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This image shows a zoomed in view of an X1.4-class solar flare from the Sun, shown in blended wavelengths, 131 and 304 angstrom.
Discovery Alert: Flaring Star, Toasted Planet (NASA)July 3, 2025
An arial view above the surface of a dry, rocky planet. A canyon cuts up the middle of the scene, framing a glowing red star in the night sky.
A New Alloy is Enabling Ultra-Stable Structures Needed for Exoplanet Discovery (NASA)July 1, 2025
Artist's concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during its critical Mars Orbit Insertion process.
NASA Mars Orbiter Learns New Moves After Nearly 20 Years in Space (NASA)June 27, 2025
In this illustration, NASA's Perseverance Mars rover uses the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL).
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scours Mars for Science (NASA)June 26, 2025
An artist representation of the OSIRIS-REx mission in comic book style. The spacecraft reaches out to collect samples from the asteroid Bennu. Pink diagonal bands of light emanate up from the asteroid surface. The Earth is seen in the distance.
What Are Asteroids? (NASA)June 26, 2025
The classical habitable zone around our sun marks where an Earth-like planet could support liquid water on the surface.
Tilting Toward Habitability (NASA)June 20, 2025
Some animals use Earth’s magnetic field to help them navigate, via a process known as magnetoreception.
NASA Scientists Find Ties Between Earth’s Oxygen and Magnetic Field (NASA)June 18, 2025
NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, after NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy.
NASA’s Roman to Peer Into Cosmic ‘Lenses’ to Better Define Dark Matter (NASA)June 12, 2025
Artist's Impression of Dragonfly on Titan's surface.
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission Sets Sights on Titan’s Mysteries (NASA)May 22, 2025
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May’s Night Sky Notes: How Do We Find Exoplanets? (NASA)May 1, 2025
The logo ELI5 in a rough, chalk-like blue outline against a black background with a few purple, hand drawn stars.
Explain It Like I'm Five: Episode 1, The OSIRIS-REx Mission (YouTube)April 28, 2025
Hubble as seen from Discovery during its second servicing mission.
Eye on Infinity: NASA Celebrates Hubble’s 35th Year in Orbit (NASA)April 24, 2025
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