Towards RNA life on Early Earth: From atmospheric HCN to biomolecule production in warm little pondsOPEN ACCESS 

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Ben K. D. Pearce, Karan Molaverdikhani, Ralph E. Pudritz, Thomas Henning, Kaitlin E. Cerrillo Draft version , accepted to ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of life on Earth involves the early appearance of an…

Three-dimensional observation of GEMS grains: Their high-temperature condensation origin

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Junya MATSUNO, Akira TSUCHIYAMA, Akira MIYAKE, Keiko NAKAMURA-MESSENGER, Scott MESSENGER Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 5 January 2022 LINK “Highlights • Three dimensional observations on GEMS grains in CP-IDPs by TEM-tomography.• High textual similarity with…

Formation, preservation and extinction of high-pressure minerals in meteorites: temperature effects in shock metamorphism and shock classificationOPEN ACCESS 

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Jinping Hu & Thomas G. Sharp Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 9, Article number: 6 (2022), Published: 05 January 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The goal of classifying shock metamorphic features in…

Diverse space weathering effects on asteroid surfaces as inferred via laser irradiation of meteoritesOPEN ACCESS 

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P. Zhang, K. Tai, Y. Li, J. Zhang, C. Lantz, T. Hiroi, M. Matsuoka, S. Li, Y. Lin, Y. Wen, H. Han and X. Zeng A&A 659, A78 (2022)Received 5 November 2021 / Accepted 30…

Hydrothermal activities on C-complex asteroids induced by radioactivityOPEN ACCESS 

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Wataru Fujiya, Hisato Higashi, Yuki Hibiya, Shingo Sugawara, Akira Yamaguchi, Makoto Kimura, Ko Hashizume Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters (17-Dec-2021) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “C-complex asteroids, rich in carbonaceous materials, are potential sources…

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