MY pUBLICATIONS.
* = member of the MIT Paleomagnetism Laboratory
SUBMITTED
Oh, D., D. Goebel, C. Polanskey, J. S. Snyder, J. *Ream, B. P. *Weiss (2025) In-Flight Performance of Psyche’s solar electric propulsion and power systems, J. Propuls. Power, submitted
*Narrett, I. S., B. P. *Weiss, S. Steele, J. B. Biersteker (2025) Mercury crustal magnetization indicates a stronger ancient dynamo, submitted.
*Narrett, I. S., R. *Oran, Y. Chen, K. Miljković, G. Tóth, C. L. Johnson, B. P. *Weiss (2025) Impact plasma amplification of the ancient Mercury magnetic field, J. Geophys. Res., submitted.
Trowbridge, A., B. H. Horgan, B. P. *Weiss, and Excavation of lower crust and mantle by Isidis impact, Mars (2025) Deposition in circum-Jezero, Commun. Earth Environ., submitted.
*Scheller, E. M. Tice, T. Bosak, K. Farley, J. Hurowitz, R. Wordsworth, B. P. *Weiss (2025) Mars’ missing carbonates, Nature Geosci., submitted.
Murphy, A., et al. (2025) Spatially resolved complex organic matter in an ancient river valley in Jezero crater, Sci. Adv., submitted
*Gentgen, C., D. Landau, B. P. *Weiss, O. De Weck (2025) Assessing science robustness in uncertain environments: Application to a Uranus Flagship mission, 2024 IEEE Aerospace Conf., submitted.
*Borlina, C. S., B. P. *Weiss, X.-N. Bai, P.-Y. Tung, R. J. Harrison, E. N. *Mansbach, N. Chatterjee, F. L. H. Tissot, K. D. McKeegan (2025) Paleomagnetic evidence for a nebular magnetic field at the beginning of the solar system, submitted.
Dehouck, E., O. Forni, C. Quantin-Nataf, P. Beck, N. Mangold, O. Beyssac, C. Royer, Elise Clavé, J. R. Johnson, L. Mandon, F. Poulet, A. Udry, G. Lopez-Reyes, G. Caravaca, S. Maurice, R. C. Wiens, K. M. Stack, R. B. Anderson, T. Bosak, A. P. Broz, K. Castro, S. M. Clegg, A. Cousin, G. Dromart, K. A. Farley, T. Fouchet, J. Frydenvang, T. S. J. Gabriel, P. Gasda, E. Gibbons, B. H. N. Horgan, J. A. Hurowitz, H. Kalucha, J. Lasue, S. Le Mouélic, J. Manuel Madariaga, P.-Y. Meslin, M. Nachon, J. I. Nuñez, P. Pilleri, C. Pilorget, J. W. Rice, P. S. Russell, S. Schroeder, D. L. Shuster, K. L. Siebach, J. I. Simon, B. P. *Weiss, and A. J. Williams (2025) Diverse geochemical environments recorded in the Jezero western fan, Mars, submitted
PUBLISHEd/ In PRESS
213. *Cambioni, S., B. P. *Weiss, N. Baijal, R. Melikyan, E. Asphaug, J. B. *Biersteker, R. P. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, S. W. Courville, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, D. J. Lawrence, J. M. G. Merayo, C. A. Raymond, M. A. Wieczorek, M. T. Zuber (2025) Formation of asteroid (16) Psyche by a giant impact, J. Geophys. Res., in press.
197. *Narrett, I., R. Oran, Y. Chen, K. Miljković, G. Tóth, E. N. Mansbach, B. P. Weiss (2025) Impact plasma amplification of the ancient lunar dynamo, Sci. Adv., 11, eadr7401. (Movie S1 and Movie S2)
190. *Weiss, B. P. (2025) The Moon goddess’s magnetic midlife, Sci. Adv., 11, eadu7441.
**See article in space.com: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/mars-rovers/did-nasas-perseverance-rover-find-organics-on-mars-these-scientists-arent-so-sure
**See MIT News story: https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-mars-jezero-crater-rocks-contain-signs-of-water-0814
**See new stories from MIT, Oxford, and Nature
**See MIT News story: https://news.mit.edu/2024/studydetermines-original-orientations-rocks-drilled-mars-0304
170. *Mansbach, E. N., B. P. *Weiss, N. R. Schnepf, E. A. *Lima, C. S. *Borlina, N. Chatterjee, J. Gattacceca, M. Uehara, H. *Wang (2023) Magnetism of the Acapulco primitive achondrite and implications for the evolution of partially differentiated bodies, J. Geophys. Res., 128, e2023JE008076.
**See news article in Science
**Within top 10% most-cited papers published during 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022 (Clarivate Analytics)
**Within top 10% most-cited papers published during 1/1/2022 - 12/31/2022 (Clarivate Analytics)
**See news article in Eos: https://eos.org/editor-highlights/what-surprises-do-the-icy-uranian-moons-hold
154. Bell, J. F., J. N. Maki, S. Alwmark, B. L. Ehlmann, S. A. Fagents, J. P. Grotzinger, S. Gupta, A. Hayes, K. E. Herkenhoff, B. H. N. Horgan, J. R. Johnson, K. B. Kinch, M. T. Lemmon, M. B. Madsen, J. I. Núñez, G. Paar, M. Rice, J. W. Rice, N. Schmitz, R. Sullivan, A. Vaughan, M. J. Wolff, A. Bechtold, T. Bosak, L. E. Duflot, A. G. Fairén, B. Garczynski, R. Jaumann, M. Merusi, C. Million, E. Ravanis, D. L. Shuster, J. Simon, M. St. Clair, C. Tate, S. Walter, B. *Weiss, A. M. Bailey, T. Bertrand, O. Beyssac, A. J. Brown, P. Caballo-Perucha, M. A. Caplinger, C. M. Caudill, F. Cary, E. Cisneros, E. A. Cloutis, N. Cluff, P. Corlies, K. Crawford, S. Curtis, R. Deen, D. Dixon, C. Donaldson, M. Barrington, M. Ficht, S. Fleron, M. Hansen, D. Harker, R. Howson, J. Huggett, S. Jacob, E. Jensen, O. B. Jensen, M. Jodhpurkar, J. Joseph, C. Juarez, L. C. Kah, O. Kanine, J. Kristensen, T. Kubacki, K. Lapo, A. Magee, M. Maimone, G. L. Mehall, L. Mehall, J. Mollerup, D. Viúdez-Moreiras, K. Paris, K. E. Powell, F. Preusker, J. Proton, C. Rojas, D. Sallurday, K. Saxton, E. Scheller, C. H. Seeger, M. Starr, N. Stein, N. Turenne, J. Van Beek, A. G. Winhold and R. Yingling (2022) Geological, multispectral and meteorological imaging results from the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover in Jezero crater, Sci. Adv., 8, eabo4856..
153. Scheller, E. L., J. Razzell Hollis, E. L. Cardarelli, A. Steele, L. W. Beegle, R. Bhartia, P. Conrad, K. Uckert, S. Sharma, B. L. Ehlmann, W. J. Abbey, S. A. Asher, K. C. Benison, E. L. Berger, O. Beyssac, B. L. Bleefeld, T. Bosak, A. J. Brown, A. S. Burton, S. V. Bykov, E. Cloutis, A. G. Fairén, L. DeFlores, K. A. Farley, D. M. Fey, T. Fornaro, A. C. Fox, M. Fries, K. Hickman-Lewis, W. F. Hug, J. E. Huggett, S. Imbeah, R. S. Jakubek, L. C. Kah, P. Kelemen, M. R. Kennedy, T. Kizovski, C. Lee, Y. Liu, L. Mandon, F. M. McCubbin, K. R. Moore, B. E. Nixon, J. I. Núñez, C. Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, R. D. Roppel, M. Schulte, M. A. Sephton, S. K. Sharma, S. Siljeström, S. Shkolyar, D. L. Shuster, J. I. Simon, R. J. Smith, K. M. Stack, K. Steadman, B. P. *Weiss, A. Werynski, A. J. Williams, R. C. Wiens, K. H. Williford, K. Winchell, B. Wogsland, A. Yanchilina, R. Yingling and M.-P. Zorzano (2022) Aqueous alteration processes in Jezero crater, Mars—implications for organic geochemistry, Mars, Science, 378, 1105–1110.; supplementary material
152. Courville, S. W., J. G. O’Rourke, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, R. R. Fu, R. *Oran, B. P. *Weiss, L. T. Elkins-Tanton (2022) Acquisition and preservation of remanent magnetization in carbonaceous asteroids, Nat. Astron., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01802-z.
144. Bowman, C. D. D., L. T. Elkins-Tanton, A. Talamante, Bell III, E. Cisneros, A. Cook, J. D. Frieman, D. Gainor, J. Hunziker, S. Khan, C. R. Lawler, J. Maschino, T. J. McCoy, K. Nessi, R. *Oran, D. Seal, A. Simon, R. Singh, C. M. Tolbert, K. Valentine, B. *Weiss, D. D. Wenkert, D. A. Williams (2022) Psyche student collaborations: Including undergraduates and the public on the journey to a metal world, Space Sci. Rev., submitted.
127. *Oran, R., B. P. *Weiss, Y. Shprits, K. Miljković, G. Toth (2020) Was the Moon magnetized by impact plasmas?, Sci. Adv., 6, eabb1475. Movie S1
109. Tang, F., R. J. M. Taylor, J. F. Einsle, C. S. *Borlina, R. R. Fu, B. P. *Weiss, H. M. Williams, W. Williams, L. Nagy, P. Midgley, E. A. *Lima, E. A. Bell, T. M. Harrison, E. Alexander, R. J. Harrison, Secondary magnetite in ancient zircon precludes analysis of a Hadean geodynamo (2019) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 116, 407-412, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1811074116. Click here for Movie S1 and Movie S2.
**See Research Focus by David Evans.
**Top cited paper published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems during the period January 2017 to December 2018
**See: MIT News story and Science Friday episode.
78. *Bradley, K., B. P. *Weiss, and R. Buick (2015) Records of geomagnetism, climate, and tectonics across a Paleoarchean erosion surface, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 413, 1-13 (supplementary material available here).
76. Cournède, C., J. Gattacceca, M. Gounelle, P. Rochette, B. P. *Weiss, B. Zanda (2014) An early solar system magnetic field recorded in CM chondrites, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 410, 62-74 (supplementary material available here).
75. *Weiss, B. P. and S. M. Tikoo (2014) The lunar dynamo, Science, 346, 1246753, doi: 10.1126/science.1246753 (supplementary material available here).
74. *Fu, R. R., B. P. *Weiss, E. A. *Lima, R. J. Harrison, X.-N. Bai, D. S. Ebel, C. *Suavet, H. *Wang, D. Glenn, D. Le Sage, T. Kasama, S. J. Desch, R. L. Walsworth, A. T. Kuan (2014) Solar nebula magnetic fields recorded by the Semarkona meteorite, Science, 346, 1089-1092 (supplementary material available here).
**Outstanding Paper Award, Measurement Science and Technology
71. *Tikoo, S. M., B. P. *Weiss, W. S. Cassata, D. L. Shuster, J. Gattacceca, E. A. *Lima, C. *Suavet, F. Nimmo, and M. D. Fuller (2014) Decline of the lunar core dynamo, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett., 404, 89-97 (supplementary material available here).
70. *Fu, R. R., E. A. Lima, B. P. Weiss (2014) No nebular magnetization in the Allende CV carbonaceous chondrite, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 404, 54-66 (supplementary material available here).
69. *Suavet, C., B. P. *Weiss, and T. L. Grove (2014) Controlled-atmosphere thermal demagnetization and paleointensity analyses of extraterrestrial rocks, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 15, doi:10.1002/2013GC005215 (supplementary material available here).
58. *Weiss, B. P. (2012) A vitrage of asteroid magnetism, Science, 338, 897-898.
57. *Fu, R. R., B. P. *Weiss, D. L. Shuster, J. Gattacceca, T. L. Grove, C. *Suavet, E. A. *Lima, L. Li, and A. T. Kuan (2012) An ancient core dynamo in asteroid Vesta, Science, 338, 238-241 (supplementary material available here).
56. *Tikoo, S. M., B. P. *Weiss, J. Buz, E. A. *Lima, E. K. Shea, G. Melo, and T. L. Grove (2012) Magnetic fidelity of lunar samples and implications for an ancient core dynamo, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 337-338, 93-103 (supplementary material available here).
50. *Carporzen, L., B. P. *Weiss, S. A. Gilder, A. Pommier, and R. J. Hart (2012) Lightning remagnetization of the Vredefort impact crater, J. Geophys. Res., 117, E01007, doi:10.1029/2011JE003919 (supplementary material available here).
47. *Louzada, K. L., S. T. Stewart, B. P. *Weiss, J. Gattacceca, R. J. Lillis, J. S. Halekas (2011) Impact demagnetization of the Martian crust: Current knowledge and future directions, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 305, 257-269 (supplementary material available here).
34. Swanson-Hysell, N. L., A. C. Maloof, B. P. *Weiss, D. A. D. Evans (2009) No asymmetry in geomagnetic reversals recorded by 1.1-billion-year-old Keweenawan basalt flows, Nature Geosci., 2, 713-716. (see News & Views by Joseph Meert.)
32. *Lima, E. A. and B. P. *Weiss (2009) Obtaining vector magnetic field maps from single-component measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B06102, doi:10.1029/ 2008JB006006 (supplementary material available here).
7. Kirschvink, J. L. and B. P. *Weiss (2002) Mars, panspermia, and the origin of life: Where did it all begin? Palaeontologia Electronica, 4, 2, editorial 2: 8p. (http://palaeo-electronica.org/2001_2/editor/mars.ht).