Organic matter and water from asteroid ItokawaOPEN ACCESS
Q. H. S. Chan, A. Stephant, I. A. Franchi, X. Zhao, R. Brunetto, Y. Kebukawa, T. Noguchi, D. Johnson, M. C. Price, K. H. Harriss, M. E. Zolensky & M. M. Grady Scientific Reports 11…
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons in the Mukundpura (CM2) Chondrite
M.S. Kalpana, E.V.S.S.K. Babu, Devleena Mani, R.P. Tripathi, N. Bhandari Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 February 2021 LINK “Highlights • The first report of soluble PAHs of Mukundpura (MK) CM2.0…
Spectroscopic Investigation of the High-Pressure Behavior of Aliphatic Hydrocarbon: Implications for Planetary Processes
Spectroscopic Investigation of the High-Pressure Behavior of Aliphatic Hydrocarbon: Implications for Planetary Processes Abhisek Basu, Mainak Mookherjee, Christina Schiffert, Bianca Haberl, and Reinhard Boehler ACS Earth Space ChemistryPublication Date: February 10, 202 LINK “Octadecane (C18H38)…
Organic Compounds in Mahadevpur H4/5 and Natun Balijan L4 Ordinary Chondrites by Raman Spectroscopy
Saikia B. J., Parthasarathy G., Borah R. R. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1853 PDF “Herein we identify organic trace in Mahadevpur H4/5 and Natun Balijan L4 ordinary chondrites by Raman Spectroscopy.”
Insoluble Organic Matter in Ryugu Analog Meteorite Jbilet Winselwan
B. T. De Gregorio, Stroud R. M. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2059 PDF “Studies of Ryugu return samples require refined approaches in sample preparation and analysis. We demonstrate advanced methods to…
Distribution of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds in the C2 Ungrouped Tarda Carbonaceous Chondrite
Distribution of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds in the C2 Ungrouped Tarda Carbonaceous Chondrite L. D. Tunney, P. J. A. Hill, C. D. K. Herd, R. W. Hilts, and M. C. Holt 52nd Lunar and…
Meteoritic amino acids as chemical tracers of parent body chemistries
Y Ellinger, M Lattelais, F Pauzat, J-C Guillemin, B Zanda Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stab217 LINK “The analysis of the organic matter of meteorites made it possible to identify over 70 amino…
Organic Matter in Cometary EnvironmentsOPEN ACCESS
Adam J. McKay and Nathan X. Roth Life 2021, 11(1), 37Review LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “Comets contain primitive material leftover from the formation of the Solar System, making studies of their composition important for understanding…
Synthesis of Organic Matter in Aqueous Environments Simulating Small Bodies in the Solar System and the Effects of Minerals on Amino Acid FormationOPEN ACCESS
Walaa Elmasry, Yoko Kebukawa, and Kensei Kobayashi Life 2021, 11(1), 32 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The extraterrestrial delivery of organics to primitive Earth has been supported by many laboratory and space experiments. Minerals played an…
Organic Material on Ceres: Insights from Visible and Infrared Space ObservationsOPEN ACCESS
Andrea Raponi, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Mauro Ciarniello, Batiste Rousseau, Marco Ferrari , Eleonora Ammannito, Simone De Angelis, Vassilissa Vinogradoff, Julie C. Castillo-Rogez, Federico Tosi, Alessandro Frigeri, Michelangelo Formisano, Francesca Zambon, Carol…
Extraterrestrial hexamethylenetetramine in meteorites—a precursor of prebiotic chemistry in the inner solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Yasuhiro Oba, Yoshinori Takano, Hiroshi Naraoka, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin & Shogo Tachibana Nature Communications 11 , 1–8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Despite extensive studies on the formation of organic…
Observations of the Onset of Complex Organic Molecule Formation in Interstellar Ices
Laurie E. U. Chu, Klaus Hodapp, and Adwin Boogert The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 904, Number 2Published: 24 November 2020 LINK “Isolated dense molecular cores are investigated to study the onset of complex organic molecule formation…
Structural and spectral properties of astronomical complex organic molecules: 1:1:1 glycine-X-Y and Y-glycine-X
Anita Kabi, Pradipta K.Behera, Prabhat K. Sahu Molecular AstrophysicsAvailable online 21 November 2020 LINK “Current research to understand astrochemistry and astrobiology with regard to the weakly bound astronomical complexes including amino acids in the Inter-Stellar…
A primordial 15N-depleted organic component detected within the carbonaceous chondrite MariboOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Jan Leitner, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M. Ramasse, Ashley J. King, Paul F. Schofield, Addi Bischoff, Tohru Araki & Peter Hoppe Scientific Reports 10 , 1–9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on…
Carbon isotope evidence for the substrates and mechanisms of prebiotic synthesis in the early solar system
L. Chimiak, J.E. Elsila, B. Dallas, J.P. Dworkin, J.C. Aponte, A.L. Sessions, J.M. Eiler Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 September 2020 LINK “Meteorites contain prebiotic, bio-relevant organic compounds including amino…
Organic contamination on the surface of meteorites as a function of space and time: A case study of the Buzzard Coulee H4 chondrite
Libby D. Tunney, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:28 August 2020 LINK “The study of organic compounds in astromaterials represents a unique window into organic matter in…
Kinetics in thermal evolution of Raman spectra of chondritic organic matter to evaluate thermal history of their parent bodies
Kento Kiryu, Yoko Kebukawa, Motoko Igisu, Takazo Shibuya, Michael E. Zolensky, Kensei Kobayashi Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:04 August 2020 LINK “In order to establish kinetic expressions for Raman spectroscopic parameters of organic…
Aqueous alteration without initial water: Possibility of organic-induced hydration of anhydrous silicates in meteorite parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Naoki Hirakawa, Yoko Kebukawa, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Masashi Kondo, Kensei Kobayashi Earth, Planets and Space, preprint, under review Update (11 January 2021): LINK (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Early evolution of Solar System small…
Volatile Sample Return in the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Stefanie N. Milam, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila, Daniel P. Glavin, Perry A. Gerakines, Julie L. Mitchell, Keiko Nakamura-Messenger, Marc Neveu, Larry Nittler, James Parker, Elisa Quintana, Scott A. Sandford, Joshua E. Schlieder, Rhonda…
The Aguas Zarcas (CM2) meteorite: New insights into early solar system organic chemistry
Sandra Pizzarello, Christopher T. Yarnes, George Cooper Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 15 July 2020 LINK “To date, the CM2 class of carbonaceous chondrites has provided the most detailed view of organic synthesis in…
The Albedo of Ryugu: Evidence for a High Organic Abundance, as Inferred from the Hayabusa2 Touchdown ManeuverOPEN ACCESS
Christian Potiszil, Ryoji Tanaka, Katsura Kobayashi, Tak Kunihiro, Eizo Nakamura Astrobiology, Vol. 20, No. 7Hypothesis ArticlePublished Online:8 Jul 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Hayabusa2 mission successfully collected samples from the asteroid Ryugu last year and…
Nanophase iron carbides in fine‐grained rims in CM2 carbonaceous chondrites: Formation of organic material by Fischer–Tropsch catalysis in the solar nebula
Adrian J. Brearley Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:07 July 2020 LINK “Transmission electron microscope studies of fine‐grained rims in three CM2 carbonaceous chondrites, Y‐791198, Murchison, and ALH 81002, have revealed the presence of…
Extraterrestrial organic compounds and cyanide in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites Aguas Zarcas and Murchison
José C. Aponte, Hannah L. McLain, Danielle N. Simkus, Jamie E. Elsila, Daniel P. Glavin, Eric T. Parker, Jason P. Dworkin, Dolores H. Hill, Harold C. Connolly, Jr. Dante S. Lauretta Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion…
NanoSIMS isotopic investigation of xenolithic carbonaceous clasts from the Kapoeta howarditeOPEN ACCESS
Nan Liu, Ryan C. Ogliore, Lionel G. Vacher Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 June 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Kapoeta images LINK “We report on the investigation of the inventories of…
New insights into the structure and formation of coals, terrestrial and extraterrestrial kerogens from resonant UV Raman spectroscopy
Eric Quirico, Lydie Bonal, Gilles Montagnac, Pierre Beck, Bruno Reynard Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 June 2020 LINK “Resonant UV (244 nm-excitation) Raman spectroscopy was used to characterize a series…
Advances in Cosmochemistry Enabled by Antarctic MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Meenakshi Wadhwa, Timothy J. McCoy, and Devin L. Schrader Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Vol. 48:233-258 (Volume publication date May 2020)First published as a Review in Advance on January 8, 2020 LINK (OPEN…
Concerns of Organic Contamination for Sample Return Space MissionsOPEN ACCESS
Queenie Hoi Shan Chan, Rhonda Stroud, Zita Martins & Hikaru Yabuta Space Science Reviews volume 216, Article number: 56 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Analysis of organic matter has been one of the major…
Organic Matter in the Solar System—Implications for Future on-Site and Sample Return MissionsOPEN ACCESS
Zita Martins, Queenie Hoi Shan Chan, Lydie Bonal, Ashley King & Hikaru Yabuta Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 54 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Solar system bodies like comets, asteroids, meteorites and…
Molecular evolution during hydrothermal reactions from formaldehyde and ammonia simulating aqueous alteration in meteorite parent bodies
Yoko Kebukawa, Satoru Nakashima, Hajime Mita, Yasuji Muramatsu, Kensei Kobayashi IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 May 2020 LINK “Highlights • Using an in-situ heatable liquid cell, we followed reaction kinetics simulating aqueous alteration…
In-situ preservation of nitrogen-bearing organics in Noachian Martian carbonatesOPEN ACCESS
Mizuho Koike, Ryoichi Nakada, Iori Kajitani, Tomohiro Usui, Yusuke Tamenori, Haruna Sugahara & Atsuko Kobayashi Nature Communications, Volume 11, Article number: 1988 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the origin of organic material on…
The effects of atmospheric entry heating on organic matter in interplanetary dust particles and micrometeorites
M.E.I. Riebe, D.I. Foustoukos, C.M.O’D. Alexander, A. Steele, G.D. Cody, B.O. Mysen, L.R. Nittler Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 540, 15 June 2020, 116266 LINK “Highlights • Atmospheric entry heating altered the organic matter in…
Evaluation of terrestrial carbonaceous matter aromatization by Raman spectroscopy and its application to C chondrites
Jaques S. Schmidt, Ruth Hinrichs Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “A Raman method to estimate the aromatization degree of carbonaceous matter (CM) was established, and calibrated by literature data respecting differences in acquisition procedures. The…
Concentration of meteoritic free organic matter by fluid transport and adsorptionOPEN ACCESS
C. Potiszil, R. Tanaka, T. Ota, T. Kunihiro, K. Kobayashi, E. Nakamura Geochemical Perspectives Letters 13, 30–35 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites contain many abiotic organic compounds, some of which are found in…
Distinguishing Between Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds in the CM2 Aguas Zarcas Carbonaceous Chondrite
L. D. Tunney, P. J. A. Hill, C. D. K. Herd, R. W. Hilts 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #1795 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Organic Matter in the Aguas Zarcas (CM2) Meteorite: High Abundance of Aliphatic Carbon in Metal-Rich Lithology
Y. Kebukawa, M. E. Zolensly, J. Mathurin, E. Dartois, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, A. Deniset-Besseau, A. Dazzi, M. Fries, T. Ohigashi, D. Wakabayashi, S. Yamashita, Y. Takeichi, Y. Takahashi, M. Kondo, M. Ito, Y. Kodama,…
The effects of atmospheric entry heating on organic matter in interplanetary dust particlesOPEN ACCESS
E.I. Riebe, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Andrew Steele, George D. Cody, Bjorn Mysen, Larry R. Nittler Submitted to Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) were likely…
Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Motoo Ito, Nanako O. Ogawa, Yoshinori Takano, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Aiko Nakato, Hiroki Suga, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kensei Kobayashi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 19 December 2019 LINK “Some…
Organics preserved in anhydrous interplanetary dust particles: Pristine or not?OPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Ian A. Franchi, Xuchao Zhao, Alice Stephant, Ian P. Wright, Conel M. O’D. Alexander Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The chondritic‐porous…
Isotopic compositions, nitrogen functional chemistry, and low‐loss electron spectroscopy of complex organic aggregates at the nanometer scale in the carbonaceous chondrite RenazzoOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Jan Leitner, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M. Ramasse, Henner Busemann, Peter Hoppe Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 10 October 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Organic matter (OM) was widespread in the…
Chemiosmotic energy for primitive cellular life: Proton gradients are generated across lipid membranes by redox reactions coupled to meteoritic quinonesOPEN ACCESS
Daniel Milshteyn, George Cooper & David Deamer Scientific Reports, volume 9, Article number: 12447 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Transmembrane proton gradients coupled to, and maintained by, electron transport are ubiquitous sources of…
Origin of alkylphosphonic acids in the interstellar mediumOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M. Turner, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Alexandre Bergantini, Robert Frigge, Cheng Zhu, Bing-Jian Sun, Chun-Ta Hsiao, Agnes H. H. Chang Cornelia Meinert, and Ralf I. Kaiser Science Advances 07 Aug 2019: Vol. 5, no. 8,…
Molecular and isotopic behavior of Insoluble Organic Matter of the Orgueil meteorite upon heating
Laurent Remusat, Jean-Yves Bonnet, Sylvain Bernard, Arnaud Buch, Eric Quirico Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 July 2019 LINK “Organic matter contained in carbonaceous chondrites may have evolved due to…
Formation and delivery of complex organic molecules to the Solar System and early EarthOPEN ACCESS
Sun Kwok to be published as Chapter 4.2 in Handbook of Astrobiology, Vera Kolb (ed.), CRC Press, p. 165 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The late stages of stellar evolution from asymptotic giant branch stars to planetary…
Atmospheric entry heating of micrometeorites at Earth and Mars: Implications for the survival of organics
Aaron P. Wilson, Matthew J. Genge, Agata M. Krzesińska, Andrew G. Tomkins Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 15 July 2019 LINK “The atmospheric entry heating of micrometeorites (MMs) can significantly alter their pre‐existing mineralogy,…
The evolution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under simulated inner asteroid conditionsOPEN ACCESS
Claudia‐Corina Giese, Inge Loes, Ten Kate, Oliver Plümper, Helen E. King, Christoph Lenting, Yang Liu, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 14 July 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Organometallic compounds as carriers of extraterrestrial cyanide in primitive meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Karen E. Smith, Christopher H. House, Ricardo D. Arevalo Jr., Jason P. Dworkin & Michael P. Callahan Nature Communications 10, 1–7 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Extraterrestrial delivery of cyanide may have been crucial…
Prebiotic Sugar Formation Under Nonaqueous Conditions and Mechanochemical AccelerationOPEN ACCESS
Saskia Lamour, Sebastian Pallmann, Maren Haas and Oliver Trapp Life 2019, 9(2), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/life9020052 Published: 20 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (download) “Monosaccharides represent one of the major building blocks of life. One of…
Methodologies for Analyzing Soluble Organic Compounds in Extraterrestrial Samples: Amino Acids, Amines, Monocarboxylic Acids, Aldehydes, and KetonesOPEN ACCESS
Danielle N. Simkus, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, Eric T. Parker, Daniel P. Glavin and Jason P. Dworkin Life 2019, 9 (2), 47 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Soluble organic compositions of extraterrestrial samples…
Data-Driven UPLC-Orbitrap MS Analysis in AstrochemistryOPEN ACCESS
Alexander Ruf, Pauline Poinot, Claude Geffroy, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt and Gregoire Danger Life 2019, 9 (2), 35 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Meteorites have been found to be rich and highly diverse in organic…
Profiling Murchison Soluble Organic Matter for New Organic Compounds with APPI- and ESI-FT-ICR MSOPEN ACCESS
Jasmine Hertzog, Hiroshi Naraoka and Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin Life 2019, 9 (2), 48 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The investigation of the abundant organic matter in primitive meteorite such as carbonaceous chondrites is of major interest…
A Mineralogical Context for the Organic Matter in the Paris Meteorite Determined by A Multi-Technique AnalysisOPEN ACCESS
Manale Noun, Donia Baklouti,, Rosario Brunetto , Ferenc Borondics, Thomas Calligaro, Zélia Dionnet, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, Bilal Nsouli, Isabelle Ribaud, Mohamad Roumie and Serge Della-Negra Life 2019, 9 (2), 44 Published: 30 May 2019…
Comparison of FT‐IR spectra of bulk and acid insoluble organic matter in chondritic meteorites: An implication for missing carbon during demineralization
Yoko Kebukawa, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 8 May 2019 LINK “Past studies of the various separable carbonaceous fractions have been unable to account for all of…
Indigenous Organic‐Oxidized Fluid Interactions in the Tissint Mars MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Jaramillo, Samuel H. Royle, Mark W. Claire, Samuel P. Kounaves, Mark A. Sephton Geographical Research Letters, 46 First published: 07 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The observed fall and rapid…
A novel organic-rich meteoritic clast from the outer solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Kebukawa, Motoo Ito, Michael E. Zolensky, Richard C. Greenwood, Zia Rahman, Hiroki Suga, Aiko Nakato, Queenie H. S. Chan, Marc Fries, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kazuhiko Mase & Kensei Kobayashi Scientific Reports 9, 1–8…
Interstellar ices: a possible scenario for symmetry breaking of extraterrestrial chiral organic molecules of prebiotic interestOPEN ACCESS
Louis D’hendecourt, Paola Modica (LPC2E), Cornelia Meinert (ICN), Laurent Nahon (SSOLEIL), Uwe Meierhenrich (LCMBA) Journal of Interdisciplinary Methodologies and Issues in Science, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the laboratory, the photo-and thermochemical evolution of ices,…
Nanoscale infrared imaging analysis of carbonaceous chondrites to understand organic-mineral interactions during aqueous alteration
Yoko Kebukawa, Hanae Kobayashi, Norio Urayama, Naoki Baden, Masashi Kondo, Michael E. Zolensky, and Kensei Kobayashi PNAS January 15, 2019 116 (3) 753-758 published ahead of print January 2, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816265116 LINK “Spatial relationships between…
Deoxyribose and deoxysugar derivatives from photoprocessed astrophysical ice analogues and comparison to meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Michel Nuevo, George Cooper & Scott A. Sandford Nature Communications 9, 1–10 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sugars and their derivatives are essential to all terrestrial life. Their presence in meteorites, together with amino…
High‐mass resolution molecular imaging of organic compounds on the surface of Murchison meteorite
Minako Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Naraoka Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13211 LINK “High‐resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) imaging by desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) coupled with Orbitrap MS using methanol (MeOH) spray was performed on a fragment of the…
Probing molecular and isotopic features of meteoritic insoluble organic matter by solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with sub‐milligram sample
M. K. Pandey, Y. Nishiyama, P. Tekely Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13209 LINK “We recorded one‐ and two‐dimensional solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of meteoric insoluble organic matter with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution permitting us…
Hydrogen isotopic composition of water in CV-type carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Laurette Piani, Yves Marrocchi Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 504, 15 December 2018, Pages 64-71 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF “Highlights • In situ measurements by ion probe reveals the D/H ratio of water in…
Meteoritic Abundances of Fatty Acids and Potential Reaction Pathways in PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
James C.-Y. Lai, Ben K. D. Pearce, Ralph E. Pudritz, Drake Lee accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of fatty acids on the prebiotic Earth is important as they likely formed…
The Amino Acid Distribution in Laboratory Analogs of Extraterrestrial Organic Matter: A Comparison to CM Chondrites
P. Modica, Z. Martins, C. Meinert, B. Zanda, and L. L. S. d’Hendecourt The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 865, Number 1 LINK “Laboratory experiments that simulate the photo- and thermo-chemistry of extraterrestrial ices always lead to…
Temperature constraints by Raman spectroscopy of organic matter in volatile-rich clasts and carbonaceous chondrites
Robbin Visser, Timm John, Martina Menneken, Markus Patzek, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 September 2018 LINK “An important question regarding the formation of the solar system is…
Insights into the origin of carbonaceous chondrite organics from their triple oxygen isotope composition
Romain Tartèse, Marc Chaussidon, Andrey Gurenko, Frédéric Delarue, and François Robert PNAS August 6, 2018. 201808101; published ahead of print August 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808101115 LINK Significance “Refractory organic matter found in volatile-rich asteroidal materials essentially…
Organic and mineralogic heterogeneity of the Paris meteorite followed by FTIR hyperspectral imaging
Z. Dionnet, A. Aleon‐Toppani, D. Baklouti, F. Borondics, F. Brisset, Z. Djouadi, C. Sandt, R. Brunetto LINK Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13178 “Significant compositional and structural heterogeneity at nm to mm scales is an important…
The soluble organic compounds of the Mukundpura meteorite: A new CM chondrite fall
Sandra Pizzarello, Christopher T. Yarnes Planetary and Space Science Available online 2 July 2018 LINK “Highlights • The first analyses of water-soluble organic content of the MK meteorite are presented and MK composition appears to…
Chiral molecules in space and their possible passage to planetary bodies recorded by meteorites
Sandra Pizzarello, Christopher T. Yarnes Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 496, 15 August 2018, Pages 198–205 LINK “Highlights • Murchison extracts were found to contain two close derivatives of Propylene Oxide. • Both are…
Amino Acid Chiral Selection Via Weak Interactions in Stellar Environments: Implications for the Origin of LifeOPEN ACCESS
Michael A. Famiano, Richard N. Boyd, Toshitaka Kajino, Takashi Onaka & Yirong Mo Scientific Reportsvolume 8, Article number: 8833 (2018) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Magnetochiral phenomena may be responsible for the selection of…
Thermal Stress-Marker in Meteorites; A Molecular Approach with (Ultra)High Resolution Organic Spectroscopy
Schmitt-Kopplin Ph., Ruf A., Hertkorn N., Hariri M., Kanawati B., Lucio M., Quirico E., Gabelica Z. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6281] abstract “We observed a complex organic chemistry in the CHNOSMg-space…
High-temperature Ionization-induced Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Molecules in the Protosolar NebulaOPEN ACCESS
David V. Bekaert, Sylvie Derenne, Laurent Tissandier, Yves Marrocchi, Sebastien Charnoz, Christelle Anquetil, and Bernard Marty The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 859, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Biologically relevant molecules (hereafter biomolecules) have…
Indigenous Amino Acids in Iron Meteorites
J. E. Elsila, J. P. Dworkin, D. P. Glavin, N. M. Johnson 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #1520 abstract
Hydrothermal evolution of the morphology, molecular composition, and distribution of organic matter in CR (Renazzo-type) chondrites
Changela, H. G., Le Guillou, C., Bernard, S. and Brearley, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13045 LINK “The morphology, molecular composition, and distribution of organic matter (OM) were investigated in a suite of…
Organic matter in extraterrestrial water-bearing salt crystalsOPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Michael E. Zolensky, Yoko Kebukawa, Marc Fries, Motoo Ito, Andrew Steele, Zia Rahman, Aiko Nakato, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Hiroki Suga, Yoshio Takahashi, Yasuo Takeichi and Kazuhiko Mase Science Advances 10…
Evolution of interstellar organic compounds under asteroidal hydrothermal conditions
V. Vinogradoff, S. Bernard, C. Le Guillou, L. Remusat Icarus Available online 12 December 2017 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites (CC) contain a diversity of organic compounds. No definitive evidence for a genetic relationship between these complex…
Theoretical analysis of the atmospheric entry of sub-mm meteoroids of MgxCa1−xCO3 composition
G. Micca Longo, S. Longo Icarus Available online 9 December 2017 LINK “Highlights • This paper is the first study of the atmospheric entry of grains made of mixed carbonatic composition. • Such compositions have…
Dome C UltraCarbonaceous Antarctic MicroMeteorites Infrared and Raman fingerprintsOPEN ACCESS
E. Dartois, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, M. Godard, E. Charon, L. Delauche, C. Sandt, F. Borondics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “UltraCarbonaceous Antarctic MicroMeteorites (UCAMMs) represent a small fraction of interplanetary dust particles reaching the Earth’s surface…
Distribution of aliphatic amines in CO, CV, and CK carbonaceous chondrites and relation to mineralogy and processing history
Aponte, J. C., Abreu, N. M., Glavin, D. P., Dworkin, J. P. and Elsila, J. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12959 LINK “The analysis of water-soluble organic compounds in meteorites provides valuable insights into…
Molecular Evolution of N-Containing Cyclic Compounds in the Parent Body of the Murchison Meteorite
Hiroshi Naraoka, Yohei Yamashita, Mihoko Yamaguchi, François-Régis Orthous-Daunay ACS Earth Space Chem., Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00058 Publication Date (Web): August 14, 2017 LINK “Primitive meteorites contain various classes of organic compounds. Because the molecular distribution…
Origin of the RNA world: The fate of nucleobases in warm little ponds
Ben K. D. Pearce, Ralph E. Pudritz, Dmitry A. Semenov, and Thomas K. Henning 10.1073/pnas.1710339114 PNAS October 2, 2017 LINK “Before the origin of simple cellular life, the building blocks of RNA (nucleotides) had to…
Effects of Pressure on Model Compounds of Meteorite Organic Matter
Christian Potiszil, Wren Montgomery, and Mark A. Sephton ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Publication Date: August 28, 2017 DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00053 LINK “Extraterrestrial organic matter has been widely studied; however, its response to pressure has not….
Processes of noble gas elemental and isotopic fractionations in plasma-produced organic solids: cosmochemical implications
Maïa Kuga, Guy Cernogora, Yves Marrocchi, Laurent Tissandier, Bernard Marty Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 August 2017 LINK “The main carrier of primordial heavy noble gases in chondrites is…
Formation of an Ultracarbonaceous Antarctic Micrometeorite through Minimal Aqueous Alteration in a Small Porous Icy Body
Hikaru Yabuta, Takaaki Noguchi, Shoichi Itoh, Tomoki Nakamura, Akira Miyake, Shinichi Tsujimoto, Noriaki Ohashi, Naoya Sakamoto, Minako Hashiguchi, Ken-ichi Abe, Aya Okubo, A.L. David Kilcoyne, Shogo Tachibana, Ryuji Okazaki, Kentaro Terada, Mitsuru Ebihara, Hiroko Nagahara…
Identification of PAH Isomeric Structure in Cosmic Dust Analogs: The AROMA Setup
Hassan Sabbah, Anthony Bonnamy, Dimitris Papanastasiou, Jose Cernicharo, Jose-Angel Martín-Gago, and Christine Joblin The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 843, Number 1 LINK “We developed a new analytical experimental setup called AROMA (Astrochemistry Research of Organics with…
Paris vs. Murchison: Impact of hydrothermal alteration on organic matter in CM chondrites
V. Vinogradoff, C. Le Guillou, S. Bernard, L. Binet, P. Cartigny, A.J. Brearley, L. Remusat Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 June 2017 LINK “Unravelling the origin of organic compounds…
Nanoscale Imaging Analysis of Organic-Mineral Association in the Murchison Meteorite by NanoIR
Kebukawa Y. * Kobayashi H. Baden N. Urayama N. Kobayashi K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6093] abstract (PDF) “We demonstrate infrared imaging analysis of a carbonaceous chondrite with less than 100…
Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy of Deuterium-Rich Organic Matter in the CM Chondrite Queen Alexandra Range 97990
Haenecour P. * Zega T. J. Bose M. Howe J. Y. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6138] abstract (PDF) “We report electron energy-loss spectroscopy measurements of a D-rich hotspot identified in the…
Correlated Deuterium and Nitrogen Isotopic Enrichments in Meteoritic Organic Matter
Bose M. * Zega T. J. Haenecour P. Domanik K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6033] abstract (PDF) “Two hotspots with correlated N and H isotopic anomalies, as well as two C-rich…
Comparative Microanalytical Study of Solid Organic Material in the CR2 Grove Mountain 021710 and the Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite Ningqiang
Changela H. G. * Zhao X. Miao B. Xia Z. Lin Y. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6212] abstract (PDF) “Organic material has been characterized in situ using traditional polished thin sections…
A Hypothesis to Explain the Presence of Amino Acids in the Tagish Lake Meteorite
Bassez M. P. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6035] abstract (PDF) “The Tagish Lake meteorite contains organic matter abiotically synthesized. An explanation is proposed on the basis of thermodynamic calculations and…
Microanalytical Investigation of Fine-Grained Matrix Material in Elephant Moraine 92042: Effects of Parent Body Processing on Primitive Components
Koch I. Floss C. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6013] abstract (PDF) “Aqueous alteration has affected presolar silicate abundances in the CR chondrite EET 92042 and has resulted in elemental changes…
A new family of extraterrestrial amino acids in the Murchison meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Toshiki Koga & Hiroshi Naraoka Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 636 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-00693-9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The occurrence of extraterrestrial organic compounds is a key for understanding prebiotic organic synthesis in the universe. In particular,…
One-pot synthesis of amino acid precursors with insoluble organic matter in planetesimals with aqueous activityOPEN ACCESS
By Yoko Kebukawa, Queenie H. S. Chan, Shogo Tachibana, Kensei Kobayashi, Michael E. Zolensky Science Advances 17 Mar 2017: Vol. 3, no. 3, e1602093 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602093 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The exogenous delivery…
Evolution of Morphological and Physical Properties of Laboratory Interstellar Organic Residues with Ultraviolet IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
L. Piani, S. Tachibana, T. Hama, H. Tanaka, Y. Endo, I. Sugawara, L. Dessimoulie, Y. Kimura, A. Miyake, J. Matsuno, A. Tsuchiyama, K. Fujita, S. Nakatsubo, H. Fukushi, S. Mori, T. Chigai, H. Yurimoto, and…
Localized aliphatic organic material on the surface of Ceres
By M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, H. Y. McSween, A. Raponi, S. Marchi, F. Capaccioni, M. T. Capria, F. G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello, S. Fonte, M. Formisano, A. Frigeri, M. Giardino, A. Longobardo, G….
A divergent heritage for complex organics in Isheyevo lithic clastsOPEN ACCESS
Elishevah M.M.E. van Kooten, Kazuhide Nagashima, Takeshi Kasama, Susanne Wampfler, Jon P. Ramsey, Søren Frimann, Zoltan I. Balogh, Martin Schiller, Daniel P. Wielandt, Ian A. Franchi, Jes K. Jørgensen, Alexander N. Krot, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica…
The nature, origin and modification of insoluble organic matter in chondrites, the major source of Earth’s C and N
C.M.O’D. Alexander, G.D. Cody, B.T. De Gregorio, L.R. Nittler, R.M. Stroud Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry review article In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 26 January 2017 LINK “All chondrites accreted ∼3.5 wt.% C in…
The key role of meteorites in the formation of relevant prebiotic molecules in a formamide/water environmentOPEN ACCESS
Luca Rotelli, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Eleonora Carota, Lorenzo Botta, Ernesto Di Mauro & Raffaele Saladino Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 38888 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep38888 Published online: 13 December 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF…
Meteorites and the RNA World: A Thermodynamic Model of Nucleobase Synthesis within PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Pearce Ben K. D. and Pudritz Ralph E. Astrobiology November 2016, 16(11): 853-872. doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1451. Online Ahead of Print: November 9, 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The possible meteorite parent body origin of Earth’s pregenetic nucleobases…
Photo and thermochemical evolution of astrophysical ice analogs as a source for soluble and insoluble organic materials in Solar System minor bodies
Pierre de Marcellus, Aurelien Fresneau, Rosario Brunetto, Gregoire Danger, Fabrice Duvernay, Cornelia Meinert, Uwe J. Meierhenrich, Ferenc Borondics, Thierry Chiavassa, and Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2292 First published online September 12, 2016 LINK “Soluble…
High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Nicolas Fray, Anaïs Bardyn, Hervé Cottin, Kathrin Altwegg, Donia Baklouti, Christelle Briois, Luigi Colangeli, Cécile Engrand, Henning Fischer, Albrecht Glasmachers, Eberhard Grün, Gerhard Haerendel, Hartmut Henkel, Herwig Höfner, Klaus Hornung, Elmar K. Jessberger, Andreas Koch,…
Magnetite plaquettes are naturally asymmetric materials in meteorites
Queenie H.S.Chan, Michael E.Zolensky, James E.Martinez, AkiraTsuchiyama, AkiraMiyake American Mineralogist, v. 101, i. 9, p. 2041-2050, First Published on September 01, 2016, doi:10.2138/am-2016-5604 LINK “Life on Earth shows preference toward the set of organics with…
Irradiation of nitrogen-rich ices by swift heavy ions – Clues for the formation of ultracarbonaceous micrometeorites
B. Augé, E. Dartois, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, M. Godard, L. Delauche, N. Bardin, C. Mejía, R. Martinez, G. Muniz. A. Domaracka, P. Boduch and H. Rothard A&A Volume 592, August 2016 , A99 Published…
Excess of L-alanine in amino acids synthesized in a plasma torch generated by a hypervelocity meteorite impact reproduced in the laboratory
George G. Managadze, Michael H. Engel, Stephanie Getty, Peter Wurz, William B. Brinckerhoff, Anatoly G. Shokolov, Gennady V. Sholin, Sergey A. Terent’ev, Alexander E. Chumikov, Alexander S. Skalkin, Vladimir D. Blank, Vyacheslav M. Prokhorov, Nina…
Aliphatic Amines in Antarctic CR2, CM2, and CM1/2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
José C. Aponte, Hannah L. McLain, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 June 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.018 LINK “Meteoritic water-soluble organic compounds provide a unique record…
Extended In-Situ Search of Amino Acids in the Murchison Meteorite
Henkel T. * Lyon I. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6437 LINK
Ultrahigh-Resolving Analytics in Meteoritic Soluble Organic Matter
Ruf A. R. Hertkorn N. H. Harir M. H. Kanawati B. K. Lucio M. L. Quirico E. Q. Gabelica Z. G. Gougeon R. G. Schmitt-Kopplin P. S.-K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016)…
Effects of Short-Term Thermal Alteration on Organic Matter in Experimentally-Heated Tagish Lake Observed by Raman Spectroscopy
Chan Q. H. S. * Nakato A. Zolensky M. E. Nakamura T. Kebukawa Y. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6188 LINK
Enantiomer excesses of rare and common sugar derivatives in carbonaceous meteorites
George Cooper and Andro C. Rios PNAS2016 ; published ahead of print May 31, 2016, doi:10.1073/pnas.1603030113 LINK “Significance The majority of biological sugars and their derivatives contain higher abundances of the “d” mirror-image forms relative…
Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael R. Combi, Hervé Cottin, Johan De Keyser, Frederik Dhooghe, Bjorn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I….
Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of amino acids under simulated Mars conditionsOPEN ACCESS
Renato dos Santos, Manish Patel, Javier Cuadros, Zita Martins Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 May 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The detection of organic molecules associated with life on Mars is one of…
Molecular Asymmetry in Prebiotic Chemistry: An Account from MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Sandra Pizzarello Life2016, 6(2), 18; doi:10.3390/life6020018 Published: 13 April 2016 (This article belongs to the Special Issue The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology) PDF (open access) abstract “Carbonaceous Chondrite (CC) meteorites…
Peculiarities in the formation of complex organic compounds in a nitrogen–methane atmosphere during hypervelocity impacts
M. A. Zaitsev , M. V. Gerasimov, E. N. Safonova, A. S. Vasiljeva Solar System Research March 2016, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp 113-129 First online: 12 April 2016 LINK “Results of the experiments on…
Formation and Recondensation of Complex Organic Molecules during Protostellar Luminosity Outbursts
Vianney Taquet, Eva S. Wirström, and Steven B. Charnley The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 821, Number 1 LINK “During the formation of stars, the accretion of surrounding material toward the central object is thought to undergo…
Ribose and related sugars from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogs
Cornelia Meinert, Iuliia Myrgorodska, Pierre de Marcellus, Thomas Buhse, Laurent Nahon, Søren V. Hoffmann, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, Uwe J. Meierhenrich Science 08 Apr 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6282, pp. 208-212 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad8137 LINK “Ribose…
Identification and Discrimination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Raman Spectroscopy
Edward Cloutis, Paul Szymanski, Daniel Applin, Douglas Goltz Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 April 2016 LINK “Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely present throughout the solar system and beyond. They have been…
The Role of Ultrahigh Resolution Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (FT-MS) in Astrobiology-Related Research: Analysis of Meteorites and TholinsOPEN ACCESS
Árpád Somogyi, Roland Thissen, Francois-Régis Orthous-Daunay, Véronique Vuitton Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17(4), 439; doi:10.3390/ijms17040439 PDF (open access) abstract “It is an important but also a challenging analytical problem to understand the chemical composition…
Cold curation of pristine astromaterials: Insights from the Tagish Lake meteorite
Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts, Aaron W. Skelhorne and Danielle N. Simkus Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12603 Article first published online: 7 MAR 2016 LINK “The curation and handling of volatile-bearing astromaterials…
Associations of organic matter with minerals in Tagish Lake meteorite via high spatial resolution synchrotron-based FTIR microspectroscopy.
Yesiltas, M. and Kebukawa, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12609 LINK “We have investigated spatial and spectral associations between mineral species and organic matter in the Tagish Lake meteorite. Synchrotron-based infrared microspectroscopy allowed us…
Exploring the Origins of Deuterium Enrichments in Solar Nebular Organics
L. Ilsedore Cleeves, Edwin A. Bergin, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Fujun Du, Dawn Graninger, Karin I. Öberg, and Tim J. Harries Astrophysical Journal, Volume 819, Number 1 Published 2016 February 23 LINK “Deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) enrichments…
Hydrogen Isotopic Evolution of Water and Organic Compounds on Chondritic Asteroids
L. Piani, L. Remusat, F. Robert, H. Yurimoto 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1707 PDF
Possible Relationship Between Organic Abundance and Aqueous Alteration of CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
M. P. Callahan 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1691 PDF
Effect of a synchrotron X-ray microtomography imaging experiment on the amino acid content of a CM chondrite.
Friedrich, J. M., Glavin, D. P., Rivers, M. L. and Dworkin, J. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12595 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
Thermal recalcitrance of the organic D-rich component of ordinary chondrites
L. Remusat, L. Piani, S. Bernard Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 435 Available online 29 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.009 LINK “Carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites (CCs and OCs) contain insoluble organic matter (IOM) with large D-excess…
Low Temperature Formation of Nitrogen-substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PANHs)- Barrierless Routes to Dihydro(iso)quinolines
Dorian S. N. Parker, Tao Yang, Beni B. Dangi, Ralf. I. Kaiser, Partha P. Bera, and Timothy J. Lee The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 2 Published 2015 December 16 LINK “Meteorites contain bio-relevant molecules…
The UV signature of carbon in the solar system.
Hendrix, A. R., Vilas, F. and Li, J.-Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12575 LINK “Carbon compounds are ubiquitous in the solar system but are challenging to study using remote sensing due to the mostly…
Simulating the formation of carbon-rich molecules on an idealized graphitic surface
David W. Marshall and H. R. Sadeghpour MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2889-2900. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2524 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing…
Simulating the Formation of Carbon-rich Molecules on an idealised Graphitic Surface
David W. Marshall, H. R. Sadeghpour the manuscript has been submitted to MNRAS for publication PDF (full text) abstract “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing and organic molecules, in…
The deuterium/hydrogen distribution in chondritic organic matter attests to early ionizing irradiation
Boris Laurent, Mathieu Roskosz, Laurent Remusat, François Robert, Hugues Leroux, Hervé Vezin, Christophe Depecker, Nicolas Nuns, Jean-Marc Lefebvre Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8567 doi:10.1038/ncomms9567 LINK (full text) “Primitive carbonaceous chondrites contain a large array…
Volatile snowlines in embedded disks around low-mass protostars
D. Harsono, S. Bruderer and E. F. van Dishoeck A&A, Volume 582, October 2015 Published online: 02 October 2015 LINK
Multiple Cosmic Sources for Meteorite Macromolecules?
Sephton MA, Watson JS, Meredith W, Love GD, Gilmour I, Snape CE. Astrobiology. 2015 Oct;15(10):779-86. doi: 10.1089/ast.2015.1331. Epub 2015 Sep 29. PDF (full text) “The major organic component in carbonaceous meteorites is an organic macromolecular…
Understanding the organo-carbonate associations in carbonaceous chondrites with the use of micro-Raman analysis
Q. H. S. Chan and M. E. Zolensky EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-257, 2015 European Planetary Science Congress 2015 PDF “Carbonates can potentially provide sites for organic materials to accrue and develop into complex macromolecules….
Organic and inorganic correlations for Northwest Africa 852 by synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy
Yesiltas, M., Peale, R. E., Unger, M., Sedlmair, J. and Hirschmugl, C. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12498 Article first published online: 21 SEP 2015 LINK “Relationships between organic molecules and inorganic minerals are…
Indigenous aliphatic amines in the aqueously altered Orgueil meteorite.
Aponte, J. C., Dworkin, J. P. and Elsila, J. E. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12507 Article first published online: 8 SEP 2015 LINK “The CI1 Orgueil meteorite is a highly aqueously altered carbonaceous…
Toward an experimental synthesis of the chondritic insoluble organic matter
Biron, K., Derenne, S., Robert, F. and Rouzaud, J.-N. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12477 LINK
Hydrogen and carbon isotopic ratios of polycyclic aromatic compounds in two CM2 carbonaceous chondrites and implications for prebiotic organic synthesis
Yongsong Huang, José C. Aponte, Jiaju Zhao, Rafael Tarozo, Christian Hallmann Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 426, 15 September 2015, Pages 101–108 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.027 LINK
Nature’s Starships II: Simulating the Synthesis of Amino Acids in Meteorite Parent Bodies
Alyssa K. Cobb, Ralph E. Pudritz, Ben K. D. Pearce Accepted for publication in ApJ arXiv:1506.06740 PDF LINK abstract Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are known for having high water and organic material contents, including amino acids….
The Insoluble Organic Matter of the Paris CM Chondrite
Vinogradoff V., Remusat L., Bernard S., Le Guillou C. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
