Our solar system sits inside a vast bubble shaped by the Sun known as the heliosphere. NASA’s IMAP mission will map its boundaries and transform how we understand our place in the galaxy. Launch day is Sept. 23! Coverage begins at 6:40am ET on NASA , Amazon Prime, and more. Spanish coverage starts at the same time on NASA and NASA en Español’s YouTube channel. Liftoff is targeted for 7:32am ET. Get all the details: https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-sets-launch-coverage-for-space-weather-mis

Have you noticed a bright "star" in the Eastern evening sky? That’s Saturn! On Sept. 21, the planet is at its closest and brightest for the year because of something called an opposition. Here's what that means ⬇️ | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

This new NASA mission will get a whole new look at our home in space. 👀 The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe, or IMAP, will chart our heliosphere, the giant bubble encasing our solar system. The heliosphere is like Earth’s house in space: It shelters our planet from interstellar radiation and helps keep it cozy, safe, and suitable for living things — like us! 🌱🌎 With a comprehensive suite of 10 instruments, IMAP will reveal our heliosphere with 30X better resolution than we’ve ever