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A three-dimensional map of stars near the Sun on the left side of our screen and a dramatic illustration of a star with a planet orbiting around it on the right side.
Coming in Hot – NASA’s Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets (NASA)Aug. 5, 2024
The image shows Earth at center on a blue-tinted starry background. A spectra in light blue resembling the readout of a heartbeat monitor runs along the bottom.
Abstract Deadline Extended for Astrobiology and the Future of Life MeetingAug. 2, 2024
Two streaks of grey/green rock run diagonally through the frame from top right to bottom left. One dark piece in toward the top right is labeled Olivine. In the reddish regolith between the two streaks, a seconds spot is labeled Leopard Spot.
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock (NASA)July 25, 2024
Artist impression of NASA's Cassini spacecraft dives through the plume of Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2015.
NASA: Life Signs Could Survive Near Surfaces of Enceladus and Europa (NASA)July 19, 2024
When haze built up in the atmosphere of Archean Earth, the young planet might have looked like this artist’s interpretation — a pale orange dot.
An Ancient PartnershipJuly 18, 2024
Two holes are visible in the rock, nicknamed “Rochette,” from which NASA’s Perseverance rover obtained its first core samples. The rover drilled the hole on the left, called “Montagnac,” Sept. 7, and the hole on the right, known as “Montdenier,” Sept. 1.
Here’s How AI Is Changing NASA’s Mars Rover Science (NASA)July 16, 2024
The image shows Earth at center on a blue-tinted starry background. A spectra in light blue resembling the readout of a heartbeat monitor runs along the bottom.
Astrobiology and the Future of Life Meeting: Call for AbstractsJuly 8, 2024
Microscopy image showing three cells in focus. They are round in shape and filled with smaller vesicles. Two are large and red in color. The smaller cell in the middle is greenish with red tints throughout.
Study Examines how Viruses affect Algal Blooms in Snow (NASA)July 1, 2024
A very wide landscape image of Olympus Mons from orbit. The caldera of the volcano is in the center. The rest of the planet appears shrouded in thin cloud cover. A thin streak of colors from purple to green runs along the horizon as the atmosphere catches
NASA’s Mars Odyssey Captures Huge Volcano, Nears 100,000 Orbits (NASA)June 28, 2024
Image of Vest from the Dawn spacecraft.
Where did Vesta Come From?June 27, 2024
The image shows Earth at center on a blue-tinted starry background. A spectra in light blue resembling the readout of a heartbeat monitor runs along the bottom.
Save the Date: Astrobiology and the Future of Life MeetingJune 21, 2024
The image is a close up looking straight through the inside of a sample tube housed in circular metal components of the rover with visible screws holding the instrument together. Light shines down inside the tube filled with a small circle of rock.
Why Scientists Are Intrigued by Air in NASA’s Mars Sample Tubes (NASA)June 20, 2024
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