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An image of a zircon grain showing exceptional recrystallization texture due to the impact.
NASA Determines Australian Meteor Crater is the Oldest KnownJan. 30, 2020
A 2012 coronal mass ejection from the sun. Earth is placed into the image to give a sense of the size of the solar flare, but our planet is of course nowhere near the Sun.
Shaping Habitability with Flares from the Early SunJan. 30, 2020
NUI's first launch at sea during the Santorini expedition.
Autonomy Below the Surface of the Aegean SeaJan. 28, 2020
An artist representation of the OSIRIS-REx mission.
OSIRIS-REx Completes Closest Flyover of Sample Site NightingaleJan. 27, 2020
Cross section of the varying layers of the Earth.
Tales From the Deep EarthJan. 27, 2020
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
A Celebration of NASA Astrobiology NAI: CAN-7 Grand FinaleJan. 25, 2020
Scientists have had a working and evolving understanding of the interior of the Earth for only a century or so. Determining whether a distant planet is habitable may require an understanding of its inner dynamics — which will be a challenge to achieve.
Measuring Temperature and PressueJan. 24, 2020
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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.
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