Nature Astronomy, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02418-1 Sodium carbonates, chloride and sulfate have been found in samples from asteroid Ryugu. The formation of these compounds from alkaline brines through freezing or evaporation accounts for the loss of liquid water

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 15 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02422-5 The first piece of Euclid’s cosmic puzzle ————— Free Secure Email – Transcom Sigma Transcom Hosting Transcom Premium Domains

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 15 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02411-8 An analysis of crater morphologies on 433 Eros reveals that the 16 km near-Earth asteroid has a highly dissipative interior. These results show that, contrary to the established view, even the largest near-Earth

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 15 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02429-y In October 2024, two spacecrafts were successfully launched towards different bodies: Europa, a prime astrobiological target, and Dimorphos, the first test of planetary defence. Joined in their exploration by other missions, they

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 15 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02409-2 A model for the formation of our Solar System proposes that its population of small bodies could have been formed after a stellar encounter between our Sun and another star early on

Nature Astronomy, Published online: 14 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02413-6 Many rocky exoplanets are likely to be basaltic. Now, models of laboratory emission spectra of basaltic rocks suggest that JWST and future observatories could detect specific mineral and chemical signatures on these