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|first_author =  Hugh HUDSON
|first_author =  Hugh HUDSON
|publish_date = July 14, 2025  
|publish_date = July 14, 2025  
|next_nugget = TBD
|next_nugget = The Aulanier Effect
|previous_nugget = {{#ask: [[Category:Nugget]] [[RHESSI Nugget Index::499]]}}
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We've reached a milestone in SolarNuggets with this Nugget No. 500!
We've reached a milestone in SolarNuggets with this Nugget No. 500!
The SolarNuggets began in 2005 with  
 
[https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/Novel_X-ray_Spectrograms RHESSI Nugget No. 1],
The [https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/nuggets/index.html Yohkoh Nuggets] had
a description of the pioneering RHESSI hard X-ray and gamma-ray spectroscopy.
ended in 2002 after a five-year run producing about 331 items.
By 2005 the lack of Nuggets had become painful, and then Steven Christe suggested that
a series of RHESSI Nuggets could just continue in the Yohkoh tradition.
He set up the Wiki framework that we still use for SolarNuggets.
The SolarNuggets began in 2005 with a first entry on hard X-ray spectrograms
([https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/Novel_X-ray_Spectrograms RHESSI Nugget No. 1]).
 
A few of the earlier Nuggets have been lost, or no longer show their images
A few of the earlier Nuggets have been lost, or no longer show their images
properly.
properly.
This just reminds us that digital archives have shelf lives, and may wither  
This just reminds us that digital archives have shelf lives, and may wither  
with time much as a First Dynasty  
with time much as a First Dynasty  
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt papyrus might.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Dynasty_of_Egypt papyrus] might.
But most of them are there and many still have interesting messages; we're
But most of the original RHESSI Nuggets are still available and many have interesting messages; we're
probably complete as far back as Eduard Kontar's
probably complete as far back as Eduard Kontar's classic
[https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/A_solar_X-ray_dentist_mirror Dentist Mirror] classic.
[https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/A_solar_X-ray_dentist_mirror Dentist Mirror].


== Nugget history ==
== Nugget history ==
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which themselves began as simple  
which themselves began as simple  
[https://elfin.igpp.ucla.edu/tohban-reports tohban] reports
[https://elfin.igpp.ucla.edu/tohban-reports tohban] reports
in which observers report on remarkable operations in near-real-time.
in which observers/satellite operators would report on any notable phenomena in near-real-time.
The most memorable [https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/nuggets/index.html Yohkoh]
The most memorable [https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/nuggets/index.html Yohkoh]
Nugget, among many, might have been the  
Nugget, among many, might have been the  
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which ran from 1997 to 2002; an AGU poster from 2002 describing them is
which ran from 1997 to 2002; an AGU poster from 2002 describing them is
[https://research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~hhudson/presentations/yohkoh_nuggets.pdf here]
[https://research.ssl.berkeley.edu/~hhudson/presentations/yohkoh_nuggets.pdf here]
as a .pdf file (authors Hudson, McKenzie, and Nitta, the triumvirate
as a .pdf file (authors Hudson, McKenzie, and Nitta, the  
supervising Yohkoh Nugget publication in those long-ago days.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumvirate_(ancient_Rome) triumvirate]
supervising Yohkoh Nugget publication in those ancient times).


== How to do a HelioNugget ==
== How to do a SolarNugget ==


These articles are news-and-views opinion pages, not miniature scientific
These articles are news-and-views opinion pages, not miniature scientific
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journal article's great breakthrough.
journal article's great breakthrough.
But any topic will do, as long as it is scientifically newsworthy, as one
But any topic will do, as long as it is scientifically newsworthy, as one
can see from the breadth of the topics, as identified by their icons on  
can see from the breadth of the topics (as linked by their icons on  
the home page here.
the [https://heliowiki.smce.nasa.gov/wiki/index.php/SolarNuggets home page]).
Here we see the last few icons...
Here we see the last three years' worth of icons:<br>
 


[[File:Icon499.png|frameless|100px]]
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== Nuggets present and future ==


== Nugget future ==
There are now several other series of similar solar/heliospheric/other science-news popularizations:
 
  [https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/nuggets/index.html Yohkoh Nuggets] (1997-2002)
There are now many Nugget series, plus other science-news sequences:
[https://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/eduard/cesra/ CESRA Nuggets] (from 2006)
  [https://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/yohkoh/nuggets/index.html Yohkoh Nuggets]
  [https://uksolphys.org/uksp-nuggets/ UKSP Nuggets](from 2010)
  [https://uksolphys.org/uksp-nuggets/ UKSP Nuggets]
[https://solarb.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/SolarB/eisnuggets.jsp EIS Science Nuggets] (from 2010)
  [http://hmi.stanford.edu/hminuggets/ HMI Nuggets]
  [http://hmi.stanford.edu/hminuggets/ HMI Nuggets] (from 2014)
  [https://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/users/eduard/cesra/ CESRA Nuggets]
  [https://www.lpi.usra.edu/nuggets/ Planetary Science Nuggets] (from 2014)
  [https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/science-nuggets Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets]
[https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/nuggets/ NASA GSFC Code 600 Nuggets] (from 2021)
  [https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/solar-orbiter/science-nuggets Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets] (from 2024)
[https://shielddrivecenter.com/science-nuggets/ SHIELD Science Nuggets] (recent)
  ...
  ...


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are all great.  
are all great.  
The [http://hmi.stanford.edu/hminuggets/ HMI Nuggets] may be the most numerous, following the Yohkoh
The [http://hmi.stanford.edu/hminuggets/ HMI Nuggets] may be the most numerous, following the Yohkoh
and RHESSI/Helio series.
and RHESSI/Solar series.


To create a new HelioNugget, simply make a discovery, write a plain-text page of description, and send
To create a new SolarNugget, simply make a discovery, write a plain-text page of description, and send
that along with 2-3 killer graphics, to hugh.hudson@glasgow.ac.uk.
that along with 2-3 killer graphics, to hugh.hudson@glasgow.ac.uk.
The text should be in a plain style, and have minimal academic overhead (not many references needed,
since links will be added in the publication process).
SolarNuggets are published twice a month.
If you are ambitious to write SolarNugget No. 1000, please wait a few years...


As long as new ideas and discoveries appear, we must make them available
As long as new ideas and discoveries appear, we must make them available
worldwide!
worldwide!

Latest revision as of 07:18, 12 July 2025


Nugget
Number: 500
1st Author: Hugh HUDSON
2nd Author:
Published: July 14, 2025
Next Nugget: The Aulanier Effect
Previous Nugget: Quasiperiodic Pulsations in the Balmer Continuum in an X-class Solar White-light Flare



Introduction

We've reached a milestone in SolarNuggets with this Nugget No. 500!

The Yohkoh Nuggets had ended in 2002 after a five-year run producing about 331 items. By 2005 the lack of Nuggets had become painful, and then Steven Christe suggested that a series of RHESSI Nuggets could just continue in the Yohkoh tradition. He set up the Wiki framework that we still use for SolarNuggets. The SolarNuggets began in 2005 with a first entry on hard X-ray spectrograms (RHESSI Nugget No. 1).

A few of the earlier Nuggets have been lost, or no longer show their images properly. This just reminds us that digital archives have shelf lives, and may wither with time much as a First Dynasty papyrus might. But most of the original RHESSI Nuggets are still available and many have interesting messages; we're probably complete as far back as Eduard Kontar's classic Dentist Mirror.

Nugget history

These Nuggets arose from the Yohkoh Nuggets which themselves began as simple tohban reports in which observers/satellite operators would report on any notable phenomena in near-real-time. The most memorable Yohkoh Nugget, among many, might have been the triple jet item, a truly remarkable thing that has never been formally published, possibly because it shows actually inexplicable observations. The Yohkoh tohban reports morphed into the more informative Yohkoh Nuggets, which ran from 1997 to 2002; an AGU poster from 2002 describing them is here as a .pdf file (authors Hudson, McKenzie, and Nitta, the triumvirate supervising Yohkoh Nugget publication in those ancient times).

How to do a SolarNugget

These articles are news-and-views opinion pages, not miniature scientific papers. Although, frequently enough, a Nugget-writer just wants to describe a journal article's great breakthrough. But any topic will do, as long as it is scientifically newsworthy, as one can see from the breadth of the topics (as linked by their icons on the home page). Here we see the last three years' worth of icons:


Icon499.png Icon498.png Icon497.png Icon496.png Icon495.png Icon494.png Icon493.png Icon492.png Icon491.png Icon490.png Icon489.png Icon488.png Icon487.png Icon486.png Icon485.png Icon484.png Icon483.png Icon482.png Icon481.png Icon480.png Icon479.png Icon478.png Icon477.png Icon476.png Icon475.png Icon474.png Icon473.png Icon472.png Icon471.png Icon470.png Icon468.png Icon467.png Icon466.png Icon465.png Icon464.png Icon463.png

Nuggets present and future

There are now several other series of similar solar/heliospheric/other science-news popularizations: 

Yohkoh Nuggets (1997-2002)
CESRA Nuggets (from 2006)
UKSP Nuggets(from 2010)
EIS Science Nuggets (from 2010)
HMI Nuggets (from 2014)
Planetary Science Nuggets (from 2014)
NASA GSFC Code 600 Nuggets (from 2021)
Solar Orbiter Science Nuggets (from 2024)
SHIELD Science Nuggets (recent)
...

These have different objectives, different styles, and different science specializations, but they are all great. The HMI Nuggets may be the most numerous, following the Yohkoh and RHESSI/Solar series.

To create a new SolarNugget, simply make a discovery, write a plain-text page of description, and send that along with 2-3 killer graphics, to hugh.hudson@glasgow.ac.uk. The text should be in a plain style, and have minimal academic overhead (not many references needed, since links will be added in the publication process). SolarNuggets are published twice a month. If you are ambitious to write SolarNugget No. 1000, please wait a few years...

As long as new ideas and discoveries appear, we must make them available worldwide!

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