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NASA Astrobiology Program Student Early Career Collaboration AwardMarch 12, 2019
Artist concept of the New Horizons spacecraft.
Ultima Thule in 3DMarch 12, 2019
AbGradCon 2019 will be held from July 22-26 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
AbGradCon 2019 is Now Accepting Abstract SubmissionsMarch 11, 2019
This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Big Sky" site, where its drill collected the mission's fifth taste of Mount Sharp.
2019 NASA Planetary Science Summer Seminar Applications OpenMarch 11, 2019
The RSHS in development would be applicable for remote sensing observations of a range of diffuse emissions. This image shows ash from Nevado del Huila, a 5,365-meter (17,600-foot) stratovolcano in the Colombian Andes.
Testing a Reflective Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer for SpaceflightMarch 8, 2019
This is an artist's concept of a planet orbiting in the habitable zone of a K star.
“Goldilocks” Stars May Be “Just Right” for Finding Habitable WorldsMarch 7, 2019
Astrobiology Volume 19 Issue 3, a Special Issue focused on NASA's Biologic Analog Science Associated with Lava Terrains (BASALT) research program.
Simulating EVAs for Future Human and Robotic Mars ExplorationMarch 6, 2019
This illustration depicts a lake of water partially filling Mars' Gale Crater.
Sedimentary Processes in High-Altitude SalarsMarch 6, 2019
Yale researchers have discovered a surprising link between the tilting of exoplanets and their orbit in space. The discovery may help explain a long-standing puzzle about exoplanetary orbital architectures.
Over-Tilting ExoplanetsMarch 5, 2019
The 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference will be held in Seattle, Washington, from June 24-28, 2019.
Last Call to Submit an AbSciCon AbstractMarch 5, 2019
Lagrangian points of the Earth-Sun system (not to scale). Objects at the Lagrangian points (purple dots) remain in the same relative position to one another as the Earth orbits the Sun.
Earth's Trojan AsteroidsMarch 5, 2019
Poikilolaimus oxycercus is a microscopic nematode, or roundworm, found alive and well more than a mile below the surface in South Africa, where its ancestors had lived for hundreds or thousands of years.
How Creatures End Up Miles Below the Surface of Earth, and Maybe Mars TooMarch 5, 2019
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