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Curiosity Rover's Self Portrait at 'John Klein' Drilling Site.
3 Questions: Roger Summons on finding organic matter on MarsJune 13, 2018
This series of images of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko was captured by Rosetta’s OSIRIS narrow-angle camera on 12 August 2015, just a few hours before the comet reached the closest point to the Sun along its 6.5-year orbit, or perihelion.
Cometary Dust: A ReviewJune 8, 2018
Breakthrough Findings on Mars Organics and Mars MethaneJune 6, 2018
Gaia’s all-sky view of our Milky Way and neighboring galaxies.
Know Thy Star, Know Thy PlanetMay 23, 2018
Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has ben visited by ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft, and could receive another visit from a potential NASA mission called CAESAR.
How Small Bodies are Playing a Big Role in Planetary ScienceMay 18, 2018
JSC Mars-1 is a martian regolith simulant used in laboratories on Earth to simulate chemical and mechanical properties of the martian regolith. JSC Mars-1 was developed at the NASA Johnson Space Center in 1998.
Extracting Amino Acids Using Supercritical Carbon DioxideMay 16, 2018
A computer simulation gives an idea of how Europa's magnetic field interacted with an erupting plume. Magnetic field lines (blue) show how the plume interacts with the ambient flow of Jovian plasma. Red colors on the lines show more dense areas of plasma.
Old Data Reveal New Evidence of Europa PlumesMay 15, 2018
This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the launch of an ascent vehicle.
NASA-ESA Statement of Intent for Mars Sample ReturnMay 7, 2018
Artist impression of a future Mars rover.
Search for Life on Mars Could Get Water-Enhanced BoostMay 7, 2018
Simulation of one possible orbit for Fomalhaut b derived from the analysis of Hubble Space Telescope data between 2004 and 2012, presented in January 2013 by Paul Kalas and James Graham (Berkeley), Michael Fitzgerald (UCLA) and Mark Clampin (NASA/Goddard)
Exoplanet Fomalhaut b On the MoveMay 7, 2018
An Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, carrying NASA’s InSight Mars lander. Liftoff was at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT).
NASA’s InSight Spacecraft Now on its Way to MarsMay 5, 2018
This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars.
InSight Prepares for LaunchMay 3, 2018