Capture of an ancient Charon around Pluto
Pluto and Charon are the largest binary system in the known population of trans-Neptunian objects in the outer Solar System. Their shared external …
Tag: Meteoritics
Evidence for pre-Noachian granitic rocks on Mars from quartz in meteorite NWA 7533
The surface of Mars has long been seen as a basaltic, monotonous world, but observations in the past decade have revealed more petrological diversi…
Genesis and timing of KREEP-free lunar Mg-suite magmatism indicated by the first norite meteorite Arguin 002
There is ongoing debate about whether lunar magnesian suite (Mg-suite) magmatism was a global, nearly synchronous event with a genetic link to pota…