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Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Have Formed in a Merger of Two Old Moons

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What The Earliest Evidence For Life Tells Us About The Early Evolution Of The Biosphere

Origin & Evolution of Life

What The Earliest Evidence For Life Tells Us About The Early Evolution Of The Biosphere

High-Pressure Torsion-Induced Transformation of Adenosine Monophosphate: Insights into Prebiotic Chemistry of RNA by Astronomical Impacts

Biosignatures & Paleobiology

High-Pressure Torsion-Induced Transformation of Adenosine Monophosphate: Insights into Prebiotic Chemistry of RNA by Astronomical Impacts

Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere May Have Rained Down The Key Ingredients For Life

Astrochemistry

Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere May Have Rained Down The Key Ingredients For Life

Potential Metabolic Viability On Asteroid Chemistry

Astrochemistry

Potential Metabolic Viability On Asteroid Chemistry

Evidence Of ‘lightning-fast’ Evolution Found After Dinosaur-killing Asteroid Impact

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Evidence Of ‘lightning-fast’ Evolution Found After Dinosaur-killing Asteroid Impact

Our Moon’s 4-Billion-Year Impact Record Suggests Meteorites Didn’t Supply Earth’s Water

Astrogeology

Our Moon’s 4-Billion-Year Impact Record Suggests Meteorites Didn’t Supply Earth’s Water

A Youthful Titan Implied By Improved Impact Simulations

Titan

A Youthful Titan Implied By Improved Impact Simulations

Planetary Impacts: Friend Or Foe?

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Planetary Impacts: Friend Or Foe?

Europa’s Spider-like Features And The Potential For Life

Europa

Europa’s Spider-like Features And The Potential For Life

Earth’s Largest Modern Crater Discovered In Southern China

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Earth’s Largest Modern Crater Discovered In Southern China

Onset Of Habitable Conditions On The Hadean Earth Set By Feedback Between Tides And Greenhouse Forcing

Habitable Zones

Onset Of Habitable Conditions On The Hadean Earth Set By Feedback Between Tides And Greenhouse Forcing

Atmospheric Collapse And re-inflation Through Impacts For Terrestrial Planets Around M Dwarfs

Atmospheres, Climate, Weather

Atmospheric Collapse And re-inflation Through Impacts For Terrestrial Planets Around M Dwarfs

Pseudo-panspermia of Phosphorus Species on the Early Earth

Panspermia

Pseudo-panspermia of Phosphorus Species on the Early Earth

Re-accretion of Giant Impact Ejecta Can Drive Significant Atmospheric Erosion on Terrestrial Planets

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Re-accretion of Giant Impact Ejecta Can Drive Significant Atmospheric Erosion on Terrestrial Planets

The Depletion Of The Asteroid Belt And The Impact History Of The Earth

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The Depletion Of The Asteroid Belt And The Impact History Of The Earth

Multiple Giant Impacts and Chemical Equilibria: An Integrated Approach to Rocky Planet Formation

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Multiple Giant Impacts and Chemical Equilibria: An Integrated Approach to Rocky Planet Formation

Shocked Quartz At The Younger Dryas Onset Supports Cosmic Airbursts/Impacts

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Shocked Quartz At The Younger Dryas Onset Supports Cosmic Airbursts/Impacts

Piecing Together Formic Acid Isomerism In Dark Clouds. Detection Of Cis-formic Acid In TMC-1 And Astrochemical Modeling

Astrochemistry

Piecing Together Formic Acid Isomerism In Dark Clouds. Detection Of Cis-formic Acid In TMC-1 And Astrochemical Modeling

Discovery Links Microbial Colonization To An Ancient Meteorite Crater

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Discovery Links Microbial Colonization To An Ancient Meteorite Crater