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Artist illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it will approach the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of ancient, pristine solar system material. The pick-up”tag” is scheduled for October 20, 2020.
NASA to Broadcast OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Collection ActivitiesOct. 15, 2020
Watch OSIRIS-REx & the Origin of Life on the NASA Astrobiology YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCrwF4oBCvk
OSIRIS-REx and the Origin of LifeOct. 14, 2020
NASA astrobiologist David J. Smith at the NASA Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, in August 2014.
Gravity Assist: Life in the Clouds, with David J. SmithOct. 14, 2020
Mars Sample Return is a proposed mission to return samples from the surface of Mars to Earth.
Bringing Back a Piece of MarsOct. 11, 2020
Artist illustration of the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft as it will approach the asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of ancient, pristine solar system material. The pick-up”tag” is scheduled for October 20, 2020.
Surprising Insights Into the Asteroid Bennu’s Past, as OSIRIS-REx Prepares For a Sample-Collecting “Tag”Oct. 9, 2020
Artist illustration of a red dwarf star as it unleashes a series of powerful flares.
Superflares and the Habitability of PlanetsOct. 8, 2020
For the first time ever, testing teams at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, California carefully lifted the fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope in order to prepare it for transport to nearby acoustic and sine-vibration testing facilities.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Completes Environmental TestingOct. 6, 2020
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
NASA Dual-Anonymous Peer Review Webinar for Habitable WorldsOct. 6, 2020
This mosaic of the northern sky incorporates 208 images taken by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) during its second year of science operations, completed in July 2020.
NASA’s TESS Creates a Cosmic Vista of the Northern SkyOct. 5, 2020
Help NASA find exoplanets, worlds beyond our solar system, through a newly launched website called Planet Patrol.
Search for New Worlds at Home With NASA’s Planet Patrol ProjectOct. 3, 2020
Artist illustration of the chemical Structure of DNA.
RNA and DNA May Have Shared Building Blocks and May Have Appeared at the Same TimeOct. 3, 2020
Schematic illustration of molecular cooperation between proto-peptides and RNA that could have fostered their co-evolution.
Cooperation between RNA and Proto-ProteinsOct. 2, 2020
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