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NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama at a drill site nicknamed “Avanavero” on June 20, 2022, the 3,509th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
10 Years Since Landing, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive (NASA)Aug. 8, 2022
“Selfie” of the Curiosity rover with inset showing the SAM instrument prior to installation on the rover. In this image, the rover is in front of Mount Mercou, a 19.7-foot (6-meter) tall outcrop, and next to the “Nontron” sampling site.
SAM’s Top Five Discoveries aboard NASA’s Curiosity Rover at Mars (NASA JPL)Aug. 4, 2022
This pixel image of NASA's Webb Telescope was created using a vintage Macinstosh computer.
Astronomy Data and the Search for Habitable WorldsAug. 3, 2022
This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples collected from the Mars surface by NASA's Mars Perseverance rover.
NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033 (NASA)Aug. 1, 2022
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover will abrade the rock at the center of this image, allowing scientists and engineers to assess whether it would hold up to the rover’s more powerful sampling drill.
NASA, ESA to Discuss Mars Sample Return Mission (NASA)July 26, 2022
The PolyCam aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft provided high-resolution, microscope-like images of asteroid Bennu’s surface. This made it possible for researchers to map more than 1,500 rock fractures. Fractures are highlighted in red.
Some Asteroids ‘Aged Early’ by Sun, NASA Finds (NASA Goddard)July 25, 2022
Glaciers on Canada’s Ellesmere Island seen during the Apr. 1 IceBridge survey flight. NASA's Operation IceBridge uses sophisticated instruments on aircraft to study glaciers, sea ice, and ice sheets.
Life in the Extreme: Surviving Beneath a Glacier, Part IJuly 20, 2022
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover used one of its navigation cameras to take this panorama of a proposed landing site for the Mars Sample Return lander that would serve as part of the campaign to bring samples of Mars rock and sediment to Earth.
NASA’s Perseverance Scouts Mars Sample Return Campaign Landing Sites (NASA JPL)July 13, 2022
This image shows the edge of a nearby, young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 in the Carina Nebula. Captured in infrared light by NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth.
First Images from the Webb Space Telescope (NASA)July 12, 2022
This NIRISS observation demonstrates that Webb has the power to characterize the atmospheres of exoplanets—including those of potentially habitable planets—in exquisite detail.
NASA’s Webb Reveals Steamy Atmosphere of Distant Planet in Detail (NASA)July 12, 2022
Star field
NASA’s Webb Delivers Deepest Infrared Image of Universe Yet (NASA)July 11, 2022
Brown dwarfs – objects that fall between stars and planets – are shown in this illustration with temperatures ranging from hottest (left) to coldest (right). The middle two represent those in a temp range for clouds made of silicates to form.
NASA Helps Decipher How Some Distant Planets Have Clouds of Sand (NASA JPL)July 11, 2022