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27 March 2023 | Open Access

Terrestrial planet and asteroid belt formation by Jupiter–Saturn chaotic excitation
- Patryk Sofia Lykawka
- & Takashi Ito
Scientific Reports 13, 4708
Research
17 March 2023 | Open Access

Tetracarbonates in silicate melts may be at the origin of a deep carbon reservoir in the deep Earth

A pressure-induced change in hybridization of carbon from sp² to sp³ occurs between 40 GPa and 112 GPa, according to laboratory experiments and ab initio simulations, which could increase the potential for storage of carbon in lower mantle silicate melts.
- Valerio Cerantola
- , Christoph J. Sahle
- & John S. Tse
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 67
Research | 15 March 2023

Degassing of early-formed planetesimals restricted water delivery to Earth

The very low water contents of minerals in achondrite meteorites from the early Solar System show that substantial amounts of water could only have been delivered to Earth by means of unmelted material.
- M. E. Newcombe
- , S. G. Nielsen
- & A. J. Irving
Nature, 1-4
Research | 20 February 2023

Late accretion of Ceres-like asteroids and their implantation into the outer main belt

The large, low-albedo asteroids in the main belt between 3.0 au and 3.4 au share spectral characteristics and history with Ceres. Accreted in different parts of the outer Solar System, they might have been implanted into the main belt by the dynamic upheaval created by the giant planets’ instability.
- Driss Takir
- , Wladimir Neumann
- & Mario Trieloff
Nature Astronomy, 1-10
Research
16 February 2023 | Open Access

Earth’s volatile depletion trend is consistent with a high-energy Moon-forming impact

Volatile loss during the Moon-forming impact can explain the observed depletion trend in Earth’s mantle, according to atomistic simulations of magma ocean degassing.
- Natalia V. Solomatova
- & Razvan Caracas
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 38
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16 February 2023 | Open Access

Chondrule-like objects and Ca-Al-rich inclusions in Ryugu may potentially be the oldest Solar System materials

Chondrule-like objects and CAIs in the Ryugu samples are early generations of chondrules and possibly oldest solids in the Solar System. They were transported from the inner solar nebula to the formation location of the Ryugu original parent body.
- Daisuke Nakashima
- , Tomoki Nakamura
- & Yuichi Tsuda
Nature Communications 14, 532

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News & Views | 20 February 2023

Understanding the origin and evolution of large and dark asteroids

Near-infrared observations of large dark asteroids in the main belt reveal that they have spectral characteristics similar to those of the dwarf planet Ceres. Thermal evolution models suggest that these asteroids accreted at large orbital distances and may have been implanted into the main belt by the dynamic instability of the giant planets.

Nature Astronomy, 1-2
News & Views | 22 August 2022

Ice formation physics explains puzzling observations of CO in planetary birthplaces

Surface-energy effects, such as the Kelvin effect, that regulate the formation of ice determine the observed abundance, distribution and evolution of CO in protoplanetary disks.

Nature Astronomy 6, 1116-1117
Research Highlights | 05 August 2022

How to get the right volatiles
- Luca Maltagliati
Nature Astronomy 6, 880
Research Highlights | 11 July 2022

Tracing Mars’s waning habitability with river patterns
- Luca Maltagliati
Nature Astronomy 6, 771
News & Views | 07 July 2022

Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history

The bulk crustal porosity of the lunar highland may have been generated early in the Moon’s history by basin-forming impacts and then declined exponentially. A new porosity evolution model constrains the timing and sequence of basin formation.
- Zhiyong Xiao
Nature Geoscience 15, 512-513
News & Views | 07 July 2022

A new recipe for making the Earth from bodies of variable composition

Although the Earth is depleted in volatile components relative to its potential chondritic precursors, the isotopic compositions of these elements are similar in Earth and chondrites. A theory to explain these observations suggests that rocky material that formed at various temperatures, locations and times in the protoplanetary disk collected to make Earth.

Nature Astronomy 6, 893-894

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Early solar system articles from across Nature Portfolio

Latest Research and Reviews

Terrestrial planet and asteroid belt formation by Jupiter–Saturn chaotic excitation

Tetracarbonates in silicate melts may be at the origin of a deep carbon reservoir in the deep Earth

Degassing of early-formed planetesimals restricted water delivery to Earth

Late accretion of Ceres-like asteroids and their implantation into the outer main belt

Earth’s volatile depletion trend is consistent with a high-energy Moon-forming impact

Chondrule-like objects and Ca-Al-rich inclusions in Ryugu may potentially be the oldest Solar System materials

News and Comment

Understanding the origin and evolution of large and dark asteroids

Ice formation physics explains puzzling observations of CO in planetary birthplaces

How to get the right volatiles

Tracing Mars’s waning habitability with river patterns

Moon’s crustal porosity records impact history

A new recipe for making the Earth from bodies of variable composition

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