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In these detailed infrared images of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, reddish areas indicate fresh ice that has been deposited on the surface.
Infrared Eyes on Enceladus: Hints of Fresh Ice in Northern Hemisphere (NASA)Sept. 18, 2020
In this illustration, WD 1856 b, a potential Jupiter-size planet, orbits its much smaller host star, a dim white dwarf.
NASA Missions Spy First Possible ‘Survivor’ Planet Hugging White Dwarf Star (NASA)Sept. 16, 2020
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope ultraviolet-light image of the planet Venus, taken on Jan. 24 1995, shows the planet's cloud tops at distance of 70.6 million miles (113.6 million kilometers) from Earth.
Announcement About Research on Venus's Chemistry (NASA)Sept. 14, 2020
Giada Arney, Research space scientist at NASA Goddard.
Giada Arney, Research Space Scientist, Will Look for Life on Exoplanets (NASA Goddard)Aug. 26, 2020
NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, after NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy.
Unveiling Rogue Planets With NASA’s Roman Space Telescope (NASA)Aug. 24, 2020
This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the launch of an ascent vehicle.
NASA Establishes Board to Initially Review Mars Sample Return PlansAug. 14, 2020
Too hot to host life, the high temperature Beebe Vents black smokers serve as the source fluids for nearby mixing zones that span the thermal boundary between habitable and uninhabitable below-seafloor environments.
Does Hydrogen Feed the Subseafloor Biosphere?Aug. 14, 2020
Astrobiologist Kennda Lynch at her field site in Pilot Valley, Utah.
Gravity Assist: ‘Oxygen is Tree Poop’ – Looking For Life in Ancient LakesAug. 14, 2020
Image from OSIRIS-REx at approximately 420 feet (128 meters) above the surface of Bennu. The spacecraft’s sampling arm – called the Touch-And-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) – is visible in the lower part of the frame.
A Successful Second Rehearsal Puts NASA’s OSIRIS-REx on a Path to Sample Collection (NASA)Aug. 12, 2020
Artist impression of the TESS spacecraft.
NASA’s Planet Hunter Completes Its Primary Mission (NASA Goddard)Aug. 11, 2020
This artist's concept appeared on the Feb. 23, 2017 cover of the journal Nature announcing that the nearby star TRAPPIST-1, an ultra-cool dwarf, has seven Earth-sized planets orbiting it.
How Many Habitable Zone Planets Can Orbit a Host Star?Aug. 11, 2020
Hubble as seen from Discovery during its second servicing mission.
Hubble Uses Moon as 'Mirror' to Study Earth's Atmosphere (NASA Goddard)Aug. 6, 2020