As NASA prepares to send human explorers to the Moon and beyond, we are advancing the technology that will enable high-definition video and science data to be transferred... with lasers! Learn more about the Deep Space Optical Communications experiment (DSOC), which exceeded all of its technical goals during its two-year technology demonstration: go.nasa.gov/4ppAPGZ | 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

A photographer in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico captured a rare form of lightning that NASA calls a "gigantic jet," which looks like upside-down lightning. “Gigantic jets are powerful electrical discharges that erupt from the top of a thunderstorm and travel upward into the upper atmosphere,” NASA said. | CBS News