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2020 MEPAG Goals Document Draft is now Available for Community CommentsJan. 23, 2020
A sample of the Murchison meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1969 and which contains various organic molecules that may hint at the origin of life.
Grains from before the Sun was BornJan. 23, 2020
Artist concept of the Spitzer Space Telescope.
A Farewell to the Spitzer Space TelescopeJan. 22, 2020
X-rays stream off the Sun in this image showing observations by NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, overlaid on a picture taken by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).
Earth during a Faint Young SunJan. 17, 2020
AbGradCon 2020 will be held September 14-18, 2020, in Tokyo, Japan. The application deadline is March 15, 2020.
Apply for AbGradCon 2020Jan. 16, 2020
Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo 17 lunar module pilot, collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the mission's first spacewalk at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Photo by commander Eugene A. Cernan.
The Loss of Zinc on the MoonJan. 16, 2020
An artist’s illustration of TOI-1338b and its two host stars.
Tatooine WorldsJan. 15, 2020
The 71st International Astronautical Congress will be held in Dubai, UAE, from October 21-25, 2020.
Call for Abstracts: 71st International Astronautical Congress in Dubai, UAEJan. 14, 2020
Artist impression of gas flowing like a waterfall into a protoplanetary disk gap, which is most likely caused by an infant planet.
Gas Dynamics in Protoplanetary DisksJan. 14, 2020
Artist's illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will perform multiple flybys of the ocean-harboring Jupiter moon.
Tidal Heating on Icy MoonsJan. 13, 2020
The Tonian Period is the earliest of the Neoproterozoic Era and lasted from approximately 1 billion to 720 million years ago. The Tonian occurred between the Stenian Period of the Mesoproterozoic Era, and the Cryogenian Period of the Neoproterozoic Era.
Tonian Transitions in Earth's Marine BiosphereJan. 9, 2020
Periods of increased rates of impacts could have instigated a dramatic shift in climate and environment that helped spur the formation of life on Earth.
Primordial Organic Matter in the Zag MeteoriteJan. 8, 2020
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