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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
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
Image of a carbon star known as CW Leonis or IRC+10216 taken by the Herschel Space Observatory.
Pulsing Stars Distribute Key Ingredient for LifeAug. 5, 2020
The moon Io orbits Jupiter in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. Jupiter and Io appear deceptively close in this image, when in fact the moon is orbiting 217,000 miles from the gas giant planet.
NASA's Webb Telescope Will Study Jupiter, Its Rings, and Two Intriguing MoonsAug. 3, 2020
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover onboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41, Thursday, July 30, 2020, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
NASA, ULA Launch Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission to Red PlanetJuly 31, 2020
Gravity Assist with NASA’s Chief Scientist Jim Green
Perseverance Rover: How We Protect Mars From Earthly GermsJuly 24, 2020
The north pole of Ganymede can be seen in center of this annotated image taken by the JIRAM infrared imager aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft on Dec. 26, 2019. The thick line is 0-degrees longitude.
NASA Juno Takes First Images of Jovian Moon Ganymede's North PoleJuly 23, 2020
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope in the clean room at Northrop Grumman, Redondo Beach, California, in July 2020.
NASA Announces New James Webb Space Telescope Target Launch DateJuly 17, 2020