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A New Method to Detect Exoplanet Atmospheres with WebbJan. 24, 2023
Astronomers have taken an inventory of the most deeply embedded ices in a cold molecular cloud to date. They used light from a background star, named NIR38, to illuminate the dark cloud called Chamaeleon I.
Webb Unveils Dark Side of Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry (NASA Goddard)Jan. 24, 2023
This shows the X-ray diffraction patterns made from data obtained by Curiosity's Chemistry and Mineralogy instrument (CheMin) of a sample collected from the Martian surface by NASA's Curiosity rover.
What is the Chemistry and Mineralogy Instrument?Jan. 19, 2023
Newly discovered Earth-size planet TOI 700 e orbits within the habitable zone of its star in this illustration. Its Earth-size sibling, TOI 700 d, can be seen in the distance.
NASA’s TESS Discovers Planetary System’s Second Earth-Size WorldJan. 17, 2023
A brightly reflective Enceladus appears before Saturn's rings, while the planet's larger moon Titan looms in the distance. Jets of water ice and vapor emanating from the south pole of Enceladus hint at a subsurface ocean on the tiny moon.
Save the Date: Josep Comas i Sola International Summer School in AstrobiologyJan. 11, 2023
This landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” speckled with glittering stars is actually the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s Webb Space Telescope.
2022 in AstrobiologyJan. 3, 2023
A concept image illustrating the interpretability of N2O as a biosignature given the environmental context.
Exploring Nitrous Oxide as a Sign of LifeDec. 29, 2022
This illustration shows two Earth-sized worlds passing in front of their parent red dwarf star, which is much smaller and cooler than our sun.
The Search for Habitable, Earth-Sized Planets around SPECULOOS-2Dec. 27, 2022
Artist impression of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter.
Juno Spacecraft Recovering Memory After 47th Flyby of Jupiter (NASA JPL)Dec. 27, 2022
HiRISE captured this spring scene, when water ice frozen in the soil had split the ground into polygons.
NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars (NASA JPL)Dec. 27, 2022
Once the team confirmed the first sample tube was on the surface, they positioned the WATSON camera located at the end of the rover’s robotic arm to peer beneath the rover, checking to be sure that the tube hadn’t rolled into the path of the wheels.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface (NASA)Dec. 21, 2022
An image of the final selfie taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, not long after landing.
NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science (NASA)Dec. 21, 2022