PinnedTim LichtenberginForming WorldsThe turbulent hearts of shrouded super-EarthsRocky planets larger than Earth are expected to undergo internal geochemical reactions that promote secondary atmospheres rich in water and…May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
PinnedTim LichtenberginForming WorldsFormation of the Solar System in two stepsThe earliest history of the Solar System is inscribed in meteorites and the present-day structure of the inner terrestrial and outer…Jan 21, 2021Jan 21, 2021
Tim LichtenberginForming WorldsEarly carbon depletion of terrestrial worlds from the outside-inThe form and availability of carbon compounds on the surface sensitively govern long-term climate and the chemistry of life, but curiously…May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
Tim LichtenberginForming WorldsMolten exoplanets as a window into the earliest EarthOur own world started out as a literal hell — at the onset of the ‘Hadean’ eon the Moon-forming impact melted and vaporized large parts of…Jan 27, 2021Jan 27, 2021
Tim LichtenberginForming WorldsTwo emergent faces of rocky planetary systemsThis is a repost of an original contribution to Nature Research Astronomy Community, discussing the research project published as…Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2019
Tim LichtenberginForming WorldsPlanetesimal magmatism as a key to the chemical assembly of terrestrial planetsThis is a plain text narrative of the research project ‘Magma ascent in planetesimals: control by grain size’, published as Lichtenberg et…Jan 7, 2019Jan 7, 2019
Tim LichtenberginForming WorldsImpact splash chondrule formation during planetesimal recyclingThis blog article is a plain text summary of the research efforts published in Icarus, openly accessible at arXiv:1711.02103.Nov 6, 2017Nov 6, 2017