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Astronomers detected X-rays from Uranus for the first time using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Initial Response to the 2023-2032 Decadal Survey, and Exploring Secrets of Icy MoonsAug. 22, 2022
Dr. Sherwood Chang (1940-2022) was an early leader in the development of NASA’s exobiology and astrobiology programs.
In Memoriam: Sherwood ChangAug. 18, 2022
Cartoon illustrating the planetary photobombing concept. Photobombers like Mars and the Moon could sneak into a picture of Earth, if it was observed from outside our solar system.
NASA Scientists Study How to Remove Planetary 'Photobombers' (NASA Goddard)Aug. 17, 2022
This archival image taken at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on March 23, 1977, shows engineers preparing the Voyager 2 spacecraft ahead of its launch later that year.
Voyager, NASA’s Longest-Lived Mission, Logs 45 Years in Space (NASA JPL)Aug. 17, 2022
Lifting the Viewl on Exoplanet Clouds with the James Webb Telescope. Available at: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1709/exoplanet-clouds-jewels-of-new-knowledge/
Exoplanet Clouds: 'Jewels' of New Knowledge (NASA JPL)Aug. 16, 2022
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
Planetary Science Division Town Hall: Decadal Survey Initial ResponseAug. 16, 2022
Engineers and technicians use a crane to lift the core of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft in the High Bay 1 clean room of JPL’s Spacecraft Assembly Facility.
NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Kicks Assembly Into High Gear (NASA JPL)Aug. 15, 2022
Kimberly Lau (left), assistant professor of geosciences at Penn State, and Timothy Lyons (right), Distinguished Professor of Biogeochemistry in Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California Riverside (UCR).
Astrobiologists among Highest 2022 GSA HonorsAug. 15, 2022
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover took this 360-degree panorama at a drill site nicknamed “Avanavero” on June 20, 2022, the 3,509th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
10 Years Since Landing, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Still Has Drive (NASA)Aug. 8, 2022
James Lovelock (University of Oxford) spoke during the “Seeking Signs of Life” Symposium, celebrating 50 Years of Exobiology and Astrobiology at NASA, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, at the Lockheed Martin Global Vision Center in Arlington, Va.
In Memoriam: James LovelockAug. 5, 2022
“Selfie” of the Curiosity rover with inset showing the SAM instrument prior to installation on the rover. In this image, the rover is in front of Mount Mercou, a 19.7-foot (6-meter) tall outcrop, and next to the “Nontron” sampling site.
SAM’s Top Five Discoveries aboard NASA’s Curiosity Rover at Mars (NASA JPL)Aug. 4, 2022
The 2022 Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon) will be held May 15-20 in Atlanta, GA.
AbSciCon 2022 Competition Winners AnnouncedAug. 4, 2022
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