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![This artist's concept shows the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism or TAGSAM.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/e4/bb/e4bb9ebb-ee15-45a3-b46e-6732c8ae7c06/osirisrexhp-1_copy.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-620%2C254_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
Long History and Bright Future of Space Sample Deliveries (NASA)June 30, 2023
![Artist’s illustration of two Earth-sized planets, TRAPPIST-1b and TRAPPIST-1c, passing in front of their parent red dwarf star, which is smaller and cooler than our sun. NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope looked for signs of atmospheres around these planets.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/3a/fb/3afb178e-b12e-43c9-b60a-01a76088b12d/hubble-trappist.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-600%2C451_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
Webb Telescope Finds No Signs of a Thick Atmosphere Around a Second TRAPPIST-1 Planet (Many Worlds)June 29, 2023
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NASA's Early Career Investigator Program in Earth ScienceJune 29, 2023
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Apply for the Astrobiology Mission Ideation FactoryJune 29, 2023
![The nebula looks like colorful clouds of dust that fill the entire frame. Toward the top left the clouds appear as a mixture of pink and blue. The bottom right is filled with orange clouds. Bright pinpoints and flares of light from stars peak through.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/1e/48/1e48f5bf-8879-4627-ba8f-118e11918253/stsci-01h2tx6bj4xm4xdkf07nyst1pq.png__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-323%2C359_subsampling-2_upscale.png)
Webb Makes First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule (NASA Goddard)June 27, 2023
![In this UV image of Mars, the planet appears greenish with a bright purple patch around the northern pole.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/78/9e/789ed363-9760-4ab9-8e77-d2acc3141829/orbit18009_apo_ladfit_localff.png__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-320%2C320_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft Stuns with Ultraviolet Views of Red Planet (NASA Goddard)June 23, 2023
![An artist illustration of TRAPPIST-1 b. To the left is a small red dwarf star. To the right and in the foreground is a rocky planet with a barren surface and no atmosphere.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/fd/9d/fd9d69b4-5014-4109-95af-ed623b2a74db/stsci-01gw5g941atzw8b9vvmh23pqhy.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-1920%2C1079_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
Webb Rules Out Thick Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere for Rocky Exoplanet (NASA Goddard)June 21, 2023
![This is a mosaic image of asteroid Bennu, from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The discovery of sugars in meteorites supports the hypothesis that chemical reactions in asteroids – the parent bodies of many meteorites – can make some of life’s ingredients.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/04/50/04508018-5d82-4dad-8fa0-60956e31f92b/bennu-twelve-image_polycam_mosaic_12-2-18.png__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-595%2C564_subsampling-2_upscale.png)
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Will Have New Home in Houston (NASA)June 21, 2023
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Call for Membership: Mars Sample Return Sample Receiving Project Measurement Definition Team 1 (MDT-1)June 20, 2023
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NASA Cassini Data Reveals Building Block for Life in Enceladus’ Ocean (NASA JPL)June 15, 2023
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Ask NASA: What to Know Before Applying for NASA Grants and Cooperative Agreement (NASA)June 13, 2023
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Phosphorus in the Oceans of Icy MoonsJune 12, 2023
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