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MLA Format NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2010. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 18 Mar. 2025 . BibTeX Export Format @misc{ Title = {NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System}, Publisher = {National Aeronautics and Space Administration}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {18 March 2025}, Year = {2010} } Refer Export Format %T NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System %D 2010 %I National Aeronautics and Space Administration %C Washington %U %O application/java EndNote Export Format %0 Electronic Source %D 2010 %T NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System %I National Aeronautics and Space Administration %V 2025 %N 18 March 2025 %9 application/java %U Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications. This resource is stored in a shared folder. You must login to access shared folders. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System: Is Associated With NASA: Solar System Exploration Comprehensive website providing image galleries, interactive resources for learners, videos, history of robotic exploration, and interviews with astronauts and engineers who design spacecraft. relation by Caroline Hall Know of another related resource? Login to relate this resource to it.

Were mostly blown or boiled away by radiation from the newly formed sun; on the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) the lighter elements still surround them as deep atmospheres of gas or as frozen solid layers. 9-12: 4A/H6. Our solar system coalesced out of a giant cloud of gas and debris left in the wake of exploding stars about five billion years ago. Everything in and on the earth, including living organisms, is made of this material. 11. Common Themes 11C. Constancy and Change 3-5: 11C/E4. Some things in nature have a repeating pattern, such as the day-night cycle, the phases of the moon, and seasons. 9-12: 11C/H4. Graphs and equations are useful (and often equivalent) ways for depicting and analyzing patterns of change. 9-12: 11C/H8. Trends that follow a pattern that can be described mathematically can be used to estimate how long a process has been going on. 11D. Scale 6-8: 11D/M3. Natural phenomena often involve sizes, durations, and speeds that are extremely small or extremely large. These phenomena may be difficult to appreciate because they involve magnitudes far outside human experience. This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units. ComPADRE is beta testing Citation Styles! Record Link Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2010. AIP Format (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 2010), WWW Document, ( AJP/PRST-PER NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System (National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, 2010), . APA Format NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System. (2010). Retrieved March 18, 2025, from National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Chicago Format Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA Jet Propulsion Lab: Eyes on the Solar System. Washington: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2010. (accessed 18 March 2025).

This artist’s concept shows the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System spacecraft sailing in space using the energy of the sun.(Image credit: NASA/Aero Animation/Ben Schweighart)An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the night sky as it orbits the Earth.NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) launched in April 2024 atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. The mission is designed to test solar sail technology to help NASA develop larger spacecraft in the future using this next-generation propulsion system. Solar sails work similarly to nautical sails, but instead of being pushed by wind, they are impacted by the pressure of sunlight as photons bounce off of the reflective material they're made from.On Aug. 29, the ACS3 spacecraft deployed its 860-square-foot (80-square-meter) solar sail while operating at an altitude about 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) above Earth, which is nearly twice as high as the International Space Station. As the ACS3 spacecraft orbits Earth, it's large surface area means it reflects enough sunlight to be seen from the ground. Under some conditions, the solar sail demonstrator could even appear as bright as Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. If you want to see it for yourself, you're in luck: NASA has an app that lets you track sighting opportunities from your location.To most easily see NASA's ACS3 solar sail, you'll want to download the official NASA app from the Google Play Store or Apple App Store.From there, navigate to the "Featured" tab at the bottom of the app. You should see a section for the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) under "Featured missions."Once you tap on that mission, you'll be able to then tap on "Sightings." If you've allowed the app to access your location, the app will give you a list of times and dates for when you'll be able to see NASA's solar sail, including in what direction of the sky it will be visible, its celestial altitude and the duration of each sighting.Screenshots of the NASA app and the features of its Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) section. (Image credit: Future/Brett Tingley)Satellite tracker Kevin Fetter caught ACS3 on camera on Sept. 5 as it passed near one of the brightest stars in the night sky. "It got bright for a short time as it was passing by the star. Briefly it was just as bright as Vega, the 5th brightest star in the night sky," Fetter told SpaceWeather.com.Some researchers believe solar sails could advance space travel in the future by allowing the development of spacecraft that are lightweight yet can still travel great distances without the need for carrying heavy fuels. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Solar sails can theoretically also reach high speeds, as it is believed their unique method of propulsion can grant them infinite acceleration.Related: NASA spacecraft captures 1st photo of its giant solar sail while tumbling in spaceA photo taken from aboard NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA)Solar sails

Solar system. Astronomers estimate that the core of the sun actually rotates as rapidly as once a week, four times faster than its surface and intermediate layers, according to NASA's Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) page. This has led to solar scientists intensely studying the effects that arise as a result of different rotation rates throughout our star.This type of rotation isn't unique to the sun or even to stellar bodies. The gas giants, Jupiter and Saturn, also experience differential rotation. This is not surprising given their gaseous composition. The ice giants Uranus and Neptune also have differential rotation — all spinning faster at their equators than they do at the poles.Why does the sun rotate?The sun's counterclockwise rotation and the counterclockwise rotation of the entire solar system (except two planets) is a result of its formation around 4.5 billion years ago. At this point in the universe's history, the solar system was no more than a giant rotating disc of gas and dust. NASA Science suggests that an exploding star caused this to collapse forming a solar nebula. At the center of this nebula, our sun formed incorporating 99 percent of the available matter with the outer dust clumps forming the planets. But, it incorporated something else too. "The rotation of the sun is due to conservation of angular moment," National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) scientist Jeff Mangum said. "What this means is that the gas cloud from which the sun formed had some residual angular momentum that was passed on to the sun when it formed, which gives the sun the rotation that we observe today."The sun formed around 4.5 billion years ago. (Image credit: ESA)Additional resourcesDiscover how NASA and the ESA are investigating the core of the sun including the rate at which it rotates at NASA's SOHO page. Additionally, you can learn more about the solar system's rule breakers Venus and Uranus and their retrograde rotation at the Science Alert website. Bibliography"Galileo's sunspot letters". The British Library (2022). "Solar Rotation Varies by Latitude". NASA (2013). "Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo" (Doubleday, 1957)."ESA, NASA’s SOHO Reveals Rapidly Rotating Solar Core". NASA (2017)."Our Solar System". NASA Science, Solar System Exploration (2021). "Why Does the Sun Rotate?". National Radio Astronomy Observatory (2020). Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more! And if you have a news tip, correction or comment, let us know at: community@space.com.Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!