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High‐Pressure Carbonaceous Phases as Minerals

open access: yesGeophysical Monograph Series, Page 11-23., 2020

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Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions

Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Oliver Tschauner
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Must Longtermists Wish Us All Dead? A Quadrilemma

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Longtermists assign great moral importance to making the long‐term future as good as possible, especially by ensuring the survival of humanity. We argue, to the contrary, that on assumptions that are plausible, conservative, or shared by leading longtermists, human extinction will likely augment total utility among human and non‐human animals ...
Nir Eyal, Bastian Steuwer, Shai Meiri
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Xenoliths in meteorites: Insights into the dynamics of material exchange between asteroids

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract A minor fraction of meteorites contains xenoliths, that is, clasts that were formed on a different parent body than that of the host lithology. The occurrence of xenoliths is direct evidence for the exchange of material between asteroids, including exchanges between asteroids from the carbonaceous (CC) and non‐carbonaceous (NC) reservoirs ...
J. Gattacceca   +17 more
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Thermal history, collisional history, and structure of the CK‐chondrite parent body

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Major chondrite groups (H, L, LL, R, EH, EL, CK) with some members of petrologic type 5 and 6 also have some members of types 3 and 4; they do not have members of type 1 or 2. Their parent bodies had onion‐shell structures and were internally heated by the decay of 26Al.
Alan E. Rubin
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Distribution and rare earth element abundances of apatite in Bennu samples determined by synchrotron X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Apatite is often the most rare earth element (REE)‐enriched mineral in chondritic meteorites. REE enrichment and fractionation levels in apatite grains can give insight into the aqueous fluids in which they formed and the conditions prevailing within the host body. In this study, we applied synchrotron X‐ray fluorescence (SXRF) spectroscopy to
B. J. Tkalcec   +17 more
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Ground‐Based Validation of Hera's Spacecraft Monitoring Camera

open access: yesPerspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Volume 7, Issue 1, December 2026.
Abstract Hera is an ESA contribution to the international planetary defense effort. It is a deep‐space mission to the binary asteroid system Didymos and Dimorphos, designed to investigate the effects of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), demonstrate autonomous navigation, and support close‐proximity investigation by two CubeSats.
D. T. Lakey, A. Schiavo, C. Guerbuez
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From Flybys to Sample Return: A Review of Space Probes and Robotic Sampling Technologies for Small Bodies

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, Volume 43, Issue 7, Page 4475-4514, October 2026.
ABSTRACT As a crucial puzzle piece of deep space exploration, exploring small bodies can provide significant scientific insights and valuable mineral resources. Unlike missions to the Moon and Mars, small‐body missions pose distinct technical challenges, including communication delays, weak gravity, and uncertain environments. This paper reviews a full
Xin Zhang   +3 more
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Ceres' Salty Ices: Sublimation‐Driven Evolution From Water Ice Exposures to Na‐Carbonate Deposits

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract The dwarf planet Ceres hosts nine geologically recent water ice exposures revealed by NASA's Dawn mission. We investigated the 0.04–11 km2 sites using visible imagery and infrared (1.0–4.3 μm) reflectance spectroscopy. Ice occurrence was mapped, and its abundance, grain size, and mixing mode with local regolith were constrained with Hapke ...
V. V. Kachmar, B. L. Ehlmann
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NH4‐Smectites as Potential Precursors of Nitrogen Compounds Evolved During Analyses by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) Instrument on the Curiosity Rover

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract Ammonium (NH4+) in the interlayer space of phyllosilicates has been proposed as a potential but underexplored nitrogen reservoir on Mars. We synthesized ammonium‐exchanged smectites (montmorillonite SWy‐2 and nontronite NAu‐2) and analyzed them, both as pure phases and in mixtures containing five or 20 wt.% magnesium (Mg) perchlorate, under ...
S. Andrejkovičová   +13 more
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Elastic Properties of Titan Tholins Revealed by Brillouin Spectroscopy

open access: yesJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract Titan tholins, complex organic solids synthesized by simulating photochemical processes in Titan's atmosphere, are widely regarded as analogs to organic surface materials on the Saturnian moon. Their mechanical properties are critical for understanding the evolution of Titan's geomorphology and crustal layering.
Mark A. Johnson   +9 more
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