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The Chicxulub Impactor Was A Carbonaceous-type Asteroid From Beyond Jupiter

Impact events

The Chicxulub Impactor Was A Carbonaceous-type Asteroid From Beyond Jupiter

Mass Extinction 66 million Years Ago Triggered Rapid Evolution Of Bird Genomes

Extinction events

Mass Extinction 66 million Years Ago Triggered Rapid Evolution Of Bird Genomes

Multiple Overspill Flood Channels From Young Craters Require Surface Melting And Hundreds Of Meters Of Mid-latitude Ice Late In Mars History

Mars

Multiple Overspill Flood Channels From Young Craters Require Surface Melting And Hundreds Of Meters Of Mid-latitude Ice Late In Mars History

In 2008 A NASA/SETI Away Team Found A Freshly Fallen Piece Of Asteroid 2008TC#

Meteorites & Asteroids

In 2008 A NASA/SETI Away Team Found A Freshly Fallen Piece Of Asteroid 2008TC#

Formation of Planetary Atmospheres: Analytical Estimation Of Vapor Production via Planetary Impacts

Atmospheres & Climate

Formation of Planetary Atmospheres: Analytical Estimation Of Vapor Production via Planetary Impacts

Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence Of Historical Cosmic Airburst During The Younger Dryas

Impact events

Shocked Quartz Reveals Evidence Of Historical Cosmic Airburst During The Younger Dryas

Ammonites’ Fate Sealed By The Meteor Impact That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs

Extinction events

Ammonites’ Fate Sealed By The Meteor Impact That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs

Crash Chronicles: Relative Contribution From Comets and Carbonaceous Asteroids to Earth’s Volatile Budget In The Context of an Early Instability

Astrogeology

Crash Chronicles: Relative Contribution From Comets and Carbonaceous Asteroids to Earth’s Volatile Budget In The Context of an Early Instability

A Giant Impact Origin For The First Subduction on Earth

Impact events

A Giant Impact Origin For The First Subduction on Earth

A Surface Hydrothermal Source of Nitriles and Isonitriles

Impact events

A Surface Hydrothermal Source of Nitriles and Isonitriles

Large Impact Features on Ganymede and Callisto as Revealed by Geological Mapping and Morphometry

Caves, Craters, Mountains & Lava Tubes

Large Impact Features on Ganymede and Callisto as Revealed by Geological Mapping and Morphometry

Post-Impact Changes In Earth’s Ocean Ecology

Extinction events

Post-Impact Changes In Earth’s Ocean Ecology

More Than A Meteorite: New Clues About The Demise Of Dinosaurs

Extinction events

More Than A Meteorite: New Clues About The Demise Of Dinosaurs

Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?

Mars

Are Large Sulfur Isotope Variations Biosignatures in an Ancient, Impact-Induced Hydrothermal Mars Analog?

A New Database Of Giant Impacts Over A Wide Range Of Masses And With Material Strength: A First Analysis Of Outcomes

Impact events

A New Database Of Giant Impacts Over A Wide Range Of Masses And With Material Strength: A First Analysis Of Outcomes

Large Planets May Not Form Fractionally Large Moons

Exoplanetology: Exoplanets & Exomoons

Large Planets May Not Form Fractionally Large Moons

The Distribution Of Impactor Core Material During Large Impacts On Earth-like Planets

Impact events

The Distribution Of Impactor Core Material During Large Impacts On Earth-like Planets

Flowering Plants Survived The Mass Extinction That Killed The Dinosaurs

Extinction events

Flowering Plants Survived The Mass Extinction That Killed The Dinosaurs

Limitations Of Asteroid Crater Lakes As Climate Archives

Impact events

Limitations Of Asteroid Crater Lakes As Climate Archives

Evolution of a Water-rich Atmosphere Formed by a Giant Impact on an Earth-sized Planet

Atmospheres & Climate

Evolution of a Water-rich Atmosphere Formed by a Giant Impact on an Earth-sized Planet