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Science Nuggets Archive - 2023



DateThumbnail & LinkTitleDivision
12.18.2023 thumbnail JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide in a Centaur Solar System Exploration Division
12.11.2023 thumbnail Hubble Measures the Nearest Transiting Earth-Sized Planet Astrophysics Science Division
12.04.2023 thumbnail Climate: Recent Intensification of Wetland Methane Emission and Effects on Global Warming Earth Sciences Division
11.27.2023 thumbnail Is the Solar Wind Made From Tiny Flows of Material? Heliophysics Science Division
11.13.2023 thumbnail Detecting Volcanic Signatures on an ExoEarth Using Direct Imaging Solar System Exploration Division
11.06.2023 thumbnail NASA Team Simulates a Glimpse of Our Galaxy in Gravitational Waves
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10.30.2023 thumbnail Flood Impacts on Ecosystems in the Midwestern and Southern United States Earth Sciences Division
10.23.2023 thumbnail Webb Finds Carbon Source on Surface of Europa Solar System Exploration Division
10.16.2023 thumbnail Parker Solar Probe Flies Through the Leg of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) Heliophysics Science Division
10.02.2023 thumbnail NASA's Swift Learns a New Trick, Spots a Snacking Black Hole Astrophysics Science Division
09.25.2023 thumbnail The Role of the Tropical Easterly Jet on the Bay of Bengal's Tropical Cyclones Earth Sciences Division
09.18.2023 thumbnail Analysis Sheds New Light on Mercury’s South Pole Solar System Exploration Division
09.11.2023 thumbnail Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting the Hiccups Astrophysics Science Division
08.21.2023 thumbnail Rainy Days in the Arctic Earth Sciences Division
08.14.2023 thumbnail Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet Solar System Exploration Division
08.07.2023 thumbnail New Study Reveals NASA’s Roman Could Find 400 Earth-Mass Rogue Planets Astrophysics Science Division
07.31.2023 thumbnail AI-Enabled Space Weather Predications Heliophysics Science Division
07.24.2023 thumbnail GEDI Data Show How Forest Conservation Affects Climate Change Earth Sciences Division
07.17.2023 thumbnail Goddard Scientists Use Webb to Map Surprisingly Large Plume Jetting from Saturn’s Moon Enceladus Solar System Exploration Division
07.10.2023 thumbnail JWST Proves Galaxies Transformed the Early Universe Astrophysics Science Division
06.26.2023 thumbnail TESS, Spitzer Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World Astrophysics Science Division
06.12.2023 thumbnail A Stormy, Active Sun May Have Sparked Life on Earth Heliophysics Science Division
06.05.2023 thumbnail Machine Learning Method Detects Aurora, Corrects Nighttime Light Images Earth Sciences Division
05.22.2023 thumbnail Exploring Hawaiian Caves Helps NASA Search for Life on Mars Solar System Exploration Division
05.15.2023 thumbnail Webb Measures the Temperature of a Rocky Exoplanet Astrophysics Science Division
05.08.2023 thumbnail Multipoint Observations Reveal Complex Solar Energetic Particle Event Heliophysics Science Division
05.01.2023 thumbnail Greenland Ice Sheet’s ‘Committed Contribution’ to Sea Level Earth Sciences Division
04.24.2023 thumbnail Exploring the Structure of the Giant Impact Sites That Formed the Lunar Basins Solar System Exploration Division
04.17.2023 thumbnail NASA’s Fermi Captures Dynamic Gamma-Ray Sky in New Repository Astrophysics Science Division
04.10.2023 thumbnail Are Tiny Jets Driving the Solar Wind? Heliophysics Science Division
04.03.2023 thumbnail Warming World Makes Droughts and Wet Events More Frequent and Intense Earth Sciences Division
03.27.2023 thumbnail Hubble Detects the Start of a New Saturn Ring Spoke Season Solar System Exploration Division
03.20.2023 thumbnail For the First Time Hubble Directly Measures Mass of a Lone White Dwarf Astrophysics Science Division
03.13.2023 thumbnail Increasing Groundwater Depletion Rate in the Central Valley of California Earth Sciences Division
02.27.2023 thumbnail Fermi Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From ‘Spider’ Star Systems Astrophysics Science Division
02.13.2023 thumbnail Using Meteors to Detect Changes in the Atmosphere Due to Greenhouse Gases Heliophysics Science Division
02.06.2023 thumbnail Reduced Human Activity During COVID Lockdowns Caused Decreases in Tropospheric Ozone Earth Sciences Division
01.30.2023 thumbnail Re-Creating the Conditions Necessary for the Building Blocks of Life Solar System Exploration Division
01.23.2023 thumbnail TESS Discovers Planetary System's Second Earth-Size World Astrophysics Science Division
01.09.2023 thumbnail More Realistic CME Model Leads to Better Space Weather Predictions Heliophysics Science Division