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A concept image illustrating the interpretability of N2O as a biosignature given the environmental context.
Exploring Nitrous Oxide as a Sign of LifeDec. 29, 2022
This illustration shows two Earth-sized worlds passing in front of their parent red dwarf star, which is much smaller and cooler than our sun.
The Search for Habitable, Earth-Sized Planets around SPECULOOS-2Dec. 27, 2022
Artist impression of the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter.
Juno Spacecraft Recovering Memory After 47th Flyby of Jupiter (NASA JPL)Dec. 27, 2022
HiRISE captured this spring scene, when water ice frozen in the soil had split the ground into polygons.
NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars (NASA JPL)Dec. 27, 2022
Earth's moon.
Meteorites Provide Insight into the Materials of Terrestrial PlanetsDec. 22, 2022
Once the team confirmed the first sample tube was on the surface, they positioned the WATSON camera located at the end of the rover’s robotic arm to peer beneath the rover, checking to be sure that the tube hadn’t rolled into the path of the wheels.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface (NASA)Dec. 21, 2022
An image of the final selfie taken by NASA's InSight Mars lander on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The lander is covered with far more dust than it was in its first selfie, taken in December 2018, not long after landing.
NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission After Years of Science (NASA)Dec. 21, 2022
Researchers recently tested rotors for the Dragonfly spacecraft that will explore Saturn's moon Titan at NASA Langley's Transonic Dynamics Tunnel.
Rotors for Mission to Titan Tested at Langley’s Transonic Dynamics Tunnel (NASA Langley)Dec. 20, 2022
Silver Lake is a dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert. The Mojave has long been studied as a geological analogue to ancient Mars.
Discussions on Ethical Practices in Field WorkDec. 20, 2022
On Dec. 18, 2022, InSight did not respond to communications from Earth.
Saying 'Farewell' to InSight Mars LanderDec. 19, 2022
The location where NASA’s Perseverance will begin depositing its first cache of samples is shown in this image taken by the Mars rover on Dec. 14, 2022, the 646th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover to Begin Building Martian Sample Depot (NASA JPL)Dec. 16, 2022
In this illustration super-Earth Kepler-138 d is in the foreground. To the left, the planet Kepler-138 c, and in the background the planet Kepler 138 b, seen in silhouette transiting its central star. Kepler 138 is a red dwarf star located 218 light-years
Two Exoplanets May Be Mostly Water, NASA's Hubble and Spitzer Find (NASA Goddard)Dec. 16, 2022
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