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Emerging Trends in Comet Taxonomy. “Emerging trends and a comet taxonomy based on the volatile chemistry measured in thirty comets with high-resolution infrared spectroscopy between 1997 and 2013.” in Icarus

Cycles of Glaciation on Ancient Mars. “Climate Cycling on Early Mars Caused by the Carbonate-Silicate Cycle” in Earth and Planetary Astrophysics.

Methane Muted: How Did Early Earth Stay Warm?. “A proper accounting of biogeochemical cycles in the oceans reveals that methane has a much more powerful foe than oxygen.” in PNAS

Emerging Trends in Comet Taxonomy“Emerging trends and a comet taxonomy based on the volatile chemistry measured in thirty comets with high-resolution infrared spectroscopy between 1997 and 2013.” in Icarus01/03

Cycles of Glaciation on Ancient Mars“Climate Cycling on Early Mars Caused by the Carbonate-Silicate Cycle” in Earth and Planetary Astrophysics.02/03

Methane Muted: How Did Early Earth Stay Warm?“A proper accounting of biogeochemical cycles in the oceans reveals that methane has a much more powerful foe than oxygen.” in PNAS03/03

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June 2019The composition and mineralogy of rocky exoplanets: A survey of >4000 stars from the Hypatia Catalog

Putirka, K. D., & Rarick, J. C. (2019). The composition and mineralogy of rocky exoplanets: A survey of >4000 stars from the Hypatia Catalog. American Mineralogist, 104(6), 817–829. doi:10.2138/am-2019-6787

Ultraviolet light measurements (280–400 nm) acquired from stratospheric balloon flight to assess influence on bioaerosols

Caro, T. A., Wendeln, M., Freeland, M., Bryan, N., Waters, S. M., McIntyre, A., … Smith, D. J. (2019). Ultraviolet light measurements (280–400 nm) acquired from stratospheric balloon flight to assess influence on bioaerosols. Aerobiologia. doi:10.1007/s10453-019-09597-9

Trans-Neptunian binaries as evidence for planetesimal formation by the streaming instability

Nesvorný, D., Li, R., Youdin, A. N., Simon, J. B., & Grundy, W. M. (2019). Trans-Neptunian binaries as evidence for planetesimal formation by the streaming instability. Nature Astronomy. doi:10.1038/s41550-019-0806-z

Nitrogen heterocycles form peptide nucleic acid precursors in complex prebiotic mixtures

Rodriguez, L. E., House, C. H., Smith, K. E., Roberts, M. R., & Callahan, M. P. (2019). Nitrogen heterocycles form peptide nucleic acid precursors in complex prebiotic mixtures. Scientific Reports, 9(1), None. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-45310-z

May 2019Diopatra cuprea worm burrow parchment: a cautionary tale of infaunal surface reactivity

Konhauser, K. O., Hao, W., Li, Y., Gunten, K., Bishop, B. A., Alessi, D. S., … Gingras, M. K. (2019). Diopatra cuprea worm burrow parchment: a cautionary tale of infaunal surface reactivity. Lethaia. doi:10.1111/let.12335

Wetter Stratospheres on High-obliquity Planets

Kang, W. (2019). Wetter Stratospheres on High-obliquity Planets. The Astrophysical Journal, 877(1), L6. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ab1f79

Kinetics of calcite precipitation by ureolytic bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

Mitchell, A. C., Espinosa-Ortiz, E. J., Parks, S. L., Phillips, A. J., Cunningham, A. B., & Gerlach, R. (2019). Kinetics of calcite precipitation by ureolytic bacteria under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Biogeosciences, 16(10), 2147–2161. doi:10.5194/bg-16-2147-2019

Detectability of Remanent Magnetism in the Crust of Venus

O'Rourke, J. G., Buz, J., Fu, R. R., & Lillis, R. J. (2019). Detectability of Remanent Magnetism in the Crust of Venus. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2019gl082725

Lipid Vesicle-Coated Complex Coacervates

Pir Cakmak, F., Grigas, A. T., & Keating, C. D. (2019). Lipid Vesicle-Coated Complex Coacervates. Langmuir. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00213

Simulated Phase-dependent Spectra of Terrestrial Aquaplanets in M Dwarf Systems

Wolf, E. T., Kopparapu, R. K., & Haqq-Misra, J. (2019). Simulated Phase-dependent Spectra of Terrestrial Aquaplanets in M Dwarf Systems. The Astrophysical Journal, 877(1), 35. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab184a

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