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VUV and mid‐UV photoabsorption cross sections of thin films of glycine and alanine: Application to their photochemistry in the solar system

Photochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.
Thin solid films of pure glycine or alanine (thicknesses ranging from 10 to 700 nm) were prepared on MgF2 windows using a vacuum sublimation/recondensation method. VUV‐UV spectroscopy of these films enabled us to characterize new absorption cross sections for glycine and alanine for VUV‐UV radiations between 120 and 300 nm.
Juliette Pastore, Hervé Cottin, Kafila Saïagh, Jodie Belilla, Fabien Stalport, Nicolas Fray, Nathalie Carrasco   +6 more
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Orbital Capture of Ejecta into Periodic Orbits around Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos

The Planetary Science Journal
The successful impact of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on Dimorphos enabled the first-ever extensive observation of a postimpact ejecta tail from a binary asteroid system.
Xiaoyu Fu, Flavia Saveriano, Stefania Soldini, Fabio Ferrari, Derek C. Richardson, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Alessandro Rossi, Eugene G. Fahnestock, Tony L. Farnham, Arnold Gucsik, Stravro L. Ivanovski, Martin Jutzi, Akos Kereszturi, Jian-Yang Li, Francesco Marzari, Colby C. Merrill, Fernando Moreno, Sabina D. Raducan, Juan Luis Rizos, Gonzalo Tancredi, Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez, Kleomenis Tsiganis, Stephan Ulamec, Yang Yu, Yun Zhang, Nancy Chabot, Andrew Rivkin, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Patrick Michel   +28 more
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Design of a formation of solar pumped lasers for asteroid deflection [PDF]

, 2012
This paper presents the design of a multi-spacecraft system for the deflection of asteroids. Each spacecraft is equipped with a fibre laser and a solar concentrator.
Vasile, Massimiliano, Maddock, Christie
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Sensitivity Testing of Stereophotoclinometry for the OSIRIS-REx Mission. II. Effective Observation Geometry for Digital Terrain Modeling

The Planetary Science Journal
The OSIRIS-REx mission used stereophotoclinometry (SPC) to generate digital terrain models (DTMs) of its target asteroid, Bennu. Here we present a suite of preflight tests conducted to identify the observing geometry and number of images needed to create
Eric E. Palmer, John R. Weirich, Robert W. Gaskell, Diane Lambert, Tanner Campbell, Kris Drozd, Olivier S. Barnouin, Michael G. Daly, Kenneth Getzandanner, John N. Kidd Jr., Coralie D. Adam, Dante S. Lauretta   +11 more
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Science Needs for a Terrestrial Biosphere Tipping Point Early Warning System

Reviews of Geophysics, Volume 64, Issue 4, December 2026.
Abstract Tipping points in the Earth system have the potential to cause major detrimental impacts to the biosphere and societies. Their inherent nonlinearity implies that even relatively small additional increases in external forcing might result in disproportionately large adjustments to components of the Earth system.
Jesse F. Abrams, Chris Huntingford, Sergei Petrovskii, Joshua E. Buxton, Helen Millman, Chris A. Boulton, Robert J. Parker, Cristina Ruiz Villena, Andrew M. Cunliffe, Joseph Clarke, Valerio Lucarini, Darren Ghent, Peter M. Cox, Timothy M. Lenton   +13 more
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Pre-impact Thermophysical Properties and the Yarkovsky Effect of NASA DART Target (65803) Didymos

The Planetary Science Journal
The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted the secondary body of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos on 2022 September 26 and altered its orbit about the primary body.
Benjamin Rozitis, Simon F. Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Snodgrass, Cyrielle Opitom, Thomas G. Müller, Ulrich C. Kolb, Steven R. Chesley, R. Terik Daly, Cristina A. Thomas, Andrew S. Rivkin   +10 more
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The Benefits of High Resolution Multispectral TIR Data and Its Impending Loss by NASA After Four Decades

Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract NASA has led multispectral (≥3 wavelength bands) thermal infrared (TIR) sensor development from the earliest days of the agency. These data are critical in addressing a wide range of scientific questions and administration priories by measuring both temperature (for wildfire and volcanic eruption monitoring, agricultural plant stress, and ...
M. S. Ramsey, K. Cawse‐Nicholson, J. B. Fisher, S. J. Hook, G. C. Hulley, C. M. Lee, M. Silvestri, J. O. Thompson, I. M. Watson   +8 more
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Laboratory Experiments Identify Meteoritic Organic Precursors for Chlorinated Compounds Detected by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument at Gale Crater

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 11, November 2026.
Abstract The Viking missions landed two spacecraft on Mars each equipped with a pyrolysis‐gas chromatograph‐mass spectrometer system capable of detecting signs of life. Although working as intended, detections of chloromethane and dichloromethane were initially attributed to terrestrial contamination.
A. Mojarro, J. Herrera, A. Sistiaga, S. S. O’Reilly, J. C. Aponte, A. Buch, J. L. Eigenbrode, D. P. Glavin, C. Freissinet, M. Millan, C. Szopa, R. E. Summons   +11 more
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Shape, Regolith Size and Thickness, SMFe0 Content, and Spectral Type of Tianwen-2 Target Asteroid (469219) Kamo‘oalewa

The Astrophysical Journal
China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft was launched on 2025 May 29 and will arrive at the Earth quasi-satellite (469219) Kamo‘oalewa in 2026 July. We previously reported that Kamo‘oalewa develops an LL-chondrite-compositional, highly space-weathered surface. Here,
Pengfei Zhang, Guozheng Zhang, Yongxiong Zhang, Marco Fenucci, Pierre Vernazza, Jin Zhao, Yunbo Niu, Xuejin Lu, Xing Wu, Honglei Lin, Edward Cloutis, Xiaoran Yan, Xiaobin Wang, Xiaoping Zhang, Yang Li   +14 more
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Impact Crater Hydrothermal Systems Support Rapid Microbial Enrichment and Diverse Metabolic Potential

Geobiology, Volume 24, Issue 6, November/December 2026.
ABSTRACT Impact crater hydrothermal systems, formed after asteroid and comet impacts, have been proposed as promising habitats for life on early Earth and as key targets in the search for life on planetary bodies such as Mars, since they provide liquid water and active geochemical turnover.
Sabrina M. C. Hardy, Emily J. Aguilar‐Pine, Sean Gulick, Alaa Ahmad, Brett J. Baker, Nathalie Scott, Georgina Aitolo, Naomi Felton, Charles S. Cockell   +8 more
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