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In this artist's concept, a SPARROW robot uses steam propulsion to hop away from its lander home base to explore an icy moon's surface.
This Hopping Robot Could Explore the Solar System's Icy MoonsJune 25, 2020
Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will look for planets around close, bright stars.
NASA’s TESS, Spitzer Missions Discover a World Orbiting a Unique Young Star (NASA)June 24, 2020
This animation shows a gas giant planet known as a hot Jupiter that orbits very close to its star. Finding more of these youthful planets could help astronomers understand how they formed and if they migrate from cooler climes during their lifetimes.
Young Giant Planet Offers Clues to Formation of Exotic WorldsJune 23, 2020
In a clean room at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, engineers observed the first driving test for NASA's Mars 2020 rover on Dec. 17, 2019.
The Launch Is Approaching for NASA's Next Mars Rover, PerseveranceJune 22, 2020
Artist impression of NASA's Cassini spacecraft dives through the plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2015.
Are Planets with Oceans Common in the Galaxy? (NASA Goddard)June 18, 2020
Examples of disaggregation (top) and linear fractures (bottom) in boulders on asteroid Bennu from images taken by NASA’s OSIRIS-REX spacecraft. In the bottom row, fracture orientations are (d) west-northwest to east-southeast and (e, f) north to south.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx Discovers Sunlight Can Crack Rocks on Asteroid Bennu (NASA Goddard)June 18, 2020
This global color mosaic of Neptune's moon Triton was taken in 1989 by Voyager 2 during its flyby of the Neptune system.
Proposed NASA Mission Would Visit Neptune's Curious Moon Triton (NASA JPL)June 17, 2020
This view of sample site Nightingale on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft on March 3, 2020.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Produces Nightingale Mosaic (nasa.gov)June 17, 2020
Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are an important tool used by the team. This technique allows researchers to simulate proteins, understand how they work, and design inhibitors before work in the lab begins.
Astrobiologists Seek Antiviral Solutions for COVID-19June 16, 2020
Two images of the night sky were combined to show Earth and Venus as seen by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on June 5, 2020, the mission's 2,784th Martian day, or sol. The planets appear as pinpoints of light owing to distance and dust in the air.
While Stargazing on Mars, NASA's Curiosity Rover Spots Earth and Venus (nasa.gov)June 15, 2020
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Update on the Decadal Survey on Planetary Science and AstrobiologyJune 12, 2020
ASTERIA was deployed from the International Space Station on November 20, 2017.
For First Time, Tiny CubeSat Locates a Distant ExoplanetJune 12, 2020
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