Sun-Earth Days 2014

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Goddard Space Flight Center

Sun-Earth Days 2014

New Discoveries

Join us as we explore the science and new discoveries uncovered by the many NASA missions exploring our solar system. There are several active missions and several more missions launching in the near future which promise to provide us with some exciting new discoveries!

Magnetic Reconnection

Magnetic Reconnection

At it's most basic, magnetic reconnection occurs when two field lines come together and realign into a new configuration. It happens all over the universe.

Mysteries of the Red Planet

Mysteries of the Red Planet

The Martian atmosphere holds many mysteries, and NASA has recently launched a mission to help answer some of our most interesting questions.


Solar System : Small Bodies

Solar System Small Bodies

Small bodies in the solar system include comets, asteroids, the objects in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort cloud, small planetary satellites, Triton, Pluto, Charon, and interplanetary dust.

NASA Fact

The fastest coronal mass ejection was recorded on August 4, 1972 and traveled from the sun to earth in 14.6 hours - a speed of nearly 10 million kilometers per hour!