The CM chondrites are samples of primitive water-rich asteroids formed during the early
solar system. They record significant interaction between liquid water and silicate rock …

In the past few years, several major space missions have been completed (eg, Deep Impact,
LCROSS, Chandrayaan-1, Stardust, Hayabusa), and a number of spacecraft are currently …

The plant hormone auxin regulates various developmental processes including root
formation, vascular development, and gravitropism. Mutations within the AUX1 gene confer …

The NEOWISE data set offers the opportunity to study the variations in albedo for asteroid
classification schemes based on visible and near-infrared observations for a large sample of …

Using new techniques to examine the products of space weathering of lunar soils, we
demonstrate that nanophase reduced iron (npFe0) is produced on the surface of grains by a …

A variety of lines of evidence show that water was widely available during the earliest
geological history of the solar system. Water played a significant role in the cosmochemical …

Dust is a ubiquitous feature of the cosmos, im**ing directly or indirectly on most fields of
modern astronomy and astrophysics. Dust in the Galactic Environment, Second Edition …

Non-destructive, non-contaminating, and relatively simple procedures can be used to
measure the bulk density, grain density, and porosity of meteorites. Most stony meteorites …

We present visible-wavelength (0.435–0.925 μm) spectroscopic measurements for 1341
main-belt asteroids observed during the second phase of the Small Main-belt Asteroid …

The Dawn spectrometer (VIR) is a hyperspectral spectrometer with imaging capability. The
design fully accomplishes Dawn's scientific and measurement objectives. Determination of …