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View of the Sun captured with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) on ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter on May 30, 2020.
Archean Phosphorus Recycling Facilitated by Ultraviolet RadiationJuly 28, 2023
A small silhouette of a planet sits in front of a bright orange star. Tendrils of flame and energy reach out from the star. A trail of blue/purple dust can be seen around the planet, and trailing along it's orbital path.
Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting the Hiccups (NASA Goddard)July 27, 2023
Barge stands in front of a lab bench with equipment on it. The shelves above the lab bench are full of test tubes and other supplies. Barge has long, blond hair past her shoulders. She wears safety glasses, a white lab coat, and purple lab gloves.
Rosalind Franklin Society Awards Recognize Laurie BargeJuly 27, 2023
An artist representation of the OSIRIS-REx mission.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Adjusts Course to Get Closer to Earth (NASA)July 26, 2023
To better support the broad, interdisciplinary field of astrobiology – the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe – NASA is announcing a new programmatic infrastructure for the Astrobiology Program.
NASA Selects Cross Divisional Teams for Astrobiology Research (NASA)July 25, 2023
Saturn's third-largest moon Dione can be seen through the haze of its largest moon, Titan, in this view of the two posing before the planet and its rings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
The Familiar, Yet So Different, Hydrocarbon Rivers of TitanJuly 25, 2023
A swirling vortex of red dust and debris circles a point in the bottom left of the image. Light emanates from that point at the center of the swirling mass indicating that a star sits somewhere in the middle of the action. A small planet forms top right.
Webb Detects Water Vapor in Rocky Planet-Forming Zone (NASA Goddard)July 24, 2023
Building of the Keck telescope back in 1987. This shot is an early view of the construction process.
Searching for Oxygen in Exoplanet Atmospheres with Ground-Based TelescopesJuly 19, 2023
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
A NASA Astrobiology Community Update from the Directors of the Divisions of Astrophysics and Planetary ScienceJuly 17, 2023
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NASA Science Live: Webb's First YearJuly 14, 2023
A group of researchers walk through a grass-covered landscape toward a capsule in the foreground. The landscape is hilly so that no sky is visible in the background.
Practicing the Game-Winning Asteroid Sample Catch (NASA)July 10, 2023
The entire image is filled with a white, snowy landscape with no horizon. Patters are seen in the snow, which are polygon-like indentations.
Details of Microbial Communities in PermafrostJuly 7, 2023
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