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2 days ago · Solar System Planets. Astronomy articles on the eight planets, plus the two dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris. Great pictures of everything in the solar system. Updated daily.
Mercury: Pictures capture icy craters and sunlit plains of solar system ...
1 day ago · Named Prokofiev, Kandinsky, Tolkien, and Gordimer, the craters are some of the coldest places in the solar system, despite Mercury being the closest planet to the Sun.
Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet
2 days ago · Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the Outer Solar System.
X-class solar flares hit a new record in 2024 and could spike …
8 hours ago · Increased solar activity. The obvious reason for the increased frequency is the arrival of solar maximum. This peak in the sun's roughly 11-year cycle of activity, which is triggered by the ...
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe Makes History With Closest Pass to Sun
Dec 27, 2024 · NASA's Parker Solar Probe survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, the spacecraft hurtled through the solar atmosphere at a blazing 430,000 miles per hour — faster than any human-made object has ever moved.
Solar System News | From Mercury to Mars to Pluto - Sky
Learn the latest about the exploration of our neighbors in the solar system, and check out stunning pictures of Mars, asteroids, Jupiter's moons, and more.
Solar System Exploration - NASA Science
Learn about the planets in our solar system. The solar system has eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. There are five officially recognized dwarf planets in our solar system: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris.
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Oct 13, 2023 · Stay up-to-date with the latest content from NASA as we explore the universe and discover more about our home planet. Introduction The 2024 NASA Land-Cover and Land-Use Change (LCLUC) Science Team Meeting (STM) took place from April 2–4, 2024 at the Marriott Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, MD. During the meeting, 75 people attended in-person.
Solar System Exploration Stories - NASA Science
Operations teams have confirmed NASA’s mission to “touch” the Sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024. Breaking its previous record by flying just 3.8 million miles above the surface of the Sun, NASA’s…
News | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
5 days ago · NASA’s Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter. A Q&A with the lead U.S. scientist of the mission, which will track changes in everything from wetlands to ice sheets to infrastructure damaged by natural disasters.