Nuggets

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A nugget is a one page snapshot of an event that impacted learners using NASA Science-funded experts, content, or authentic experiences.

May 2018

Perspective view of Juling Crater

The Changing Ice on Ceres

February 2018

Red (northwestern) and green (southern) areas of Mare Tranquillitatis

Mapping Minerals On the Moon

Photo of Bolide in the sky

Michigan Bolide and Meteorites

January 2018

Cropped figure depicting Mars’ orbit around the Sun

Mars Boils Over

A glowing blue circle against a black background surrounded by faint, smaller blue circles

Mars Crustal Clays

December 2017

Cropped image of ~4.3 billion year old granitoid rock clast and graphs measuring the dryness of two regions

“Dryness” of Early Moon

Europa

Plate Tectonics Possible on Europa

Cropped image of a graph depicting ammonia distribution

Juno finds atmospheric surprises at Jupiter

Artist's concept of ‘Oumuamua

Discovery of the First Interstellar Object

November 2017

Two graphs (one labeled CRISM and the other labeled Lab) with colored lines. The graphs are on top of two images of light brown landforms.

Volcanism and Hydrothermal Activity

Grand Prismatic in Yellowstone National Park

The Deep, Hot Biosphere

October 2017

Cropped figure from slide depicting Phobos and a blue trail on its right side

Solar Eruptions Electrify Moons of Mars

Gases accumulated around the Moon

Ancient Lunar Atmosphere May Have Exited

3-D map of Mars’ magnetic topology depicting red and blue magnetic field lines

First 3-D Map of Mars Magnetic Topology

Four colorful angles of Mercury using data from two MESSENGER instruments
Four colorful angles of Mercury using data from two MESSENGER instruments

Build-up in Mercury’s Exosphere

September 2017

Artist's concept of MU69

Next New Horizons Flyby Target

Saturn in the thermal infrared. Inside a white ellipse is where Cassini plunged into Saturn’s atmosphere.

Cassini’s Final Images

Mountains on Io

Io's Unusual Mountains

NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility

Florence Found to Be Ordinary Stony Chondrite

The current and alumni Cassini radio science team pose for a group photo.

One Last Ring Broadcast

August 2017

Surface details of Pandora

Pandora has Smooth and Groovy Terrains

Chart displaying many red and black dots. The red dots start to curve downward at the end, and the black dots curve downward earlier and to a further degree.

Venus’ Radar-Bright Highlands

The moon Atlas resembles a flying saucer.

Atlas Changing Shape

Discontinuous distal deposits ~315 km northeast of Hale flowed downhill and ponded in low-lying areas.

Water-Rich Flows around Hale Crater

July 2017

Map of habitable areas in Chandor Chasma, Mars

Habitable Environments on Mars

Surface of Epimetheus

Saturn’s Moon Epimetheus

A typical modified impact crater on Mars

Past Rain on Mars

June 2017

Topographical analysis of Janiculum Dorsa with a green region highlighting the elevated mountain range

Dione’s Putative Subsurface Ocean

Three arrows pointing to cyclones on Jupiter

Juno Reveals Jupiter's Surprising Poles

Warmer and wetter past version of Mars

Mars Climate Change

Aswan cliff before and after collapse

Cliff Face Collapse on Comet 67P

May 2017

An output brightness temperature map of a red Saturn and blue rings, with an arrow pointing to a horizontal white line on the inner rings

“Centaur” Buried in Icy Rings of Saturn?

Bright streaks in nighttime infrared image of Mars

Bright Streaks - Fast Winds on Mars

RADAR composite of Titan with dark blue areas representing liquid hydrocarbon and tan areas representing dry land.

Titan’s Hydrocarbons

Drilling ancient lakebed on Mars

Little CO2 in Ancient Mars Atmosphere

April 2017

Goldstone Solar System Radar

Asteroid 2014 JO25 Makes Close Approach to Earth

3-D image of a martian polar cap

3-D Imaging of Martian Polar-Cap Interiors

'Earhart' Propeller in Saturn's A Ring

Cassini Views ‘Propellers’

Topography of the Orientale Basin

The Moon’s Youngest Basin

March 2017

Dawn’s high-resolution topographic model of the Occator Crater with an overlay of its central pit

New Views of Occator Crater

Close-up of the ring moon Pan

From Cassini’s Scenic Vista: A ‘Pan-tastic’ View

Catalina Sky Survey 0.7-meter Schmidt

Small Asteroid (2017 EA)

The Dingo Gap dune as seen by Curiosity

Understanding Aeolian Activity In Gale Crater

February 2017

Blue arrows ascending up and then out of a green mushroom-like cloud

Saturn Storm Serves Up Two “Flavors” of Hydrogen

Diagram depicting ice formation on Earth vs. Titan

New Ice Formation Mechanism on Titan

Distribution of Water Equivalent Hydrogen in Cabeus Crater

Hydrogen At the Lunar Poles

Abundance of methane on Pluto

Pluto’s Global Surface Composition

January 2017

Utopia Planitia (hashed)

Lake Superior-Sized Ice Deposit on Mars

Map of study region showing high concentration of FSVs and associated landforms such as deltas.

Valleys and Lakes in Northern Arabia Terra

Crop of a drawing that includes thick and thin water ice-rich crusts

Reorientation, Faulting, and an Ocean on Pluto

Ahuna Mons

Ceres’ Enigmatic Mountain

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The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes. The upper portion of the image is blueish, and has wispy translucent cloud-like streaks rising from the nebula below. The orangish cloudy formation in the bottom half varies in density and ranges from translucent to opaque. The stars vary in color, the majority of which have a blue or orange hue. The cloud-like structure of the nebula contains ridges, peaks, and valleys – an appearance very similar to a mountain range. Three long diffraction spikes from the top right edge of the image suggest the presence of a large star just out of view.

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Parker Solar Probe

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