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Space Science and Astrobiology Nuggets are bite-sized, single-page summaries of recent science results, mission highlights, and outreach activities.

Are Saturn’s rings disappearing? Their mass drift leaves clues.

Saturn Nugget from Spacescience at Ames

Composition of Primitive Meteorites Coupled to Loss of Vapor from the Early Solar Nebula

nugget on composition of meteorites

The Optical Constants Database (OCdb) is online!

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2022

Celebrating 10 Years of Mars Mineral Discoveries

Celebrating 10 Years of Mars Mineral Discoveries

Measuring surface texture across ice stability zones on the Moon

Measuring surface texture across ice stability zones on the Moon
COVID-19 Exposure Assessment Tool (CEAT) makes safety decisions easier and more accurate Slide Presentation

Modeling the Impact of Stellar X-rays on Cosmic Dust via Laboratory Astrophysics 

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Coupling between metabolism and cell growth promotes evolution at the origins of life

Interpreting Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide Disequilibrium on Enceladus 

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American Astronomical Society Nominates Ames’ Farid Salama as New Fellow for 2022

2021

Simulating the Formation of Organics in Titan’s Atmosphere

Operating Spacecraft in a Near Nucleus Environment Around Comets

Detecting nanoparticles in the Cosmos

Investigating Benzene (C6H6) Cloud Formation in Titan’s South Polar Vortex

Ames Scientists Publish Special Issue in Planetary & Space Science

The Color of Plants Around Other Stars

Do Live Science: Join the Search for Undiscovered Worlds

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Climate Driven Destruction of Clay Minerals on Mars

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Science Education Outreach: SSX Scientists Manage the Only Astrobiology Intern Program in the National Park Service

Microbial activity in a planetary subsurface analog environment

Science Education Outreach: Sharing NASA Science with 5th-8th  Graders and University Students

Maintaining Critical Open Source Community Software for NASA’s Kepler, K2, and TESS Data Archives

Science Education Outreach: Public TV and Radio, Science Societies and Live NASA Broadcasts

Ice Volcanoes Emerge from Flooding in Viking Terra on Pluto

Are Martian Landslides Caused by Microscale Melting Ice and Underground Salts?

How Adding Color to Kepler Data Unlocks New Science