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Close up photograph of a trilobite-looking fossil with spine-like extensions curling back over its body.
Machine Learning in the Search for Agnostic BiosignaturesSept. 28, 2023
The desert of Utah where a distant mountain towers over flat, sandy land with small scrub. The blackened landing capsule is visible in the foreground slightly right of center.
NASA’s First Asteroid Sample Has Landed, Now Secure in Clean Room (NASA)Sept. 24, 2023
A temporary clean room set up on the Department of Defense’s Utah Test and Training Range is seen here, ready to receive a capsule with samples of asteroid Bennu on Sept. 24. The image was taken on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Capsule Secured in Utah Clean Room (NASA)Sept. 24, 2023
Pixelated image of Europa against a black background.
NASA’s Webb Finds Carbon Source on Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa (NASA Goddard)Sept. 23, 2023
A sample return capsule is suspended from an orange and white striped parachute above a desert landscape with patchy scrub visible.
NASA Invites Public to Share Excitement of Asteroid Sample Return (NASA)Sept. 22, 2023
A wide angle shot from Perseverance of the sandy, rocky surface of Mars. Parts of the rover can be seen in the center foreground. Mountains are seen in the distance.
Autonomous Systems Help NASA’s Perseverance Do More Science on Mars (NASA JPL)Sept. 21, 2023
This still from an animation shows OSIRIS-REx returning its sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth.
OSIRIS-REx Makes Final Course Adjustment Before Sept. 24 Sample Delivery (NASA)Sept. 19, 2023
Artist concept shows a blue, hazy planet. The planet is in the foreground to the right of frame in closeup. Hints of land mass can be seen through the haze. In the distance (lower left) is a dim, red dwarf star.
Webb Discovers Methane, Carbon Dioxide in Atmosphere of K2-18 b (NASA Goddard)Sept. 11, 2023
This still from an animation shows OSIRIS-REx returning its sample of asteroid Bennu to Earth.
OSIRIS-REx: How to Land an Asteroid Sample on Earth (NASA)Sept. 8, 2023
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.
NASA Completes Last OSIRIS-REx Test Before Asteroid Sample Delivery (NASA)Sept. 1, 2023
An overhead photograph of trucks driving on a dirt road through scrub-covered hills in Australia under an overcast sky.
NASA, Partners Study Ancient Life in Australia to Inform Mars SearchAug. 24, 2023
Drawing of a blue-tinted rocky planet floating alone in space. The planet sits to the left of the frame.
Getting To Know Rogue PlanetsAug. 22, 2023