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AbSciCon 2022: From Stars to CellsMay 10, 2022
This spectrogram shows the largest quake ever detected on another planet. Estimated at magnitude 5, this quake was discovered by NASA's InSight lander on May 4, 2022, the 1222nd Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
NASA’s InSight Records Monster Quake on Mars (NASA JPL)May 10, 2022
MIRI image is compared to a past image of the same target taken with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope’s Infrared Array Camera (at 8.0 microns).
MIRI’s Sharper View Hints at New Possibilities for Science (NASA)May 10, 2022
Martian surface frost, made up largely of carbon dioxide, appears blueish-white in these images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard NASA’s 2001 Odyssey orbiter.
Science at Sunrise: Solving the Mystery of Frost Hiding on Mars (NASA JPL)May 9, 2022
Alta Howells (left), Alysia Cox (standing right) and James Leong (seated) take a gas sample for H2 analysis, review field notes and analyze aqueous chemistry on a spectrophotometer in Oman.
Surviving on Molecular HydrogenMay 6, 2022
A double ridge cutting across the surface of Europa is seen in this mosaic of two images taken by NASA’s Galileo during the spacecraft’s close flyby on Feb. 20, 1997.
Greenland Provides Insight into the Possibility of Liquid Water in Europa’s Icy ShellMay 3, 2022
An artist’s concept of a Mars Sample Retrieval Lander.
NASA Invites Comment on Initial Plans for Mars Sample Return Program (NASA)April 29, 2022
Engineering images of sharply focused stars in the field of view of each instrument demonstrate that the telescope is fully aligned and in focus. For this test, Webb pointed at part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
NASA’s Webb In Full Focus, Ready for Instrument Commissioning (NASA)April 29, 2022
Europa is one of the moons in our solar system that could host life. What about beyond the solar system?
Greenland Ice, Jupiter Moon Share Similar Feature (NASA JPL)April 26, 2022
Conceptual image of meteoroids delivering nucleobases to ancient Earth. The nucleobases are represented by structural diagrams with hydrogen atoms as white spheres, carbon as black, nitrogen as blue and oxygen as red.
Could the Blueprint for Life Have Been Generated in Asteroids? (NASA Goddard)April 26, 2022
Artist illustration of DNA.
Astrobiology’s DNAApril 25, 2022
This image of the parachute that helped deliver NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover to the Martian surface was taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument on April 6, 2022, the 401st Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Arrives at Delta for New Science Campaign (NASA JPL)April 20, 2022
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