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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
Three researchers in high visibility gear are in the foreground left facing away from the camera. Across the terrain of volcanic rock and pebbles, two researchers can be seen in the distance. Two groups stretch a measuring tape out between them.
Venus on Earth: NASA’s VERITAS Science Team Studies Volcanic Iceland (NASA JPL)Sept. 20, 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
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Community Input for NASA IDEA MeetingSept. 18, 2023
The 'X-mas Planets' is a collage of computer generated images of potentially habitable worlds created by the Planetary Habitability Laboratory (PHL) over a section of an image of the De Mairan’s Nebula (Messier 43) taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Astrobiology Workshop: Communicating Discoveries in the Search for Life in the UniverseSept. 13, 2023
A current view of the tree of life, encompassing the total diversity represented by sequenced genomes.
The Evolution and Spread of Sulfur Cycling EnzymesSept. 13, 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
To better support the broad, interdisciplinary field of astrobiology – the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe – NASA is announcing a new programmatic infrastructure for the Astrobiology Program.
LIFE RCN Workshop: Nitrogen cycling across planetary scalesSept. 7, 2023
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