Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. An urban heat island occurs when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas. The difference ...

This exoplanetary encyclopedia — continuously updated, with more than 6,000 entries — combines interactive 3D models and detailed data on all confirmed exoplanets. When you select a planet’s name, see ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This is a collection of NASA science spacecraft and aircraft. The icons are formatted as transparent PNG files for ...

On a clear night, you might see thousands of stars in the sky. Most of these stars are dozens or hundreds of light years away from us. A light year is the distance a beam of light travels in a year: ...

The Exoplanet Exploration Program Charter identifies one of the Program’s critical functions to be to “…manage exoplanet-related technology initiatives, ...

The 2001 Odyssey spacecraft captured a first-of-its-kind look at Arsia Mons, which dwarfs Earth’s tallest volcanoes. A new panorama from NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter shows one of the Red Planet’s ...

NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory is communicating with mission operators at the Mission Operations Center at the University of California Berkeley following a successful acquisition of signal ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Installed by astronauts during Hubble Servicing Mission 4 in 2009, the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is continuing the ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The "gravity assist" concept has proven fundamental to exploring our "back yard" — the solar system. The technique ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Both the North and South Pole are very cold because they get very little direct sunlight throughout the year. This ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This is a collection of illustrated posters in NASA's annual celebration of Earth Day. High resolution printable PDF ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one ...