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Chart showing where rocky planets sit on a temperature scale. Earth is around 200 Kelvin. Trappist-1 b Model is at 400 Kelvin. Trappist-1 b measurements from Webb are just over 500 K. The model of the Trappist-1 b's dark surface is just warmer than that.
NASA’s Webb Measures the Temperature of a Rocky Exoplanet (NASA Goddard)March 28, 2023
An artist rendition of a planet orbiting two stars. The planet is drawn as red and orange in color with a dense atmosphere. It sits in the lower left on a field of stars.
NASA’s Webb Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet (NASA Goddard)March 23, 2023
Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
NASA Instrument Bound for Titan Could Reveal Chemistry Leading to Life (NASA Goddard)March 22, 2023
Artist concept contrasting Earth with a planet about twice its size, known as a 'super-Earth.' This artist representation is of the planet 55 Cancri e.
What Would Happen if the Solar System had a Super-Earth?March 21, 2023
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Study Finds Ocean Currents May Affect Rotation of Europa’s Icy Crust (NASA)March 17, 2023
Asteroid Ryugu images by the ONC-T camera onboard Hayabusa2 between June 18 – 20, 2018.
Results from RyuguMarch 9, 2023
Billions of years ago, waves on the surface of a shallow lake stirred up sediment at the lake bottom. The sediment formed into rocks with rippled textures that are the clearest evidence of waves and water that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has ever found.
Ripples on MarsMarch 7, 2023
To test techniques for searching for life on Mars, samples have been collected from the Atacama desert in Chile as part of the European Research Consortium's Habitability of Martian Environments (HOMES) grant.
The Search for Life in the Universe is Hard, even on EarthFeb. 28, 2023
The angrite parent body was likely similar in size to the asteroid Vesta, which has been studied up close by NASA’s Dawn mission. Vesta is roughly 525 kilometers (326 miles) in diameter.
Stony Meteorites and the Story of VestaFeb. 23, 2023
This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars.
The Impact of Early Career Researchers on Space MissionsFeb. 21, 2023
This image shows with a green dot where NASA’s Perseverance rover landed in Jezero Crater on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. The base image was taken by the HiRISE camera aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Pointing Rovers toward Sites of InterestFeb. 16, 2023
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives." -Carl Sagan
You're My Pale Blue DotFeb. 14, 2023