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 …

The relative differences in the degree of hydration should be reflected in any classification
scheme for aqueously altered meteorites. Here we report the bulk mineralogies and degree …

The CI chondrites are some of the most hydrated meteorites available to study, making them
ideal samples with which to investigate aqueous processes in the early Solar System. Here …

Biological polymers such as nucleic acids and proteins are constructed of only one—the d or
l—of the two possible nonsuperimposable mirror images (enantiomers) of selected organic …

Ryugu is a carbonaceous rubble-pile asteroid visited by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft. Small
rubble pile asteroids record the thermal evolution of their much larger parent bodies …

Abstract Knowledge of water in the solar system is important for the understanding of a wide
range of evolutionary processes and the thermal history of the solar system. To explore the …

On the microscale, the Winchcombe CM carbonaceous chondrite contains a number of
lithological units with a variety of degrees of aqueous alteration. However, an understanding …

Measurements of the low‐temperature thermodynamic and physical properties of meteorites
provide fundamental data for the study and understanding of asteroids and other small …

The highly hydrated, petrologic type 1 CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites likely derived
from primitive, water‐rich asteroids, two of which are the targets for JAXA's Hayabusa2 and …

The CM carbonaceous chondrite meteorites experienced aqueous alteration in the early
solar system. They range from mildly altered type 2 to almost completely hydrated type 1 …