The NASA Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) invites its awardees and members of the public to participate in the Planetary Science Technology Workshop December 1-2, 2026, a virtual event. […]
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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,221 16 October 2026 (Space Life Science Research Results)
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NASA Curation Community Conversation Webinar
On November 2, 2026, at 2 PM Eastern Time, NASA’s Chief Scientist for Astromaterials Curation within the Science Mission Directorate and NASA’s Astromaterials Curator will host a webinar to discuss […]
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NASA Exoplanet Explorers (ExoExplorers) Applications Due on Thursday 15 October
[NASA] The Exoplanet Explorers (ExoExplorers) Science Series, sponsored by the ExoPAG Executive Committee and the NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, aims to enable the professional development of a cohort of PhD […]
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A Proposal To Make Mars Sample Return A Collaborative NASA, ESA, And CNSA Effort
[Astrobiology (Journal) via PubMed] Humanity’s self-awareness drives the quest to understand the origins of life. Although Earth history has erased much of our planet’s early biological evidence, Mars preserves ancient […]
![Planetary Research Program Metrics to Enable a Vital Research Community and Achieve Decadal-Level Science -- [National Academies of Sciences]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Planetary-1.png?resize=1200%2C720&ssl=1)
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Planetary Research Program Metrics to Enable a Vital Research Community and Achieve Decadal-Level Science
[National Academies of Sciences] Help us identify ways that the NASA Planetary Research Program can evaluate the health and effectiveness of its research and analysis program in accomplishing decadal science […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes
Call For White Papers On Multi-Cycle Treasury Concepts With JWST
[ESA Hubble] STScI has issued a call for White Papers for compelling scientific ideas for Multi-Cycle Treasury (MCT) programmes that require large allocations of JWST time to complete.
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Giving NASA’s SciX A Quick Astrobiology Roadtest
Keith’s note: Goodbye ADS – Hello SciX. According to an editorial “Farewell NASA ADS” in Nature magazine, “After more than 33 years, NASA’s Astrophysics Data System will close its virtual […]
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Perseverance Mars Rover Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven
[NASA]. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has driven farther than any vehicle ever has on the surface of another world.
![(Top row:) Composite images on three dates (Table 1) shown with a common display range from -0.01 to 0.02 adu pixel−1 . (Bottom row:) Same images from the top row contoured from 0.0004 adu pixel−1 in steps of 0.002 adu pixel−1 . Contours are smoothed over 8×8 pixel boxes. Yellow arrows show the projected antisolar direction while white arrows show the projected negative heliocentric velocity vector, from Table 1. The two directions are overlapping in the 2023 data. A 1′′ scale is common to all panels.-- [astro-ph.EP]](https://i0.wp.com/astrobiology.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Hubble-Space-.png?resize=1200%2C725&ssl=1)
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Hubble Space Telescope Observations of Active Asteroid (101955) Bennu
[astro-ph.EP] Measurements from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft revealed (101955) Bennu as a member of the active asteroid class.