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A light-colored “paver stone,” like the ones seen in this mosaic image, will be the likely target for first sampling by the Perseverance rover. This image was taken July 8, 2021, in the “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough” geologic unit at Jezero Crater.
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample (NASA)July 21, 2021
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this close-up of a rock target nicknamed “Foux” using its WATSON camera on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. The image was taken July 11, 2021, the 139th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins to Search for Signs of Past Life on Mars (NASA)July 20, 2021
The 2022 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) will be held May 15-20 in Atlanta, GA.
AbSciCon 2022 Session Proposals Re-OpenJuly 20, 2021
Illustration of NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars.
NASA to Brief Early Science from Perseverance Mars RoverJuly 18, 2021
Artist's impression of exoplanet, showing tilted axis of rotation (adapted from NASA original image)
A Planet's Tilt toward Complex LifeJuly 12, 2021
Artist illustration of an exoplanet.
NASA’s TESS Discovers Stellar Siblings Host ‘Teenage’ Exoplanets (NASA Goddard)July 12, 2021
The Network for Ocean Worlds (NOW).
FLOW Career Development Coffee HourJuly 9, 2021
Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Mojave' Site on Mount Sharp
NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Patches of Rock Record Erased, Revealing CluesJuly 9, 2021
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
Letter to the Community: Thank you to ReviewersJuly 8, 2021
This photo was taken on March 19, 2017, by the Mars Hand Lens Imager camera on the arm of NASA's Curiosity rover. The image helped mission team members inspect the condition of Curiosity’s six wheels.
First You See It, Then You Don’t: Scientists Closer to Explaining Mars Methane Mystery (NASA JPL)July 1, 2021
The first sample of asteroid Ryugu received by NASA.
First Sample of Asteroid Ryugu Arrives at NASA Johnson (NASA)June 30, 2021
Professor Natalie Batalha is the director of the Astrobiology program at UC Santa Cruz and a PI for an Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research (ICAR) award with the NASA Astrobiology Program.
Natalie Batalha named as the UC Santa Cruz Presidential ChairJune 30, 2021
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