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M. S. Thompson

University of Arizona · US
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Area of research
Astronomy and Astrophysics · Ecology
Research interest
Research focused on Space weathering and Asteroid, with related work in Weathering, Astrobiology, Regolith. Notable publications include 'Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by OSIRIS ‐ REx', 'The oxidation state of nanophase Fe particles in lunar soil: Implications for space weathering', and 'A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu'.
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891
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Recent publications

An evaporite sequence from ancient brine recorded in Bennu samples
Nature 2025cited by 60position: middledoi
An overview of the petrography and petrology of particles from aggregate sample from asteroid Bennu
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2025cited by 31position: middledoi
Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samples
Nature Geoscience 2025cited by 23position: middledoi
Space weathering effects in Bennu asteroid samples
Nature Geoscience 2025cited by 10position: middledoi
Sulfide minerals bear witness to impacts across the solar system
Nature Communications 2025cited by 7position: firstdoi
Asteroid (101955) Bennu in the laboratory: Properties of the sample collected by <scp>OSIRIS</scp>‐<scp>REx</scp>
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2024cited by 164position: middledoi
Nanoscale reservoirs store solar wind-derived water on the lunar surface
Earth and Planetary Science Letters 2024cited by 19position: middledoi
Electron microscopy observations of the diversity of Ryugu organic matter and its relationship to minerals at the micro‐ to nano‐scale
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2024cited by 16position: middledoi
Mineralogy and petrology of fine‐grained samples recovered from the asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2023cited by 26position: middledoi
Overview of the search for signs of space weathering on the low-albedo asteroid (101955) Bennu
Icarus 2023cited by 25position: middledoi
Influx of nitrogen-rich material from the outer Solar System indicated by iron nitride in Ryugu samples
Nature Astronomy 2023cited by 24position: middledoi
Phyllosilicates with embedded Fe‐based nanophases in Ryugu and Orgueil
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2023cited by 16position: middledoi
A dehydrated space-weathered skin cloaking the hydrated interior of Ryugu
Nature Astronomy 2022cited by 90position: middledoi
Solar wind contributions to Earth’s oceans
Nature Astronomy 2021cited by 43position: lastdoi
Composition of organics on asteroid (101955) Bennu
Astronomy and Astrophysics 2021cited by 32position: middledoi
The Role of Hydrated Minerals and Space Weathering Products in the Bluing of Carbonaceous Asteroids
The Planetary Science Journal 2021cited by 25position: middledoi
Small Bodies Tell the Story of the Solar System: A Rationale for a Small Body Sample Return Program including Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples
2021cited by 1position: lastdoi
The effect of progressive space weathering on the organic and inorganic components of a carbonaceous chondrite
Icarus 2020cited by 47position: firstdoi
The oxidation state of nanophase Fe particles in lunar soil: Implications for space weathering
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2016cited by 96position: firstdoi
In situ experimental formation and growth of Fe nanoparticles and vesicles in lunar soil
Meteoritics and Planetary Science 2016cited by 59position: firstdoi
Microchemical and structural evidence for space weathering in soils from asteroid Itokawa
Earth Planets and Space 2014cited by 77position: firstdoi

Grants

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Frequent collaborators

· 5 papers (2014–2025)T. J. Zega · University of Arizona4 papers (2014–2025) · 3 papers (2014–2021)D. S. Lauretta · Planetary Science Institute3 papers (2021–2025)Scott A. Sandford · University of Colorado Boulder3 papers (2021–2025)H. C. Connolly · Planetary Science Institute2 papers (2021–2025)Amy Simon · Goddard Space Flight Center2 papers (2021–2021)B. E. Clark · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital2 papers (2021–2021)Xiao‐Duan Zou · Planetary Science Institute2 papers (2021–2021)H. H. Kaplan · University of Arizona2 papers (2021–2021)M. J. Loeffler · University of Virginia2 papers (2020–2021)D. N. DellaGiustina · Planetary Science Institute2 papers (2021–2025)D. Trang · University of Arizona2 papers (2020–2021)H. Campins · Florida State University2 papers (2021–2021)C. A. Dukes · University of Virginia2 papers (2021–2025)V. E. Hamilton · University of Arizona2 papers (2021–2021)Dennis C. Reuter · Planetary Science Institute2 papers (2021–2021)Jennika Greer · Field Museum of Natural History1 papers (2024–2024) · 1 papers (2020–2020)R. V. Morris · California Institute of Technology1 papers (2020–2020)
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