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The 2022 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) will be held May 15-20 in Atlanta, GA.
AbSciCon Postponed to 2022Nov. 2, 2020
This 4.5 billion-year-old rock, labeled meteorite ALH84001 or sometimes called the "Allan Hills Meteorite," came from Mars and landed in Antarctica. It sparked controversy in 1996 when some scientists believed it contained tiny fossils.
Gravity Assist: The History of the Future, with Steven DickOct. 30, 2020
This image captured by the StowCam camera on OSIRIS-REx shows the collector head secured onto the capture ring in the Sample Return Capsule.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Successfully Stows Sample of Asteroid BennuOct. 30, 2020
This composite image shows an infrared view of Saturn's moon Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, captured in 2015.
Impact Craters Reveal Details of Titan's Dynamic Surface WeatheringOct. 29, 2020
This illustration depicts NASA's exoplanet hunter, the Kepler space telescope.
About Half of Sun-Like Stars Could Host Rocky, Potentially Habitable PlanetsOct. 29, 2020
Infrared images of Saturn's moon Titan represent some of the clearest global views of the icy moon's surface. Views were created using 13 years of data acquired by the Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer instrument onboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
NASA Scientists Discover ‘Weird’ Molecule in Titan’s AtmosphereOct. 27, 2020
Captured by the spacecraft’s SamCam camera on Oct. 22, 2020, this image shows that the sampler head on NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is full of rocks and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid Bennu.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Collects Significant Amount of AsteroidOct. 24, 2020
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine took an in-depth look at what NASA, the astronomy community and the nation need to grow the burgeoning science of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system that orbit a star.
Early Exoplanet Researcher Wins Nobel PrizeOct. 23, 2020
Captured on Oct. 20 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this image shows the SamCam imager’s field of view at the moment before the NASA spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu’s surface.
OSIRIS-REx TAGs Surface of Asteroid BennuOct. 21, 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.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Successfully Touches AsteroidOct. 20, 2020
This artist's illustration of Bennu and other asteroids represent building blocks of our solar system’s rocky planets.
NASA’s Big Plans to Explore Small BodiesOct. 20, 2020
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
ROSES-20 Amendment 61: Habitable Worlds Change in ScopeOct. 19, 2020
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