MY pUBLICATIONS.
* = member of the MIT Paleomagnetism Laboratory
SUBMITTED
*Scheller, E. M. Tice, T. Bosak, K. Farley, J. Hurowitz, R. Wordsworth, B. P. *Weiss (2025) Mars’ missing carbonates, submitted.
Murphy, A., et al. (2025) Spatially resolved complex organic matter in an ancient river valley in Jezero crater, submitted
Oh, D., N. Alonge, S. H. Bairstow, A. Biswas, C. Chesko, D. M. Goebel, T. Imken, A. Na-Nakornpanom, A. Nichola, J. S. Snyder, I. Johnson, P. Linggi, P. Lord, S. Malone, Z. Pirkl, J. B. Ream, B. P. Weiss, D. J. Lawrence, P. Peplowski, J. Goldsten, M. Burks, J. F. Bell III (2025) Launch and initial checkout of the Psyche spacecraft, J. Spacecr. Rockets, submitted
Merayo, J. M. G., B. P. Weiss, J. B. Ream, R. Oran, N. K. Alonge, P. Brauer, K. Cloutier, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, J. L. Joergensen, C. A. Polanskey, C. T. Russell, M. B. Wall, D. Wenkert (2025) In-flight performance of the Magnetometry Investigation on the Psyche mission, ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC, contribution 2156
Ream, J. B., B. P. Weiss, M. M. Soriano, J. M. G. Merayo, P. Narvaez, K. Dang, S. Hart (2025) The Psyche magnetic cleanliness testing campaign, ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC, contribution 1154
Ream, J. B., B. P. Weiss, R. Oran, M. B. Wall, K. Dang, P. Narvaez, K. Cloutier, C. Polanskey, C. Raymond, N. Warner, M. de Soria Santacruz-Pich, J. Merayo, C. T. Russell, L. T. Elkins-Tanton (2025) Magnetic cleanliness of the Psyche spacecraft, ESA Workshop on Aerospace EMC, contribution 1151.
Polanskey, C. A., et al. (2025) Psyche mission description and design rationale, Space Sci. Rev., submitted.
Hurowitz, J., A. Allwood, M. Cable, K. Hand, A. Murphy, K. Uckert, J. Bell, T. Bosak, Adrian Broz, E. Clavé, A. Cousin, S. Davidoff, Erwin Dehouck, K. Farley, S. Gupta, S.-E. Hamran, K. Hickman-Lewis, J. Johnson, P. Jørgensen, L. Kah, H. Kalucha, T. Kizovski, D. Klevang, Y. Liu, F. McCubbin, E. Moreland, G. Paar, D. Paige, A. Pascuzzo, M. Rice, M. Schmidt, K. Siebach, S. Siljestrom, J. Simon, K. Stack, A. Steele, N. Tosca, A. Treiman, S. VanBommel, L. Wade, B. *Weiss, R. Wiens, K. Williford, R. Barnes, P. Barr, A. Bechtold, P. Beck, K. Benzerara, S. Bernard, O. Beyssac, R. Bhartia, A. Brown, G. Caravaca, E. Cardarelli, E. Cloutis, A. Fairén, D. Flannery, T. Fornaro, T. Fouchet, B. Garczynski, F. Gomez, E. Hausrath, C. Heirwegh, C. Herd, J. Huggett, A. Jones, M. Jones, J. Jorgensen, A. Li, J. Maki, L. Mandon, N. Mangold, J. Manrique-Martinez, J. Martínez-Frías, J. Nuñez, L. O'Neil, B. Orenstein, C. Quantin-Nataf, P. Russell, M. Schulte, S. Sharma, D. Shuster, A. Srivastava, B. Wogsland, Z. U. Wolf (2025) Detection of a potential biosignature by the Perseverance rover on Mars, Nature, submitted.
Kizovski, T.V., M.E. Schmidt, L. O’Neil, M.W.M. Jones, N.J. Tosca, D.A. Klevang, J.A.Hurowitz, C.T. Adcock, E.M. Hausrath, K. L. Siebach, Z.U. Wolf1, S. Sharma, S.J. VanBommel, F.M. McCubbin, E. Cloutis, M.L. Cable, Y. Liu, B.C. Clark, A.H. Treiman, M.M. Tice, D.C. Catling, J. Maki, T. J. Bosak, B. P. *Weiss, A.G. Fairén, J.R. Christian, A.L. Knight, N.R. Randazzo, P.S. Jørgensen, P. Lawson, L. Wade, C. Heirwegh, W.T. Elam, A.C. Allwood (2025) Fe-phosphates in Jezero crater: Chemical, structural, and spectral evidence for an ancient habitable environment on Mars, Nature Commun., 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.
Bok, I., J. Phillips, T. Zhu, J. Lu, E. Detienne, E. A. *Lima, B. P. *Weiss, A. Jasanoff, A. Hai (2025) Magnetic detection of neural activity by transducers, Nano. Lett., 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.
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199. Williford, K. H., K. A. Farley, B. Horgan, B. Garczynski, A. H. Treiman, S. Gupta, A. J. Jones, S. Siljeström, E. Cardarelli, E. Clavé, L. Mayhew, J. Osterhout, E. Ravanis, K. M. Stack, S. Fagents, C. C. Bedford, O. Beyssac, T. Bosak, S. V. Bykov, D. Flannery, T. Fouchet, K. P. Hand, M. W. M. Jones, L. Kah, A. Klidaras, J. Maki, L. Mandon, N. Mangold, E. *Mansbach, F. M. McCubbin, J. I. Simon, A. Srivastava, M. Tice, K. Uckert, R. C. Wiens, S. Alwmark, J. Aramendia, R. Barnes, P. Beck, J. F. B. III, S. Bernard, R. Bhartia, A. J. Brown, A. Broz, D. Buckner, D. Catling, E. Cloutis, S. Connell, A. Corpolongo, A. Cousin, L. Crumpler, A. Czaja, E. Dehouck, B. Ehlmann, T. Fornaro, O. Forni, S. E. Hamran, N. Haney, K. Hickman-Lewis, W. Hug, J. Hurowitz, R. Jakubek, J. Johnson, A. Koeppel, J. M. Madariaga, J. Martínez-Frías, J. I. Núñez, B. J. Orenstein, Y. Y. Phua, C. Pilorget, N. Randazzo, C. Royer, P. Russell, E. Scheller, N. Schmitz, S. Schröder, M. A. Sephton, S. Sharma, S. Sharma, D. Shuster, K. Sinclair, A. Steele, C. Tate, B. *Weiss, A. Williams, Z. U. Wolf, R. A. Yingst (2025) Carbonated ultramafic rocks in Jezero crater, Mars, Science, 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)
193. Snyder, J. S. C. L. Kelly, C. Garner, N. Bradley, I. Johnson, R. Corey, J. B. *Ream and B. P. *Weiss (2025) Initial checkout of the Psyche electric propulsion, J. Electric Propuls., in press.
190. *Weiss, B. P. (2025) The Moon goddess’s magnetic midlife, Sci. Adv., 11, eadu7441.
188. Cochrane, C. J., S. D. Vance, J. B. Biersteker, M. J. Styczinski, B. Weiss (2024) On detecting and characterizing planetary oceans in the solar system using a distance-based ensemble modelling approach: application to the Uranus system, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. London A, 382, 20240086.
**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
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**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
157. Simon, J. B., K. Hickman-Lewis, B. A. Cohen, L. E. Mayhew, D. L. Shuster, V. Debaille, E. M. Hausrath, B. P. *Weiss, T. Bosak, M.-P. Zorzano, H. E. F. Amundsen, L. W. Beegle, J. F. Bell III, K. C. Benison, E. L. Berger, O. Beyssac, A. J. Brown, F. Calef, T. M. Casademont, B. Clark, E. Clavé, L. Crumpler, A. D. Czaja, A. G. Fairén, K. A. Farley, D. T. Flannery, T. Fornaro, O. Forni, F. Gómez, Y. Goreva, A. Gorin, K. P. Hand, S.-E. Hamran, J. Henneke, C. D. K. Herd, B. H. N. Horgan, J. R. Johnson, J. Joseph, R. E. Kronyak, J. M. Madariaga, J. N. Maki, L. Mandon, F. M. McCubbin, S. M. McLennan, R. C. Moeller, C. E. Newman, J. I. Núñez, A. C. Pascuzzo, D. A. Pedersen, G. Poggiali, P. Pinet, C. Quantin-Nataf, M. Rice, J. W. Rice Jr., C. Royer, M. Schmidt, M. Sephton, S. Sharma, S. Siljeström, K. M. Stack, A. Steele, V. Z. Sun, A. Udry, S. VanBommel, M. Wadhwa, R. C. Wiens, A. J. Williams, and K. H. Williford (2023) Samples collected from the floor of Jezero Crater with the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, J. Geophys. Res., https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007474.**
**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).