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Science Nuggets Archive - 2020

DateThumbnail & LinkTitleDivision
12.14.2020 thumbnail Making the Building Blocks of Life: Chemical Connections Between Comets and Meteors Solar System Exploration Division
12.07.2020 thumbnail Solar Shocks at Earth: Angle Matters Heliophysics Science Division
11.30.2020 thumbnail Using Machine Learning to Improve the NASA GISS Climate Model Earth Sciences Division
11.16.2020 thumbnail Probing the Era of Reionization Astrophysics Science Division
11.09.2020 thumbnail A New Tool for the Analysis of Prebiotic Peptides Solar System Exploration Division
11.02.2020 thumbnail Earth and Moon Once Shared a Magnetic Shield, Protecting Their Atmospheres Heliophysics Science Division
10.26.2020 thumbnail Classifying Ice Crystal Shapes in Cirrus Clouds With Airbourne Remote Sensing Earth Sciences Division
10.19.2020 thumbnail Are Black Holes The Only Loveless Objects in the Universe? Astrophysics Science Division
10.05.2020 thumbnail Weaker Solar Cycles Will Affect Astronauts' Radiation Exposure Heliophysics Science Division
09.28.2020 thumbnail MMS Captures a Dramatic Event Leading to a Unique Day-Side Aurora Heliophysics Science Division
09.21.2020 thumbnail Major Advance in Prediction Skill of GMAO's Subseasonal Forecasts Earth Sciences Division
09.14.2020 thumbnail Finding Hundreds of Transiting Circumbinary Planets With TESS Astrophysics Science Division
08.31.2020 thumbnail Simulating Human-Made Temporary Atmospheres on the Moon Solar System Exploration Division
08.24.2020 thumbnail 25 Years of Data Provides More Insight Into Solar Wind Formation Heliophysics Science Division
08.17.2020 thumbnail Pervasive ice sheet mass loss reflects competing ocean and atmosphere processes Earth Sciences Division
08.10.2020 thumbnail Supermassive Black Holes and Stars Grow Together Astrophysics Science Division
08.03.2020 thumbnail Juno "Listens" to Io-Jupiter "Conversations" Solar System Exploration Division
07.27.2020 thumbnail Do relativistic electrons produce dangerous levels of radiation for space walkers? Heliophysics Science Division
07.20.2020 thumbnail Antarctic Melt as a Driver of Climate Trends Earth Sciences Division
07.13.2020 thumbnail A Snapshot of Extreme Conditions in Colliding Galaxies Astrophysics Science Division
07.06.2020 thumbnail A New Clock for Solar Storms Heliophysics Science Division
06.29.2020 thumbnail New Criteria for using Chirality for Life Detection Solar System Exploration Division
06.22.2020 thumbnail MODIS Observing Distinct Regional Trends of Industrial/Urban Pollution Aerosol Earth Sciences Division
06.15.2020 thumbnail Measuring the Vela Supernova Remnant with HaloSat Astrophysics Science Division
06.08.2020 thumbnail Curiosity Explores Enigmatic Vera Rubin Ridge Solar System Exploration Division
06.01.2020 thumbnail An Unexpected Meteor Shower Outburst Heliophysics Science Division
05.18.2020 thumbnail Developing an Ozone Climate Data Record from High Resolution Satellite Observations Earth Sciences Division
05.11.2020 thumbnail Measuring the Galaxy's Antimatter From a Balloon Astrophysics Science Division
05.04.2020 thumbnail Martian Ions Sputter the Surface of Phobos Solar System Exploration Division
04.27.2020 thumbnail Improving Solar Wind Modeling and Forecasting Heliophysics Science Division
04.20.2020 thumbnail Satellite Laser Ranging Corrects Inaccurate GRACE and GRACE-FO Measurements of Antarctic Ice Mass Change Earth Sciences Division
04.13.2020 thumbnail Peter Pan Disks: Long-lived Planet-Forming Disks Discovered by Citizen Scientists Astrophysics Science Division
04.06.2020 thumbnail Water From Another Solar System: Interstellar Comet 2I/Borisov Solar System Exploration Division
03.30.2020 thumbnail Determining how many meteors enter the atmosphere Heliophysics Science Division
03.23.2020 thumbnail Spatial Shift of Greenland Moisture Sources Related to Enhanced Arctic Warming Earth Sciences Division
03.16.2020 thumbnail Heavy Elements from Deep in the Core of an Exploding Star Astrophysics Science Division
03.09.2020 thumbnail How Would Clouds and Hazes Change Our Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres? Solar System Exploration Division
03.02.2020 thumbnail Auroral structure and dynamics observed from Space Heliophysics Science Division
02.24.2020 thumbnail MiniCarb: a CubeSat for measuring greenhouse gases Earth Sciences Division
02.10.2020 thumbnail A Spitzer Farewell to Supernova 1987A Astrophysics Science Division
02.03.2020 thumbnail The Oxygen Mystery: Seasonal Changes and Surface Interactions in Mars' Atmosphere Solar System Exploration Division
01.27.2020 thumbnail Parker Solar Probe illuminates the Sun's dust-free zone Heliosphysics Science Division
01.13.2020 thumbnail Snow Depth Variability in the Northern Hemisphere Mountains Observed from Space Earth Sciences Division
01.06.2020 thumbnail The Shocking Truth About Novae Astrophysics Science Division