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Chart showing where rocky planets sit on a temperature scale. Earth is around 200 Kelvin. Trappist-1 b Model is at 400 Kelvin. Trappist-1 b measurements from Webb are just over 500 K. The model of the Trappist-1 b's dark surface is just warmer than that.
NASA’s Webb Measures the Temperature of a Rocky Exoplanet (NASA Goddard)March 28, 2023
Cryo‐EM reconstruction of the large subunit of Halococcus morrhuae. Tirumalai et al. (2020), doi: 10.1002/2211-5463.12962
How to Build a ProtoribosomeMarch 27, 2023
NASA’s Curiosity rover captured these clouds just after sunset on March 19, 2021, the 3,063rd Martian day, or sol, of the rover’s mission.
The Size and Shape of Mars' Ancient AtmosphereMarch 23, 2023
An artist rendition of a planet orbiting two stars. The planet is drawn as red and orange in color with a dense atmosphere. It sits in the lower left on a field of stars.
NASA’s Webb Spots Swirling, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet (NASA Goddard)March 23, 2023
Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
NASA Instrument Bound for Titan Could Reveal Chemistry Leading to Life (NASA Goddard)March 22, 2023
Artist concept contrasting Earth with a planet about twice its size, known as a 'super-Earth.' This artist representation is of the planet 55 Cancri e.
What Would Happen if the Solar System had a Super-Earth?March 21, 2023
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Study Finds Ocean Currents May Affect Rotation of Europa’s Icy Crust (NASA)March 17, 2023
NASA Magellan mission synthetic aperture radar data is combined with radar altimetry to develop a three-dimensional map of Maat Mons on Venus. The vertical scale in this perspective has been exaggerated 10 times.
NASA’s Magellan Data Reveals Volcanic Activity on VenusMarch 15, 2023
Asteroid Ryugu images by the ONC-T camera onboard Hayabusa2 between June 18 – 20, 2018.
Results from RyuguMarch 9, 2023
The Icefin remote vehicle is being lowered by a rope-like tether into a hole in the ice. The ice looks red because of the color of a tent shelter at the surface being reflected in the ice.
Icefin Dives Below the Antarctic Ice ShelfMarch 8, 2023
Billions of years ago, waves on the surface of a shallow lake stirred up sediment at the lake bottom. The sediment formed into rocks with rippled textures that are the clearest evidence of waves and water that NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has ever found.
Ripples on MarsMarch 7, 2023
Image showing an orange glow in the lowest layer of the Earth's atmosphere. This glow comes from the Sun, which is just below the horizon. The Moon glows softly at the top center of the image as the orange light fades to blue and then the black of space.
Resurrecting the Ancient Mechanism of Nitrogen FixationMarch 2, 2023
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