Delayed and variable late Archaean atmospheric oxidation due to high collision rates on Earth
S. Marchi, N. Drabon, T. Schulz, L. Schaefer, D. Nesvorny, W. F. Bottke, C. Koeberl & T. Lyons Nature GeosciencePublished: 21 October 2021 LINK “Frequent violent collisions of impactors from space punctuated the geological and…
A New “Non-energetic” Route to Complex Organic Molecules in Astrophysical Environments: The C + H2O → H2CO Solid-state Reaction
Alexey Potapov, Serge A. Krasnokutski, Cornelia Jäger, and Thomas Henning The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 920, Number 2 LINK “The solid-state reaction C + H2O → H2CO was studied experimentally following the co-deposition of C atoms…
Aqueous Alteration on Asteroids Simplifies Soluble Organic Matter MixturesOPEN ACCESS
Junko Isa, François-régis Orthous-Daunay, Pierre Beck, Christopher D. K. Herd, Veronique Vuitton, and Laurène Flandinet The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 920, Number 2 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Biologically relevant abiotic extraterrestrial soluble organic matter (SOM)…
Lucy Mission to the Trojan Asteroids: Science GoalsOPEN ACCESS
Harold F. Levison, Catherine B. Olkin, Keith S. Noll, Simone Marchi, James F. Bell III, Edward Bierhaus, Richard Binzel, William Bottke, Dan Britt, Michael Brown, Marc Buie, Phil Christensen, Joshua Emery, Will Grundy, Victoria E….
Petrography, mineralogy, and geochemistry of a new lunar magnesian feldspathic meteorite Northwest Africa 11460
Haijun Cao, Zongcheng Ling, Jian Chen, Xiaohui Fu, Yongliao Zou Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 21 October 2021 LINK “Lunar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11460 has been classified as a polymict breccia, composed…