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Large amounts of cosmic dust are produced as the stellar winds of massive stars collide in Wolf-Rayet binary or multiple-star systems. As the stars orbit each, a pinwheel pattern is formed, as shown in this image from the European Southern Observatory.
The Cosmic Dust in Your BonesNov. 18, 2020
Astrobiologist Jen Eigenbrode injects a chemical into a rock sample.
Gravity Assist: Mars Takes a Breath, with Jen EigenbrodeNov. 16, 2020
This graph shows how the amount of water in the atmosphere of Mars varies depending on the season. During global and regional dust storms, which happen during southern spring and summer, the amount of water spikes.
Heat and Dust Help Launch Martian Water Into Space, Scientists FindNov. 13, 2020
The planets and moons of our solar system, some seen in this illustration, are extroardinarily diverse. A few show signs of potential habitability.
Life in Our Solar System? Meet the NeighborsNov. 10, 2020
This illustration of Jupiter's moon Europa shows how the icy surface may glow on its nightside, the side facing away from the Sun. Variations in the glow and the color of the glow itself could reveal information about the composition of ice.
Europa Glows: Radiation Does a Bright Number on Jupiter's MoonNov. 9, 2020
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
Second Community Announcement: Advance Notice Regarding New Frontiers 5 (NF5) Announcement of OpportunityNov. 6, 2020
This image captured by the StowCam camera on OSIRIS-REx shows the collector head secured onto the capture ring in the Sample Return Capsule.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid BennuOct. 30, 2020
This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn's moon Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, captured in 2015.
Impact Craters Reveal Details of Titan's Dynamic Surface WeatheringOct. 29, 2020
This illustration depicts NASA's exoplanet hunter, the Kepler space telescope.
About Half of Sun-Like Stars Could Host Rocky, Potentially Habitable PlanetsOct. 29, 2020
Infrared images of Saturn's moon Titan represent some of the clearest global views of the icy moon's surface. Views were created using 13 years of data acquired by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer instrument onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
NASA Scientists Discover ‘Weird’ Molecule in Titan’s AtmosphereOct. 27, 2020
Captured by the spacecraft’s SamCam camera on Oct. 22, 2020, this image shows that the sampler head on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is full of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of AsteroidOct. 24, 2020
Captured on Oct. 20 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this image shows the SamCam imager’s field of view at the moment before the NASA spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu’s surface.
OSIRIS-REx TAGs Surface of Asteroid BennuOct. 21, 2020