| The impact and recovery of Asteroid 2008 TC3 P Jenniskens, MH Shaddad, D Numan, S Elsir, AM Kudoda, ME Zolensky, ... Nature 458 (7237), 485-488, 2009 | 458 | 2009 |
| Radar-enabled recovery of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite regolith breccia P Jenniskens, MD Fries, QZ Yin, M Zolensky, AN Krot, SA Sandford, ... Science 338 (6114), 1583-1587, 2012 | 260 | 2012 |
| Prebiotic astrochemistry and the formation of molecules of astrobiological interest in interstellar clouds and protostellar disks SA Sandford, M Nuevo, PP Bera, TJ Lee Chemical Reviews 120 (11), 4616-4659, 2020 | 225 | 2020 |
| Non-racemic amino acid production by ultraviolet irradiation of achiral interstellar ice analogs with circularly polarized light P de Marcellus, C Meinert, M Nuevo, JJ Filippi, G Danger, D Deboffle, ... The Astrophysical Journal Letters 727 (2), Id. L27 (6 pp.), 2011 | 207 | 2011 |
| Formation of uracil from the ultraviolet photo-irradiation of pyrimidine in pure H2O ices M Nuevo, SN Milam, SA Sandford, JE Elsila, JP Dworkin Astrobiology 9 (7), 683-695, 2009 | 196 | 2009 |
| Prebiotic significance of extraterrestrial ice photochemistry: Detection of hydantoin in organic residues P de Marcellus, M Bertrand, M Nuevo, F Westall, ... Astrobiology 11 (9), 847-854, 2011 | 177 | 2011 |
| A detailed study of the amino acids produced from the vacuum UV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs M Nuevo, G Auger, D Blanot, L d’Hendecourt Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres 38 (1), 37-56, 2008 | 168 | 2008 |
| Vacuum ultraviolet emission spectrum measurement of a microwave-discharge hydrogen-flow lamp in several configurations: Application to photodesorption of CO ice YJ Chen, KJ Chuang, GM Muñoz Caro, M Nuevo, CC Chu, TS Yih, WH Ip, ... The Astrophysical Journal 781 (1), Id. 15 (13 pp.), 2014 | 141 | 2014 |
| Urea, glycolic acid, and glycerol in an organic residue produced by ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar/pre-cometary ice analogs M Nuevo, JH Bredehöft, UJ Meierhenrich, L d'Hendecourt, ... Astrobiology 10 (2), 245-256, 2010 | 123 | 2010 |
| Isotopic and chemical variation of organic nanoglobules in primitive meteorites BT De Gregorio, RM Stroud, LR Nittler, CMOD Alexander, ND Bassim, ... Meteoritics & Planetary Science 48 (5), 904-928, 2013 | 119 | 2013 |
| Nucleobases and prebiotic molecules in organic residues produced from the ultraviolet photo-irradiation of pyrimidine in NH3 and H2O+NH3 ices M Nuevo, SN Milam, SA Sandford Astrobiology 12 (4), 295-314, 2012 | 113 | 2012 |
| The effects of circularly polarized light on amino acid enantiomers produced by the UV irradiation of interstellar ice analogs M Nuevo, UJ Meierhenrich, GM Muñoz Caro, E Dartois, L d'Hendecourt, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 457 (3), 741-751, 2006 | 110 | 2006 |
| Nature and evolution of the dominant carbonaceous matter in interplanetary dust particles: Effects of irradiation and identification with a type of amorphous carbon GM Muñoz Caro, G Matrajt, E Dartois, M Nuevo, L d'Hendecourt, ... Astronomy & Astrophysics 459 (1), 147-159, 2006 | 91 | 2006 |
| Abundant ammonia and nitrogen-rich soluble organic matter in samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu DP Glavin, JP Dworkin, CMOD Alexander, JC Aponte, AA Baczynski, ... Nature Astronomy 9, 199-210, 2025 | 86 | 2025 |
| Deoxyribose and deoxysugar derivatives from photoprocessed astrophysical ice analogues and comparison to meteorites M Nuevo, G Cooper, SA Sandford Nature Communications 9, Id. 5276 (10 pp.), 2018 | 85 | 2018 |
| Ice chemistry on outer Solar System bodies: Electron radiolysis of N2-, CH4-, and CO-containing ices CK Materese, DP Cruikshank, SA Sandford, H Imanaka, M Nuevo The Astrophysical Journal 812 (2), Id. 150 (9 pp.), 2015 | 85 | 2015 |
| The photochemistry of pyrimidine in realistic astrophysical ices and the production of nucleobases M Nuevo, CK Materese, SA Sandford The Astrophysical Journal 793 (2), Id. 125 (7 pp.), 2014 | 81 | 2014 |
| Ice chemistry on outer Solar System bodies: Carboxylic acids, nitriles, and urea detected in refractory residues produced from the UV photolysis of N2:CH4:CO-containing ices CK Materese, DP Cruikshank, SA Sandford, H Imanaka, M Nuevo, ... The Astrophysical Journal 788 (2), Id. 111 (11 pp.), 2014 | 67 | 2014 |
| Thymine and other prebiotic molecules produced from the ultraviolet photo-irradiation of pyrimidine in simple astrophysical ice analogs CK Materese, M Nuevo, PP Bera, TJ Lee, SA Sandford Astrobiology 13 (10), 948-962, 2013 | 67 | 2013 |
| Enantiomeric separation of complex organic molecules produced from irradiation of interstellar/circumstellar ice analogs M Nuevo, UJ Meierhenrich, L d’Hendecourt, GM Muñoz Caro, E Dartois, ... Advances in Space Research 39 (3), 400-404, 2007 | 67 | 2007 |
Scott SandfordNASA Ames Research CenterVerified email at nasa.gov
