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Introduction Launched into the night sky nearly 26 years ago, on December 19, 1999, from Vandenberg Air Force Base (now Space Force Base), Terra was NASA’s f...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2025 Careful reanalysis of measurements gathered more than a decade ago indicates that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, likely...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 17, 2025 After nearly two decades in orbit around Mars, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has logged the 100,000th image...

Mesas and dunes stand out in the view snapped by HiRISE, one of the imagers aboard the agency’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. After nearly 20 years at the Red...

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space - on what was supposed to...

On 2 December 1995 the ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) blasted into space – on what was supposed to be a two-year mission.

Dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed tiger stripes near the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus i...

Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 21, 2025 Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object - from the closest location any of the agency's space...

Pasadena, Calif. (SPX) Nov 26, 2025 Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to subsurface observations of Mars. NASA'...

Results from an enhanced radar technique have demonstrated improvement to sub-surface observations of Mars.  NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has rev...

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Nov 20, 2025 Scientists analyzing NASA Cassini data have identified previously unknown organic compounds in ice particles emitted f...

This article was updated to include the full range of dates from the SOHO image. Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA is in the midst of an unprecedented...

Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast flyby through a plume of Saturn’s icy m...

Located around Saturn is the icy moon Enceladus — one of the most interesting and… The post Scientists use Cassini data to discover new molecules in Encelad...

Scientists digging through data collected by the Cassini spacecraft have found new complex organic molecules spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus. This is a...

A Titan-Centaur rocket carrying the Viking 1 spacecraft launches from Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Aug. 20, 1975. Viking 1 touched down...

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is testing a series of large spacecraft rolls that will help it hunt for water. After nearly 20 years of operations, NASA’s M...

The image marks what may be the first time one of the agency’s Mars orbiters has captured the rover driving. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has never been camer...

Expanded coverage of topics from “The Editor’s Corner” in The Earth Observer On December 18, 2024, Terra—the first EOS Flagship mission celebrated the 25th a...

The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these energy-conserving measures. Mission engineer...

NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) recently imaged NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy, and… The post MRO observes dorma...

NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A recent data dive has...

NASA’s Voyager mission launched in the 1970s. Today, it’s making history as it conducts new science. But how are two spacecraft from the ’70s not just surviv...

NASA’s ambitious Cassini mission to Saturn in the late 1990s was one of the agency’s greatest accomplishments, providing unprecedented revelations about the...

From 7 until 13 October 2024, ESA/NASA’s SOHO spacecraft recorded Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS), the second brightest comet it has ever seen. Meanwhile...

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has captured images of the second-brightest comet to ever pass through its field of view, comet C/2023 A3 Tsuch...

The spacecraft uses its thrusters to stay pointed at Earth, but after 47 years in space some of the fuel tubes have become clogged. Engineers working on NASA...

The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft captured this last “eyeful” of Saturn and its rings on March 27, 2004, as it continued its way to orbit insertion. This natura...

Voyager 1 Instruments Return to Service After Computer Malfunction

The four instruments on NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft are returning science data for the first time since a computer malfunction last November, as scientists h...

The plucky Voyager 1 spacecraft has another lease on life as it continues its voyage through interstellar space. The 46-year old spacecraft, billions of mile...

A NASA official says he is optimistic that a problem with the Voyager 1 spacecraft that has kept it from transmitting intelligible data for months can be res...

NASA engineers are working to address a technical issue on Voyager 1, one of the agency's iconic deep space probes, as it encounters communication challenges...

The Federal Communications Commission issued a fine today for violating space debris requirements. The DISH satellite television company must admit liability...

The Federal Communications Commission has fined Dish Network $150,000 for failing to properly remove a satellite from geostationary orbit, the U.S. regulator...