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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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7f/33/7f33245f-bcbc-4a33-8bc7-ab2e5cdb0d3c/insight-article-osiris-rex-oct-2023-670x380.png__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-335%2C190_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/4f/b7/4fb7ef88-2cb4-4b5b-aac9-67ad9ce486e8/perseverance_delta_view.jpeg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-601%2C446_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/3a/39/3a39b06f-d953-40e5-b992-109205b17972/screenshot_2023-10-19_at_25103_pm.png__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-600%2C400_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/5c/f0/5cf00a33-972e-4f5e-853e-346377e4546b/d_tag-2-frames.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-492%2C492_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Achieves Sample Mass Milestone (NASA)Oct. 23, 2023
![Artist illustration of Dragonfly on the surface of Titan.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/87/47/87474bc2-2dda-424e-add4-61dea0c89690/dragonfly-01.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-960%2C539_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/e9/51/e951e663-de7a-4572-b0eb-0be8688b1792/hero187_1003705_americas_dxm.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-620%2C254_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/75/07/75074ad7-8b86-4c34-95d6-47d235d4e240/ideaslabbiosignatures.png__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-450%2C349_subsampling-2_upscale.png)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/ec/5e/ec5e480e-bd01-45de-9b52-2fc5c7ce9d4c/nelson-tagsam-shot-b.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-1024%2C770_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/5a/b0/5ab0105e-3776-4ad2-98bf-3b7c213725dc/dete.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-492%2C354_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7c/48/7c4846df-3274-4d52-a7ac-55898bfe1d22/lava.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-1920%2C1079_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/ca/fd/cafde9ce-3316-4b79-86d9-af7046ca1ec3/nh-inspace2-10-17.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-1203%2C676_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
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.](/uploads/filer_public_thumbnails/filer_public/7d/26/7d26e73e-0da1-4a76-96c4-4099c6c58827/8-ursae-1280.jpg__310x218_q85_crop_subject_location-640%2C427_subsampling-2_upscale.jpg)
Discovery Alert: The Planet that Shouldn’t Be There (NASA)Oct. 2, 2023
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