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) celebrates its 5th anniversary since it launched on February 11, 2010. This...
Using data from three different satellites, scientists have developed new models that recreate, in 3-D, CMEs and...
Magnetic Dance: Solar material traces out giant magnetic fields soaring through the sun to create what's called...
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 11:24 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2015. NASA’s Solar Dynamics...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) zoomed in almost to its maximum level to watch tight, bright loops and much...
A "transit of Venus" occurs when the planet Venus passes directly between the sun and the Earth. During...
An instrument on our Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured its 100 millionth image of the sun. The instrument is...
Spectacular eruption: On June 7, 2011, SDO captured this image as a massive eruption lifted an enormous amount of...
A great magnetic bubble surrounds the solar system as it cruises through the galaxy. The sun pumps the inside of the...
This close-up image of the sun presents an active region in profile as it rotated out of view. We can observe both...
On Oct. 14, 2023, a “ring of fire,” or annular, solar eclipse will travel from the Oregon coast to the Gulf of...
CAPSTONE, a microwave oven-sized CubeSat, will fly in cislunar space – the orbital space near and around the Moon....
While humans lives unfolded on Earth, NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity paused in its southward trek and...
This image from NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft of the northern plains of Mars shows a surface texture of hundreds of...
New data from NASA Cassini spacecraft suggest that the shape of our solar system moving through the local Milky Way...
NASA Phoenix Mars Lander will open its solar arrays 20 minutes after it touches down on the surface of Mars.
A nearly full Rhea shines in the sunlight in this image from NASA Cassini spacecraft. Rhea 949 miles, or 1,527...