Science Nuggets Archive - 2023
| Date | Thumbnail & Link | Title | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12.18.2023 | ![]() |
JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide in a Centaur | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 12.11.2023 | ![]() |
Hubble Measures the Nearest Transiting Earth-Sized Planet | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 12.04.2023 | ![]() |
Climate: Recent Intensification of Wetland Methane Emission and Effects on Global Warming | Earth Sciences Division |
| 11.27.2023 | ![]() |
Is the Solar Wind Made From Tiny Flows of Material? | Heliophysics Science Division |
| 11.13.2023 | ![]() |
Detecting Volcanic Signatures on an ExoEarth Using Direct Imaging | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 11.06.2023 | ![]() |
NASA Team Simulates a Glimpse of Our Galaxy in Gravitational Waves Watch the video (not shown in the PDF) |
Astrophysics Science Division |
| 10.30.2023 | ![]() |
Flood Impacts on Ecosystems in the Midwestern and Southern United States | Earth Sciences Division |
| 10.23.2023 | ![]() |
Webb Finds Carbon Source on Surface of Europa | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 10.16.2023 | ![]() |
Parker Solar Probe Flies Through the Leg of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) | Heliophysics Science Division |
| 10.02.2023 | ![]() |
NASA's Swift Learns a New Trick, Spots a Snacking Black Hole | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 09.25.2023 | ![]() |
The Role of the Tropical Easterly Jet on the Bay of Bengal's Tropical Cyclones | Earth Sciences Division |
| 09.18.2023 | ![]() |
Analysis Sheds New Light on Mercury’s South Pole | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 09.11.2023 | ![]() |
Hubble Sees Evaporating Planet Getting the Hiccups | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 08.21.2023 | ![]() |
Rainy Days in the Arctic | Earth Sciences Division |
| 08.14.2023 | ![]() |
Webb Finds Water, and a New Mystery, in Rare Main Belt Comet | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 08.07.2023 | ![]() |
New Study Reveals NASA’s Roman Could Find 400 Earth-Mass Rogue Planets | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 07.31.2023 | ![]() |
AI-Enabled Space Weather Predications | Heliophysics Science Division |
| 07.24.2023 | ![]() |
GEDI Data Show How Forest Conservation Affects Climate Change | Earth Sciences Division |
| 07.17.2023 | ![]() |
Goddard Scientists Use Webb to Map Surprisingly Large Plume Jetting from Saturn’s Moon Enceladus | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 07.10.2023 | ![]() |
JWST Proves Galaxies Transformed the Early Universe | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 06.26.2023 | ![]() |
TESS, Spitzer Find Potentially Volcano-Covered Earth-Size World | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 06.12.2023 | ![]() |
A Stormy, Active Sun May Have Sparked Life on Earth | Heliophysics Science Division |
| 06.05.2023 | ![]() |
Machine Learning Method Detects Aurora, Corrects Nighttime Light Images | Earth Sciences Division |
| 05.22.2023 | ![]() |
Exploring Hawaiian Caves Helps NASA Search for Life on Mars | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 05.15.2023 | ![]() |
Webb Measures the Temperature of a Rocky Exoplanet | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 05.08.2023 | ![]() |
Multipoint Observations Reveal Complex Solar Energetic Particle Event | Heliophysics Science Division |
| 05.01.2023 | ![]() |
Greenland Ice Sheet’s ‘Committed Contribution’ to Sea Level | Earth Sciences Division |
| 04.24.2023 | ![]() |
Exploring the Structure of the Giant Impact Sites That Formed the Lunar Basins | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 04.17.2023 | ![]() |
NASA’s Fermi Captures Dynamic Gamma-Ray Sky in New Repository | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 04.10.2023 | ![]() |
Are Tiny Jets Driving the Solar Wind? | Heliophysics Science Division |
| 04.03.2023 | ![]() |
Warming World Makes Droughts and Wet Events More Frequent and Intense | Earth Sciences Division |
| 03.27.2023 | ![]() |
Hubble Detects the Start of a New Saturn Ring Spoke Season | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 03.20.2023 | ![]() |
For the First Time Hubble Directly Measures Mass of a Lone White Dwarf | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 03.13.2023 | ![]() |
Increasing Groundwater Depletion Rate in the Central Valley of California | Earth Sciences Division |
| 02.27.2023 | ![]() |
Fermi Detects First Gamma-Ray Eclipses From ‘Spider’ Star Systems | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 02.13.2023 | ![]() |
Using Meteors to Detect Changes in the Atmosphere Due to Greenhouse Gases | Heliophysics Science Division |
| 02.06.2023 | ![]() |
Reduced Human Activity During COVID Lockdowns Caused Decreases in Tropospheric Ozone | Earth Sciences Division |
| 01.30.2023 | ![]() |
Re-Creating the Conditions Necessary for the Building Blocks of Life | Solar System Exploration Division |
| 01.23.2023 | ![]() |
TESS Discovers Planetary System's Second Earth-Size World | Astrophysics Science Division |
| 01.09.2023 | ![]() |
More Realistic CME Model Leads to Better Space Weather Predictions | Heliophysics Science Division |







































