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Has NASA’s Curiosity rover taken dormant microbes to Mars?
Putting the Ethics into Planetary ProtectionAug. 13, 2018
This artist's animation shows a sped-up view of the EPOXI mission spacecraft during its Nov. 4, 2010 flyby of comet Hartley 2. The fluffy shell around the comet, called a coma, is made up of gas and dust that blew off the comet's core, or nucleus.
The Hyperactivity and Dust Composition of the Comet Hartley 2Aug. 13, 2018
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The Search for Life: Utilizing Science to Explore our Solar System and Make New DiscoveriesAug. 7, 2018
The headquarters of the Centro de Astrobiología in Madrid, Spain.
Spain’s Centro de AstrobiologíaAug. 7, 2018
The rippled surface of the first Martian sand dune ever studied up close fills this view of "High Dune" from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity rover.
Ghost Dune Pits on MarsJuly 30, 2018
This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA’s Opportunity rover’s point of view, with the right side simulating Opportunity’s current view in the global dust storm (June 2018).
Forecasting Martian Dust StormsJuly 27, 2018
This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Big Sky" site, where its drill collected the mission's fifth taste of Mount Sharp.
Mining Data from CuriosityJuly 26, 2018
Laguna Negra in the Chilean Andes is a glacial lake that contains the remains of ancient life and is exposed to ultraviolet light.
How Glacial Biomarkers can Hone the Search for Extraterrestrial LifeJuly 26, 2018
Spectral data from the first light of the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. The light from a star has been dispersed into its component colors. This view has been colorised to indicate how the wavelengths change across the image.
A New Frontier for Exoplanet HuntingJuly 24, 2018
Where to Search for Signs of Life on TitanJuly 24, 2018
The BIOMEX experiment, performed by DLR, being attached by astronauts to the exterior of the International Space Station.
German Aerospace Center: Institute of Planetary ResearchJuly 23, 2018
This photo from the 1964 NMSU yearbook shows Bradford Smith, left, Clyde Tombaugh, center and Jim Robinson.
Bradford A. Smith (1931-2018)July 17, 2018