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NASA’s newest planet-hunter, TESS, will look around the brightest stars closest to our solar system for new worlds.
Picking Planets from the TESS CatalogFeb. 6, 2019
NASA's InSight lander deployed its Wind and Thermal Shield on Feb. 2 (Sol 66). The shield covers InSight's seismometer, which was set down onto the Martian surface on Dec. 19, 2018.
InSight's Seismometer Now Has a Cozy Shelter on MarsFeb. 5, 2019
Map of locations explored by Lewis and Clark Fund recipients. Blue Xs mark 2016 research destinations.
Lewis and Clark Fund for Exploration and Field Research in AstrobiologyFeb. 3, 2019
Earth as seen from the International Space Station.
Satellite Meteorology Summer SchoolJan. 31, 2019
On December 5, 2006, a phytoplankton bloom sent colorful swirls through the southern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Image captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA’s Terra satellite.
Phytoplankton Diversity across the Permian-Triassic BoundaryJan. 30, 2019
The team (from left) G. Costin, C. Sun, D. Grewal (sitting), K. Tsuno, and R. Dasgupta found Earth most likely received the bulk of its carbon, nitrogen, and other life-essential elements from the collision that created the Moon more than 4.4 bya.
The Moon-Forming Impact And Its GiftsJan. 28, 2019
Artist's illustration of a protoplanetary disk. The chemistry of a protoplanetary disk determines what molecules are incorporated into a newly forming planet's atmosphere.
The Efficiency of Noble Gas Trapping in Astrophysical EnvironmentsDec. 26, 2018
The sun sets on Mauna Kea as the twin Kecks prepare for observing.
A Wide Planetary-Mass CompanionDec. 24, 2018
This artist's concept of a proposed Mars sample return mission portrays the launch of an ascent vehicle.
Instrumentation and Facilities for Extraterrestrial Sample Curation and AnalysisDec. 23, 2018
Artist concept of the Spitzer Space Telescope.
Light Curves for Two Young Brown DwarfsDec. 21, 2018
The early Earth was a hellish place with impact galore and a choking atmosphere, and yet somehow life got a grip there.
Computing the Origin of LifeDec. 20, 2018
The scientific search underway for life beyond Earth requires input from many disciplines and fields. Strategies forward have to hear and take in what scientists in those many fields have to say.
National Academies Strategic DocumentsDec. 20, 2018
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