Enter the vodka-planet
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 17 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02329-1 Enter the vodka-planet ————— Free Secure Email – Transcom Sigma Transcom Hosting Transcom Premium Domains
Evidence of a hydrated mineral enriched in water and ammonium molecules in the Chang’e-5 lunar sample
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02306-8 A hydrated lunar mineral, (NH4)MgCl3·6H2O, is found in Chang’e-5 samples. The presence of abundant water and ammonium molecules on the Moon provides insight into the lunar degassing history and a potential resource
Evidence builds for recent merger
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 16 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02328-2 Evidence builds for recent merger ————— Free Secure Email – Transcom Sigma Transcom Hosting Transcom Premium Domains
Radar evidence of an accessible cave conduit on the Moon below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02302-y A void tens of metres in size below the Mare Tranquillitatis pit on the Moon is revealed by radar images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. This finding implies that lava tubes or
Detailed study of a rare hyperluminous rotating disk in an Einstein ring 10 billion years ago
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02296-7 An extreme Einstein ring ~10,000 times as bright as the Milky Way in the infrared is studied with VLT/ERIS and ALMA, and the authors find that the lensed galaxy is a starburst
A roadmap for the atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets with JWST
Nature Astronomy, Published online: 15 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02298-5 The JWST has the potential to increase our understanding of terrestrial exoplanets and their atmospheres, but the various signal contaminations need to be isolated and quantified. Using JWST Cycle 1 observations of