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NASA’s Planetary Science Division (PSD) Science Highlight Submission Request

We’re looking for standout science results tied to recent or upcoming peer-reviewed publications from R&A programs and mission activities to highlight across NASA communications.

Submitting your work helps NASA ensure your science reaches audiences beyond your immediate field – from agency leadership to broader public audiences – increasing visibility, impact, and awareness of your research area.

A subset of submissions is selected by PSD leadership to be presented to Science Mission Directorate leadership and, in some cases, NASA leadership, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or the White House.

To be considered, your submission must:

  • Be written for a general audience (approximately an 8th-grade reading level)
  • Clearly explain the result in plain language
  • Provide context for why it matters beyond your field
  • Be supported by an accompanying publication
  • Be submitted through this form

Submissions that are not accessible to non-experts will not be used.

We use submissions in a range of ways depending on the result, including internal briefings, leadership materials, and external storytelling products. A member of the communications team will be in touch with you to follow up on how your research was highlighted. If you believe your result has strong potential for broad media interest (beyond traditional science audiences), please notify your Program Officer or Program Scientist when you submit your paper to a journal. Early awareness allows us to assess and pursue additional opportunities.

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Submitter's Name(Required)
Principal Investigator's Name (if different from submitter)
Research Status(Required)
Does your institution plan to cover this result in a press release or web feature?
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Program Officer/Program Scientist Name(Required)
An alternative way to think about it is write a social media post or news headline for your result. Limit 280 characters
Please write a 3–4 sentence plain-language summary that includes:
  1. Big picture: What larger question or problem does this research fit into?
  2. What’s new: What did your study discover or change, and why does it matter?
  3. Why it’s interesting: What makes this exciting, surprising, or meaningful to people outside your field?
Example: Life on early Earth left behind chemical “fingerprints” in rocks, but scientists have long debated whether those signals can reliably tell us what ancient life was doing billions of years ago. In this study, researchers rebuilt ancient versions of nitrogenase - an enzyme essential for life - and tested how it behaved. They found that it produces nearly the same chemical signature today as it did billions of years ago. This shows we can trust these signals to trace early life on Earth – and even use them to search for life beyond our planet.
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