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.
Solar System: Exploration - Science@NASA
Humans have studied our solar system for thousands of years, but it was only in the last few centuries that scientists started to really figure out how things work. The era of robotic exploration—sending uncrewed spacecraft beyond Earth as our eyes and ears and senses— only started in the 1950s.
Universe - NASA Science
In this video, Dr. Padi Boyd explains how Hubble's observations unravel the mysteries of planet formation and provide a glimpse into the birthplaces of new solar systems. Learn more
NASA Science Missions
NASA Science missions circle the Earth, the Sun, the Moon, Mars, and many other destinations within our Solar System, including spacecraft that look out even further into our universe. The Science Fleet depicts the scope of NASA’s activity and how our missions have permeated throughout the solar system.
About the Planets - Science@NASA
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.
Sun: Exploration - NASA Science
NASA and other international space agencies monitor the Sun 24/7 with a fleet of solar observatories, studying everything from the Sun’s atmosphere to its surface. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is studying our star from closer than any previous spacecraft.
NASA's Eyes - Science@NASA
Eyes on the Solar System. This simulated live view of the solar system allows you to explore the planets, their moons, asteroids, comets and the spacecraft interacting with them in 3D. You can also fast-forward or rewind time, and explore the solar system as it looked from 1950 to 2050, complete with past and future NASA missions.
NASA’s Hubble Celebrates Decade of Tracking Outer Planets
2024年12月9日 · From its vantage point high above Earth’s atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has completed its annual grand tour of the outer solar system – returning crisp images that are almost as good as earlier snapshots from interplanetary spacecraft.
Solar System Exploration Stories - Science@NASA
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…
Saturn - NASA Science
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system. Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. It's surrounded by a beautiful ring system. It's the farthest planet from Earth discovered by the unaided human eye. Get the Facts