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

The Earth is cradled in an atmosphere that burns up small impactors before they reach the
surface, and a magnetosphere that largely shields the surface from solar and cosmic particle …

Micrometeorite impacts and solar wind irradiation, the dominant space weathering (SW)
processes, largely modified compositions and microtexture of soil materials on the Moon …

This paper summarizes the evidence for the optical effects of space weathering, as well as
the properties of the surface that control optical changes, on asteroid (101955) Bennu. First …

Abundant nanophase iron (np-Fe0) is ubiquitously formed on the surface of the Moon and
other airless bodies through space weathering processes, and plays a dominant role in …

The samples returned from asteroid Ryugu were collected both at its surface and at its
subsurface by Hayabusa2 and can, thus, provide information on the space weathering of C …

Transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging techniques combined with focused ion
beam sample preparation were used to calibrate the solar energetic particle track production …

Context. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith
Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission detected an infrared absorption at 3.4 μm on near-Earth …

Context. Space weathering is a process that changes the surface of airless planetary bodies.
Prime space weathering agents are solar wind irradiation and micrometeoroid …

Abstract Space weathering is a key process in the interpretation of airless planetary
surfaces. As we engage new missions to planetary objects with potentially novel surfaces …