All chondrites accreted∼ 3.5 wt.% C in their matrices, the bulk of which was in a
macromolecular solvent and acid insoluble organic material (IOM). Similar material to IOM is …

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 …

Without a protective atmosphere, space-exposed surfaces of airless Solar System bodies
gradually experience an alteration in composition, structure and optical properties through a …

Thermal inertia and surface roughness are proxies for the physical characteristics of
planetary surfaces. Global maps of these two properties distinguish the boulder population …

Spacecraft missions have observed regolith blankets of unconsolidated subcentimetre
particles on stony asteroids,–. Telescopic data have suggested the presence of regolith …

Micrometeorites, a possible major source of Earth's water, are thought to form from explosive
dispersal of hydrated chondritic materials during impact events on their parental asteroids …

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 …

The CM carbonaceous chondrite meteorites provide a record of low temperature (< 150° C)
aqueous reactions in the early solar system. A number of CM chondrites also experienced …

The sources and nature of organic carbon on Mars have been a subject of intense research.
Steele et al.(2012) showed that 10 martian meteorites contain macromolecular carbon …

Chondrites are exhumed from their parent bodies by impacts, which at the same time can
result in heating and mechanical modification (compaction, deformation, fracturing, etc.) …