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Astromaterials processors Mari Montoya, left, and Curtis Calva, right, use tools to collect asteroid particles from the base of the OSIRIS-REx science canister. NASA has already collected 70.3 grams of material with more still inside the canister.
OSIRIS-REx Sample Wows Scientists (NASA)Oct. 30, 2023
An image of a fan-shaped deposit of sediments known as a delta shot from the Mastcam-Z instrument on NASA’s Perseverance rover, as viewed from the “Octavia E. Butler Landing” site.
Lipid Biosignatures in Hypersaline LakesOct. 26, 2023
The logo shows Ramdb in a blue cursive script with the full name Raman Spectral Database in black. Above the words are a chemical structure in black and a red spectra line with multiple spikes.
NASA Raman Spectroscopic DatabaseOct. 24, 2023
Captured on Oct. 20 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this image shows the SamCam imager’s field of view at the moment before the NASA spacecraft touched down on asteroid Bennu’s surface.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Achieves Sample Mass Milestone (NASA)Oct. 23, 2023
Artist illustration of Dragonfly on the surface of Titan.
NASA’s Dragonfly Tunnel Visions (NASA)Oct. 23, 2023
Earth as seen on July 6, 2015 from a distance of one million miles by a NASA scientific camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory spacecraft.
The Earth as a Transiting ExoplanetOct. 19, 2023
Text in white on a black background with simple, plain color chemical structures floating around the words NASA Biosignatures Ideas Lab.
NASA Biosignatures IDEAS LabOct. 17, 2023
The circular sample collector fills the center of the frame and sits on what looks like aluminum foil. It's outer ring has rivet holes. A trough inside the inner ring is full of sample material.
NASA’s Bennu Asteroid Sample Contains Carbon, Water (NASA)Oct. 11, 2023
A collection of eight images of stellar streams The are ovular, swirling dust-like rings of black with a glowing center that has hints of yellow and purple.
NASA’s Roman Mission Gears Up for a Torrent of Future Data (NASA)Oct. 10, 2023
A planet sits in the middle of the frame. It's surface is cracked, grey rock with streaks of orange/red lava showing through. A thin stream of gaseous material blows off to the right of the planet indicating the direction of its movement in orbit.
Fizzy Super Earths and Lava WorldsOct. 10, 2023
Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, en route to a January 2019 encounter with Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69.
NASA’s New Horizons to Continue Exploring Outer Solar System (NASA)Oct. 3, 2023
The image shows a bright, white star in the top right of the frame that takes up more than a quarter of the image. A gas giant can be seen in the center, orbiting near the star. The bottom of the frame is full of asteroids and debris.
Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn’t Be There (NASA)Oct. 2, 2023
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