Lunar and Planetary Institute

Recent papers from Lunar and Planetary Institute

1. Empirical Studies of the Timing of Nova Events of the Recurring Nova, T Coronae BorealisResearch Notes of the AAS · 2026
2. Constraining shock ages and Sr‐Os isotope geochemistry of brachinites and brachinite‐like achondritesMeteoritics and Planetary Science · 2026
3. Thermally metamorphosed CM chondritic clasts reveal deep interior conditions: Insights from thermometryJournal of the Geological Society · 2026
4. Ancient Impact Melt Near the Lunar South Pole: Distribution, Provenance, and Sampling StrategyJournal of Geophysical Research Planets · 2026
5. A new 222-m diameter lunar craterScience Advances · 2026
6. A Potential Energetic Driver for Phosphorylation on EuropaChemSystemsChem · 2026
7. Scientific Highlights and Status of the Mars Science Laboratory Mission, Years 9 Through 12Space Science Reviews · 2026
8. Electron Shot Noise on a Current Biased AntennaGeophysical Research Letters · 2026
9. Parameter effects in circumplanetary disk spectra and prospects for spectral fittingAstronomy and Astrophysics · 2026
10. Unprecedented Fast Winking of Solar Flares Triggered by Bursty Magnetic ReconnectionThe Astrophysical Journal · 2026
11. A population view of transiting hot giant exoplanets: Tracing Fe and Ti chemistry with ESPRESSO and MAROON-XAstronomy and Astrophysics · 2026
12. The ALMA Survey of Gas Evolution of PROtoplanetary Disks (AGE-PRO): Formaldehyde (H ₂ CO) Emission and Its Links to Disk PropertiesThe Astrophysical Journal · 2026
13. Petrogenesis of the Amazonian enriched gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 13440Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 2026
14. Alteration of a Mantle‐Derived Dunite Boulder in Jezero Crater, MarsGeophysical Research Letters · 2026
15. Cometary ion dynamics at a weakly outgassing cometMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2026
16. Gelato: A Mission Concept for Comet Surface Sample ReturnThe Planetary Science Journal · 2026
17. Planetary formation tracks on the Hertzsprung–Russell diagramAstronomy and Astrophysics · 2026
18. Lunar water formation by solar wind: nuclear reaction analysis of deuterium ion interactions with lunar-like glassFrontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences · 2026
19. The concept of Ballistic shadows and the effect of slope on impact ejecta emplacement – Implications for the exploration of the lunar south polar regionIcarus · 2026
20. Impact and Crystallization Modeling of the Sudbury Basin and Its Implications for a Hadean CrustJournal of Geophysical Research Planets · 2026