On April 12, 1961, the era of human spaceflight began when the Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to…
NASA’s Jupiter-bound spacecraft, Juno, is undergoing testing at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, prior to shipment to NASA’s Kennedy Space…
This swirling landscape of stars is known as the North America Nebula. In visible light, the region resembles North America,…
On January 4, the Hinode satellite captured these breathtaking images of an annular solar eclipse. An annular eclipse occurs when…
A magnetosphere is that area of space, around a planet, that is controlled by the planet’s magnetic field.
A magnetosphere is that area of space, around a planet, that is controlled by the planet’s magnetic field. The Earth’s…
Artist concept of the Sun’s layers.
Artist’s concept of our heliosphere as it travels through the Milky Way galaxy. The blue items represent the heliosphere components.…
Artist rendition of the SOHO spacecraft.
