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Experimental Hypervelocity Dust Impacts in Olivine—Multiscale Insights Into Microcrater Shock and Melting Effects From Coordinated SEM/TEM Observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The flux of solar system meteoroids is dominated by objects less than 1 mm in diameter whose impact effects play a major role in the space weathering of airless body surfaces. These effects remain poorly characterized with respect to their dependence on the range of impact speeds for meteoroids across the inner solar system.
R. Christoffersen, M. J. Loeffler, S. Kanee, C. J. Cline II, L. P. Keller, T. M. Erickson, J. Fontanese, T. Munsat, M. Horányi   +8 more
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A New Detailed Global Map of Lunar Light Plains

The Planetary Science Journal
Lunar light plains (LPs) are globally distributed, smooth and flat geologic units occurring in crater floors and topographic lows, similar in morphology to mare basalts, but with moderate to high albedo.
Barbara Giuri, Carolyn H. van der Bogert, Harald Hiesinger, Nico Schmedemann   +3 more
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Asymmetric Crater Relaxation on an Ice‐Rich Ceres Driven by Insolation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Ceres has a high ice content within its crust and is the closest dwarf planet to the sun. The resultant high insolation levels at Ceres' surface (in comparison to the outer solar system) leads to high variations in surface temperature, which is dependent on both latitude and orientation of the slope (i.e., equatorward‐ or poleward‐facing).
I. F. Pamerleau, M. M. Sori, J. E. C. Scully   +2 more
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Global Lunar Crater Density Using Buffered Nonsparseness Correction

The Planetary Science Journal
The density of craters on a planetary surface directly relates to the age of the surface. As the surface ages, however, craters can be erased by subsequent large impacts via direct overprinting, known as geometric crater obliteration.
Ya Huei Huang, Christian Riedel, Jason M. Soderblom, Stephanie Brown Krein, Csilla Orgel, Jack W. Conrad, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, David A. Minton   +7 more
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Simultaneous impact and lunar craters [PDF]

The Moon, 1973
The existence of large terrestrial impact crater doublets and Martian crater doublets that have been inferred to be impact craters demonstrates that simultaneous impact of two or more bodies occurs at nearly the same point on planetary surfaces. An experimental study of simultaneous impact of two projectiles near one another shows that doublet craters ...
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Assessing Potential Landing Sites With Favorable Illumination and Accessible, Potentially Volatile‐Rich Permanently Shadowed Regions Within Artemis Candidate Landing Regions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract The lunar south pole features permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) that never receive direct sunlight. These regions maintain cold temperatures that potentially trap and accumulate volatiles over geologic timescales. Within NASA's Artemis candidate landing regions, we identified 130 candidate landing sites (CLSs) that satisfy the Human Landing ...
Lukas Wueller, Lauren M. Berger, Hephzibah Christopher, Kanori Sugimoto, Ashka D. Thaker, Louis Carton, William Jo, Seungil Lee, Riccardo Pedrelli, Pedro Sanchez, David A. Kring   +10 more
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The Constraint of Crewed Mars Missions Based on Current Radiation Dose Measurements

Space Weather, Volume 24, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Crewed missions to Mars will be a milestone of future space exploration programs. However, the absence of Earth's magnetic field leaves astronauts directly exposed to unattenuated energetic particles in deep space, primarily galactic cosmic rays (GCRs), resulting in significantly higher radiation levels and enhanced health risks. Understanding
Chao Zhang, Weihao Liu, Jingnan Guo, Mikhail Dobynde, Robert F. Wimmer‐Schweingruber   +4 more
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Apatite in Bennu samples indicates multiple stages of aqueous alteration

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 3, Page 504-521, March 2026.
Abstract Calcium phosphates are ubiquitous in planetary materials, including samples returned from asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS‐REx mission. We characterized apatite [Ca5(PO4)3(F,Cl,OH)] grains in Bennu samples by scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe analysis, and transmission electron microscopy to investigate their compositions, mineral ...
Laura B. Seifert, T. M. Erickson, L. P. Keller, J. J. Barnes, K. Thomas‐Keprta, L. Le, J. Gorce, Z. Rahman, T. J. Zega, H. C. Connolly Jr, D. S. Lauretta   +10 more
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Shock metamorphic effects in Itokawa phosphates: A comparison with megaregolith‐derived meteorites

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 3, Page 351-370, March 2026.
Abstract Returned regolith samples from the asteroid Itokawa provide a unique opportunity to compare shock metamorphic effects in unconsolidated regolith materials with those preserved in lithified meteorites, that is, megaregolith. We analyzed four Itokawa particles (Ueda—RA‐QD02‐0519, Narahara—RA‐QD02‐0573, Domon—RA‐QD02‐0588, Ishiuchi—RX‐MD03‐0212 ...
E. Dobrică, A. N. Krot, A. J. Brearley
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Moon's volcanic history revealed in glassy spherules from Apollo 17 soil 76501

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 3, Page 389-404, March 2026.
Abstract Rapidly quenched droplets of pyroclastically erupted lava are common in lunar regolith at landing sites proximal to the maria. Here, we document the U‐Pb chronologies, major element, and trace element compositions of picritic glassy particles from Apollo 17 regolith sample 76501. These particles are dominated by high‐Ti compositions similar to
Alexander A. Nemchin, Marc D. Norman, Martin J. Whitehouse, Evgenia Salin, Nicholas E. Timms, Tao Long, Xiaochao Che, Renaud Merle, Fred Jourdan, Tao Luo   +9 more
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