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NASA’s Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is now named the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, after NASA’s first Chief of Astronomy.
NASA Telescope Named For ‘Mother of Hubble’ Nancy Grace RomanMay 21, 2020
Artist’s concept illustrating a catastrophic collision between two rocky exoplanets in the planetary system BD +20 307, turning both into dusty debris.
Top Ten Discoveries from SOFIAMay 18, 2020
Standing in for a rover, a field team sets up equipment in a dry lakebed in the Nevada desert in February 2020. As part of the exercise, scientists spread around the world sent commands for images and data, as they will once Perseverance lands on Mars.
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover Scientists Train in the Nevada DesertMay 8, 2020
This infographic illustrates key features of the TOI 270 system, located about 73 light-years away in the southern constellation Pictor.
Studying Sub-Neptune Atmospheres with James WebbMay 4, 2020
In this gallery of three newly reprocessed Europa images, details are visible in the variety of features on the moon's icy surface.
Newly Reprocessed Images of Europa Show 'Chaos Terrain' in Crisp DetailMay 4, 2020
Artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission.
Committee Opportunity Available: Mars Sample Return Science Planning Group Phase 2April 14, 2020
Jezero Crater contains the fossil remains of a river delta and is where the Mars 2020 rover will land. The image, taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), uses non-Martian colors to highlight specific features and mineral deposits.
Serpenitinzation and Astrobiological Potential of the Mars 2020 Landing SiteApril 9, 2020
This artist's concept puts solar system distances -- and the travels of NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft -- in perspective.
Revised Data Sets for Oort Cloud CometsMarch 24, 2020
A theoretical instrument that would search for individual microbes on the surface of Mars.
ExoMars to Launch in 2022March 14, 2020
Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.
Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA's Next Mars RoverMarch 6, 2020
Artist impression of JAXA’s MMX spacecraft around Mars.
Planetary Protection and the Moons of MarsMarch 6, 2020
A sample of suevite rock formed nearly 15 million years ago by the Ries Crater meteorite impact. Similarly impact-generated rocks exist on the rims of ancient crater lakes on Mars.
Ancient Impact Site on Earth Provides Clues about Mars' PastMarch 3, 2020