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Reminder: The NASA Astrobiology Program Student Early Career Collaboration AwardsSept. 28, 2022
Still from a video explaining the rotational period comparison between Earth and Jupiter.
How Planetary Orbits, in Our Solar System and Beyond, Can Affect HabitabilitySept. 25, 2022
Artist illustration of NASA's Kepler Mission. Kepler was a space observatory designed to survey a specific portion of our region of the Milky Way galaxy. An important part of Kepler’s work was the identification of Earth-size planets around distant stars.
The Virtual Planetary Lab and Its Search for What Makes an Exoplanet Habitable, or Even InhabitedSept. 23, 2022
This image of Jupiter’s moon Europa was taken by the JunoCam imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft on Oct. 16, 2021, from a distance of about 51,000 miles (82,000 kilometers).
NASA’s Juno Will Perform Close Flyby of Jupiter’s Icy Moon Europa (NASA JPL)Sept. 22, 2022
The first view of the sediments at the bottom of Lake Whillans.
Life in the Extreme: Surviving Beneath a Glacier, Part IISept. 22, 2022
These craters were formed by a Sept. 5, 2021, meteoroid impact on Mars, the first to be detected by NASA’s InSight. Taken by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, this enhanced-color image highlights the dust and soil disturbed by the impact in blue.
NASA’s InSight ‘Hears’ Its First Meteoroid Impacts on Mars (NASA JPL)Sept. 19, 2022
NASA’s Perseverance rover puts its robotic arm to work around a rocky outcrop called “Skinner Ridge” in Mars’ Jezero Crater.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Investigates Geologically Rich Mars Terrain (NASA)Sept. 16, 2022
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NASA to Host Briefing on Perseverance Mars Rover Mission OperationsSept. 13, 2022
Black and white artist impression of the Mariner 4 spacecraft. Credit: NASA
25 Years of Continuous Robotic Mars Exploration – From Pathfinder to Perseverance (NASA)Sept. 13, 2022
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
Apply to Host AbGradConSept. 12, 2022
Sixteen frames from Voyager 1's flyby of Jupiter in 1979 were merged to create this image. The shadow of Jupiter's moon Io can be seen near the center of the image.
45 Years Ago: Voyager 1 Begins its Epic Journey to the Outer Planets and Beyond (NASA)Sept. 7, 2022
The remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Jason II is shown using a temperature probe to measure the temperature of hydrothermal vent water from a hydrothermal vent along along the East Pacific Rise.
NSF Ideas Lab: Program SolicitationSept. 6, 2022
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