Solar System Animation | 8 Planets of the solar system | Eight planets in the solar system

Retrograde = when a planet looks like it’s moving backward in the sky 🌍✨⁠ ⁠ Normally, planets slowly drift one way against the background of stars. But sometimes, as Earth and the planet move around the Sun, our viewpoint changes — and the planet seems to reverse for a few weeks 🔄👀⁠ (It’s an illusion, the planet isn’t actually turning around.)⁠ ⁠ 🧐 Why does this happen?⁠ As Earth overtakes, for example, Mercury in its orbit, the smaller, faster planet seems to reverse direction from our pers

NASA Solar System Exploration on Reels

NASA Solar System Exploration on Reels

Recreate some of this year's highlights in NASA planetary exploration using our "Eyes on the Solar System" experience. First up, try the #JunoMission's close flyby of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io in February: https://go.nasa.gov/3DxJgNc What we learned: https://go.nasa.gov/4iUF2PP - NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft celebrated 10 years of exploring the Red Planet’s atmosphere: https://go.nasa.gov/4gUcfZQ See its discoveries: https://go.nasa.gov/3XtVxbu - In October,