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A small star is visible in the background to the top right of the image with the planet, which appears dark red/brown with thin streaks of clouds, sits in the bottom right.
Discovery Alert: A ‘Super-Earth’ in the Habitable Zone (NASA)Feb. 1, 2024
A woman in a white bunny suit (scrubs for wearing in a sterile clean room) stands behind the complicated components exposed in the coronograph.
NASA Puts Next-Gen Exoplanet-Imaging Technology to the Test (NASA)Jan. 31, 2024
Clipper is exposed in a tent in High Bay 1 that is open at one side. Standing next to the spacecraft is a person in a clean room suit inspecting it. The person is roughly a third as tall as the spacecraft. Scaffolds and ladders can be seen edge of frame.
Poised for Science: NASA’s Europa Clipper Instruments Are All Aboard (NASA)Jan. 30, 2024
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NASA Request for Information: Improving Usability of the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES)Jan. 29, 2024
This illustration shows the events that occur in the final minutes of the nearly seven-month journey that NASA’s Perseverance rover takes to Mars. Hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely.
Landing On Mars: A Tricky Feat! (NASA)Jan. 26, 2024
This image mosaic shows a panoramic view of the crater where Opportunity made its its dramatic arrival in late January 2004.
Celebrating NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity Rovers’ Mars Landings (NASA)Jan. 24, 2024
Jupiter’s moon Europa has an ocean hidden beneath a crust of ice and is a leading candidate in the search for other life in the Solar System.
Oceanography of Ice-Covered MoonsJan. 23, 2024
The circular shape of the TAGSAM is seen from above. The rocky sample of asteroid fills a ring in the middle.
NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Curation Team Reveals Remaining Asteroid Sample (NASA)Jan. 22, 2024
The NASA insignia is one of the agency's best-known symbols.
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO): Call for ParticipationJan. 18, 2024
Artist impression of the Opportunity rover, one of NASA twin Mars Exploration Rovers.
20 Years After Landing: How NASA’s Twin Rovers Changed Mars Science (NASA)Jan. 17, 2024
The circular logo features a simplified two-color image of Enceladus as the background. Black silhouettes of a lander, submersible, orbiter, hydrothermal vents, and Saturn can be seen. The logo says AbSciCon 2024.
Deadline Reminder: AbSciCon Student Travel GrantsJan. 16, 2024
Samples in bottles tipped on their sides fill a wire metal shelf that takes up most of the frame. The bottles are labeled in marker written on yellow, green, or red strips of tape.
The Salty Limit of LifeJan. 16, 2024
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