The climate of early Mars

RD Wordsworth - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The nature of the early martian climate is one of the major unanswered questions of
planetary science. Key challenges remain, but a new wave of orbital and in situ observations …

A reappraisal of the habitability of planets around M dwarf stars

JC Tarter, PR Backus, RL Mancinelli, JM Aurnou… - Astrobiology, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Stable, hydrogen-burning, M dwarf stars make up about 75% of all stars in the Galaxy. They
are extremely long-lived, and because they are much smaller in mass than the Sun …

Global mineralogical and aqueous Mars history derived from OMEGA/Mars Express data

JP Bibring, Y Langevin, JF Mustard, F Poulet… - science, 2006 - science.org
Global mineralogical mapping of Mars by the Observatoire pour la Mineralogie, l'Eau, les
Glaces et l'Activité (OMEGA) instrument on the European Space Agency's Mars Express …

A coupled model of episodic warming, oxidation and geochemical transitions on early Mars

R Wordsworth, AH Knoll, J Hurowitz, M Baum… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Reconciling the geology of Mars with models of atmospheric evolution remains a major
challenge. Martian geology is characterized by past evidence for episodic surface liquid …

Martian moons exploration MMX: sample return mission to Phobos elucidating formation processes of habitable planets

K Kuramoto, Y Kawakatsu, M Fujimoto, A Araya… - Earth, Planets and …, 2022 - Springer
Martian moons exploration, MMX, is the new sample return mission planned by the Japan
Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) targeting the two Martian moons with the scheduled …

3D modelling of the early martian climate under a denser CO2 atmosphere: Temperatures and CO2 ice clouds

F Forget, R Wordsworth, E Millour, JB Madeleine… - Icarus, 2013 - Elsevier
On the basis of geological evidence, it is often stated that the early martian climate was
warm enough for liquid water to flow on the surface thanks to the greenhouse effect of a thick …

Atmospheric escape processes and planetary atmospheric evolution

G Gronoff, P Arras, S Baraka, JM Bell… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The habitability of the surface of any planet is determined by a complex evolution of its
interior, surface, and atmosphere. The electromagnetic and particle radiation of stars drive …

Mars Global Ionosphere‐Thermosphere Model: Solar cycle, seasonal, and diurnal variations of the Mars upper atmosphere

SW Bougher, D Pawlowski, JM Bell… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A new Mars Global Ionosphere‐Thermosphere Model (M‐GITM) is presented that
combines the terrestrial GITM framework with Mars fundamental physical parameters, ion …

Coronal mass ejection (CME) activity of low mass M stars as an important factor for the habitability of terrestrial exoplanets. II. CME-induced ion pick up of Earth-like …

H Lammer, HIM Lichtenegger, YN Kulikov… - Astrobiology, 2007 - liebertpub.com
Atmospheric erosion of CO2-rich Earth-size exoplanets due to coronal mass ejection (CME)-
induced ion pick up within close-in habitable zones of active M-type dwarf stars is …

Origins of volatile elements (H, C, N, noble gases) on Earth and Mars in light of recent results from the ROSETTA cometary mission

B Marty, G Avice, Y Sano, K Altwegg, H Balsiger… - Earth and Planetary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent measurements of the volatile composition of the coma of Comet 67P/Churyumov–
Gerasimenko (hereafter 67P) allow constraints to be set on the origin of volatile elements …