![[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9](https://karmaka.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/meteority-zdar-660x330.jpg)
![[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC](https://karmaka.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/attachment-660x330.jpg)
2025 Jessberger Award to Prof. Vinciane Debaille
Allan Treiman, Susanne P. Schwenzer, Alan Brandon, James M. D. Day, Richard J. Walker MAPS, First published: 14 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Prof. Vinciane Debaille is the 2025 Jessberger awardee. Back in 2020, a…
The Kinematic Age of 3I/ATLAS and its Implications for Early Planet FormationOPEN ACCESS
Aster G. Taylor, Darryl Z. Seligman Submitted to ApJL, draft version July 14, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The recent discovery of the third interstellar object (3I/ATLAS) expands the known census from two to three and…
X-SHOOTER Spectrum of Comet C/2025 N1: Insights into a Distant Interstellar VisitorOPEN ACCESS
A. Alvarez-Candal, J. L. Rizos, L. M. Lara, P. Santos-Sanz, P. J. Gutierrez, J. L. Ortiz, N. Morales, J. de León Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript, submitted as Letter to the Editor PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comets…
Rare earth element nucleosynthetic anomalies and dust transport in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Justin Y. Hu, François L. H. Tissot, Ren T. C. Marquez, Oliver Shorttle, Cathie J. Clarke, Andrew D. Sellek, Nicolas Dauphas, Bruce L. A. Charlier, Ingo Leya, Reika Yokochi, Thomas J. Ireland, and Helen M….
Geology and Mars analog potential of the <2.7-billion-year-old Miralga impact structure, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
Alec R. Brenner,, Aaron J. Cavosie, Jasmine Palma-Gomez, Joanna Li, Sophie-An Kingsbury Lee, and Roger R. Fu Science Advances9 Jul 2025Vol 11, Issue 28 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “North Pole Dome (Pilbara Craton, Western…
From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the context of the Ōtautahi-Oxford interstellar object population modelOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Hopkins, Rosemary C. Dorsey, John C. Forbes, Michele T. Bannister, Chris J. Lintott, Brayden Leicester Submitted to ApJ Letters, Draft version July 9, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The discovery of the third interstellar…
Curation and Storage of Astromaterials: A Magnetic Perspective
Jérôme Gattacceca, Clara Maurel, Aurore Hutzler, Pierre Rochette & Benjamin P. Weiss Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 67, Published: 08 July 2025 LINK “In this exciting new era of sample return space missions…
A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH2-rich interstellar comet 2I/BorisovOPEN ACCESS
Sophie E. Deam, Michele T. Bannister, Cyrielle Opitom, Matthew M. Knight, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Darryl Z. Seligman, Alan Fitzsimmons, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Emmanuel Jehin, Laurent Jorda, Michael Marsset, Youssef Moulane, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Vernazza, Bin Yang Submitted…
Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Darryl Z. Seligman, Marco Micheli, Davide Farnocchia, Larry Denneau,John W. Noonan, Henry H. Hsieh, Toni Santana-Ros, John Tonry, Katie Auchettl, Luca Conversi, Maxime Devogèle, Laura Faggioli, Adina D. Feinstein, Marco Fenucci, Marin Ferrais, Tessa Frincke,…
Snapshot of a new interstellar comet: 3I/ATLAS has a red and featureless spectrumOPEN ACCESS
Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass, Emmanuel Jehin, Michele T. Bannister, Erica Bufanda, Sophie E. Deam, Rosemary Dorsey, Marin Ferrais, Said Hmiddouch, Matthew M. Knight, Rosita Kokotanekova, Brayden Leicester, Michaël Marsset, Brian Murphy, Vincent Okoth, Ryan Ridden-Harper,…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical descriptionOPEN ACCESS
Bryce T. Bolin, Matthew Belyakov, Christoffer Fremling, Matthew J. Graham, Candace L. Gray, Carl Ingebretsen, Gracyn Jewett, Mukremin Kilic, Carey M. Lisse, Diana Roderick, Ahmed. M. Abdelaziz, Laura-May Abron, Michael W. Coughlin, Eslam Elhosseiny, Cheng-Han…
The first meteoritic ammonium mineral: discovery of boussingaultite in the Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Sergey N. Britvin, Oleg S. Vereshchagin, Natalia S. Vlasenko, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Marina A. Ivanova, Irina A. Volkova American Mineralogist, preprint, 2 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The enigma of ammonium mineral speciation…
A feasibility assessment of micromill sampling for Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd geochronology of shergottitesOPEN ACCESS
A. I. Sheen, C. D. K. Herd, K. T. Tait MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Accurate dating of Martian meteorites is crucial for understanding key events in…
Rapid protoplanet formation in the outer Solar System recorded in a dunite from the carbonaceous chondrite reservoirOPEN ACCESS
B. G. Rider-Stokes, X. Zhao, S. L. Jackson, M. D. Suttle, I. A. Franchi, L. F. White, R. C. Greenwood, M. J. Whitehouse, L. Riches, M. Anand, B. Hoefnagels & M. M. Grady Communications Earth…
Dynamical origin of Theia, the last giant impactor on EarthOPEN ACCESS
Duarte Branco, Sean N. Raymond, Pedro Machado Preprint submitted to Elsevier, 2 July 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (11 July 2025): Icarus, available online 11 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Cosmochemical studies have…
Documenting microbial populations within the University of Alberta Meteorite Curation Facility using 16S rRNA gene sequencing: Implications for the curation of astromaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Libby D. Tunney, Aaron B. Regberg, Christopher D. K. Herd, Richard E. Davis, Christian L. Castro MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites are easily contaminated at the…
NASA’S Lucy Mission to Trojan Asteroids: Unraveling the History of the Outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Harold F. Levison, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll, John R. Spencer, Catherine B. Olkin & Thomas S. Statler Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 63, Published: 03 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Insights into the mineralogy of the Rantila aubrite: A luminescence and VNIR reflectance spectroscopy studyOPEN ACCESS
Anna-Irene Landi, Michael Gaft, Cristian Carli, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Giovanni Pratesi Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Rantila aubrite fell in Rantila, Gujarat, India, in August…
Was Earth’s Water Acquired Locally during the Earliest Phases of the Solar System Formation?OPEN ACCESS
Lise Boitard-Crépeau, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Pierre Beck, Lionel Vacher, and Piero Ugliengo The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 987, Number 2, Published 2025 July 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of the terrestrial water remains…
Helium Diffusion Kinetics in Enstatite, Kamacite, and Albite, With Implications for the Cosmic Ray Exposure Ages of Enstatite (E) Chondrites
Moshammat Mijjum and Marissa M.Tremblay ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Publication Date (Web):July 1, 2025 LINK “Cosmic ray exposure (CRE) ages are used to constrain the orbital and impact history of meteorites and identify their…
Asteroids fail to retain cometary impact signaturesOPEN ACCESS
Sarah Joiret, Guillaume Avice, Ludovic Ferrière, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Simon Lock, Alexandre Mechineau, Sean N. Raymond preprint, Draft version July 2, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A bombardment of comets is thought to have occurred in…
Petrographic and geochemical analysis of inversely zoned chondrules
Fabio Joseph, Igor Drozdovsky, Malte Junge, Joanna Brau, Melanie Kaliwoda MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 July 2025 LINK “Chondrules are one of the oldest objects in our solar system. Therefore, they play an important…
Surface Ages for the Sample Return Asteroids Bennu, Ryugu, and ItokawaOPEN ACCESS
William F. Bottke, Alex J. Meyer, David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, Edward B. Bierhaus, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Rachael Hoover, Harold C. Connolly and Dante S. Lauretta The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 6, Published 2025…
The Flux of Differentiated Meteorites to the Earth
K. A. Lorenz, A. M. Abdrakhimov & D. A. Sadilenko Solar System Research, Volume 59, article number 64, Published: 30 June 2025 LINK “The meteorites of the SNC group are presumed to be of Martian…
Origin of the metal in chondritic and achondritic lithologies of the Sierra Gorda 013 СBa-like chondrite
Marina A. Ivanova, Svetlana N. Teplyakova, Cyril A. Lorenz, Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun MAPS, Version of Record online: 27 June 2025 LINK “Sierra Gorda 013 (SG 013) is an unusual CBa-like chondrite containing two texturally…
Na, Ca carbonates in OSIRIS-REx samples: evidence for low-temperature, Na-bearing Brines on Bennu’s Parent BodyOPEN ACCESS
S.A. Singerling, F.E. Brenker, B. Tkalcec, S.S. Russell, T.J. Zega, T.J. McCoy, H.C. Connolly Jr., D.S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We…
Geomagnetic and Ionospheric Effects of the Meteor Explosion over the Verkhnetulomsky Reservoir on December 19, 2014
S. M. Cherniakov Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics, Volume 89, pages 749–754, published: 22 June 2025 LINK “The geomagnetic and ionospheric effects of the meteor explosion on December 19, 2014, at high…
Reorientation and despinning of 4 Vesta formed the Divalia FossaeOPEN ACCESS
Hiu Ching Jupiter Cheng, Christian Klimczak, and Isamu Matsuyama Science Advances25 Jun 2025Vol 11, Issue 26 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Vesta, the only differentiated rocky protoplanet explored by a spacecraft, offers insight into early…
Petrography of scoriaceous and unmelted micrometeorites from the Maitri Station, Antarctica collection
D. Fernandes, N.G. Rudraswami, V.P. Singh Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 24 June 2025 LINK “We analyzed ten unmelted fine-grained micrometeorites (FgMMs) and ten coarse-grained micrometeorites (CgMMs), along with eight fine-grained scoriaceous micrometeorites (Fg/ScMMs) and…
Oxygen isotopic heterogeneities in refractory inclusions in the ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094
Timothy J. Fagan, Sachio Kobayashi, Alexander N. Krot, Hisayoshi Yurimoto MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 June 2025 LINK “Oxygen isotopic compositions of minerals in three Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), one amoeboid olivine aggregate (AOA) and…
Moon Meteorite Dar al Gani 400: Utilizing Mössbauer and Raman Spectroscopy for Extraterrestrial ResearchOPEN ACCESS
René Groß, Christoph Wetzel, Lei Zheng, Christoph Kahra, Justus Pawlak, Kevin Tran, Maximilian Seydi Kilic, Harald Gaber, Bernhard Roth, and Franz Renz ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Publication Date (Web): June 23, 2025 LINK (OPEN…
Planet formation in chemically diverse and evolving discs — I. Composition of planetary building blocksOPEN ACCESS
E. Pacetti, E. Schisano, D. Turrini, C. P. Dullemond, S. Molinari, C. Walsh, S. Fonte, U. Lebreuilly, R. S. Klessen, P. Hennebelle, S. L. Ivanovski, R. Politi, D. Polychroni, P. Simonetti, L. Testi Accepted for…
A statistical approach to quantifying uncertainty in meteoroid physical propertiesOPEN ACCESS
Maximilian Vovk, Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Importance:Meteoroid bulk density is a critical value required for assessing impact risks…
Abiotic sugars in (162173) Ryugu and the primitive CI carbonaceous chondrite OrgueilOPEN ACCESS
Cornelia Meinert, Vanessa Leyva, Manuel Robert, Raphaël Pepino, Jana Bocková, preprint, 19 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The unequal distribution of prebiotic organic compounds in meteorites—where amino acids and nucleobases are commonly detected but…
Multiple thermal events during 4350–3920 ma recorded in a single lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4485
Tomoko Arai, Takayuki Tomiyama, Takafumi Niihara, Tatsunori Yokoyama, Miwa Yoshitake, Hiroshi Kaiden, Keiji Misawa, Anthony J. Irving Icarus, in Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 June 2025 LINK “Highlights: We have undertaken mineralogical and petrological…
The nanoscale molecular chemistry of outer solar system organic matter in asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Johannes Lier, Aleksander B. Mosberg, Quentin M. Ramasse Preprint, submitted on June 16 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The analysis of biorelevant molecules in returned mission samples such as from the carbonaceous…
BLADE: An Automated Framework for Classifying Light Curves from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) Fireball DatabaseOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Vedant Sawal Preprint, accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal (18 Jun 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fireballs (bolides) are high-energy luminous phenomena produced when meteoroids and small asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere at…
Evaporation kinetics of silicon carbide in a low-pressure H2-H2O gas mixture: Implications for the survivability of presolar silicon carbide grains in the protosolar diskOPEN ACCESS
Daiki Yamamoto, Aki Takigawa, Lily Ishizaki, Ryosuke Sakurai, Yuki Inoue, Junji Yamamoto, Sota Arakawa, Shogo Tachibana Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Presolar silicon…
Initial 244Pu/238U ratios and search for presolar SiC in Ca-Al-rich inclusions from CV3 chondrites using noble gas and trace element abundancesOPEN ACCESS
Daisuke Nakashima, Jon M. Friedrich, Ulrich Ott Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Noble gas isotopes and trace element abundances in five Ca-Al-rich inclusions…
The breathing of clay-rich astromaterials on Earth: Insights from the Tarda (C2-ung) and Aguas Zarcas (CM2) meteorites
Laurence A. J. Garvie, László Trif, Christian G. Hoover MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 June 2025 LINK “Meteorites arriving on Earth possess indigenous organic, isotopic, mineralogic, and magnetic properties that reveal conditions and processes…
Professor Edward Anders died at the age of 98 – a meteorite as a metaphorical ‘poor man’s space probe’
Edward Anders, the cosmochemist who invented the famous metaphor of a meteorite as ‘a poor man’s space probe’ in 1960, died on 1 June 2025 in San Mateo, California. Rest in Peace, Edward Anders! Edward…
Chromium isotopes in CR chondrites reveal two distinct chondrule reservoirsOPEN ACCESS
Aryavart Anand, Klaus Mezger Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)“Highlights “Chondrules, the dominant components of chondrites, provide crucial insights into early solar system formation and evolution….
Insights into pyroxene-dominated surfaces and implications for ongoing space exploration missionsOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, E. Branagan-Harris, K. Markus, J.F. Snape, S.L. Jackson, S.S. Russell, R.C. Greenwood, T.H. Burbine, M.J. Whitehouse, D.A. Rothery, L.F. White, M.M. Grady IcarusAvailable online 18 June 2025, 116713 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Olivine–gabbroic shergottites: A petrogenetic link between poikilitic and gabbroic shergottitesOPEN ACCESS
S. Benaroya, J. Gross MAPS, Version of Record online: 16 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Shergottites span a textural, mineralogical, and geochemical range, and finding links between the various petrologic and geochemical groups…
An in situ investigation of presolar grains in primitive CO chondrite NWA 10493 and NWA 10498
An in situ investigation of presolar grains in primitive CO chondrite NWA 10493 and NWA 10498 Yuchen Xu, Yangting Lin, Jialong Hao, Sen Hu, Wei Yang, Yongliao Zou, Yang Liu MAPS, Version of Record online:…
Fabrics of forsterite in CBa chondrite Sierra Gorda 013
Rong Li, Wei Chen & Chun-Hui Li Acta Geochimica, Published: 14 June 2025 LINK “CB chondrite is a class of meteorite rich in metal composition, and its characteristics are obviously different from other chondrite groups….
What is Mars (not) made of? A joint isotopic, geochemical and geophysical analysis
Christian Liebske, Amir Khan, Scott M. McLennan, Paolo A. Sossi IcarusAvailable online 14 June 2025 LINK “Highlights “The terrestrial planets are believed to have accreted from chondritic meteorites of widely varying composition. Yet, making planets…
El Ali meteorite: From whetstone to fame and to the tragedy of local people’s heritage
Ali H. Egeh CommentMAPS, Version of Record online: 12 June 2025 LINK “The El Ali meteorite, a colossal 15.2 t iron meteorite, was discovered in an area characterized by bushy calcareous evaporates (sedimentary distinctive textures, which…
Size–Frequency Distribution of Terrestrial Leftover Planetesimals and S-complex Implanted AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Rogerio Deienno, André Izidoro, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke, Fernando Roig, and Simone Marchi The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 986, Number 2, 12 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The isotopic composition of meteorites linked…
Origin of gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 6963 from an ~180-million-year-old flood basalt province on Mars
James M. D. Day, Hunter R. Edwards, Kim Tait, Carl B. Agee MAPS, Version of Record online: 10 June 2025 LINK “To understand chemical variability within individual martian meteorites, we report major, minor, trace, and…
Meteorite-common amino acid induces clay exfoliation and abiotic compartment formationOPEN ACCESS
Orr Rose Bezaly, Annemieke Petrignani & Helen E. King Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 435 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Clay surfaces have been invoked as crucial components in the origin of…
Carbon and oxygen isotope evidence for a protoplanetary disk origin of organic solids in meteorites
William M. Lawrence, Geoffrey A. Blake, and John Eiler PNAS, June 2, 2025, 122 (24) LINK “Macromolecular organic solids found in primitive meteorites were the main source of carbon delivered to forming planets in the…
Pairing relationships of howardites, eucrites and diogenites (HED) from the Miller Range ice fields, AntarcticaOPEN ACCESS
Kees C. Welten, Marc W. Caffee, Kevin Righter, Ralph P. Harvey, John Schutt, James M. Karner MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We reevaluated pairing relationships among 56…
Accretion of the anomalous CR2 chondrite Northwest Africa 14674: Implications for the complexities of the CR parent bodies
R.H. Hewins, P.-M. Zanetta, H. Leroux, S. Laforet, C. Le Guillou, M. Marinova, S. Pont, B. Zanda, R. Brunetto, J. Gattacceca, C. Sonzogni, L. Piani, Y. Marrocchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof,…
Shock deformation and U-Pb isotope systematics in zircon from impactites of the Rochechouart impact structure: Impact age and zircon provenance
Daniela Guerrero, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Natalia Hauser, Gavin Kenny, Martin Whitehouse, Philippe Lambert Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 31 May 2025 LINK “The >23 km diameter, ∼207 Ma old Rochechouart impact structure is…
Physical simulation method for meteoroid atmospheric entry with multiple-peaked light curves
Ziwen Li, Zhenye Li, Xiangyuan Zeng, Jifeng Liu, Hu Zou Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 29 May 2025 LINK “Highlights “Meter-sized meteoroids typically exhibit asymmetric light curves with multiple peaks due to fragmentation and heterogeneous…
Germanium isotope fractionation during evaporation from metal and sulfide melts: Implications for volatile element loss from planetary materialsOPEN ACCESS
Elias Wölfer, Christian J. Renggli, Christoph Burkhardt, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 30 May 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Ge elemental and isotopic composition of planetary materials holds essential clues on…
Experimental simulations of space weathering on pentlanditeOPEN ACCESS
L. C. Chaves, M. S. Thompson, C. A. Dukes, M. J. Loeffler, M. F. Martinez-Motta, H. Vannier, B. H. N. Horgan, N. Smith, K. Ardrey MAPS, Version of Record online: 31 May 2025 LINK (OPEN…
Apache Point rapid response characterization of primitive pre-impact detection asteroid 2024 RW1OPEN ACCESS
Carl Ingebretsen, Bryce T. Bolin, Robert Jedicke, Peter Vereš, Christine H. Chen, Carey M. Lisse, Russet McMillan, Torrie Sutherland, Amanda J. Townsend submitted to ApJLPDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Pre-impact detection asteroids (PIDAs) may be detected only…
A whole-scale volatile-depleted lunar interior
Wei Dai, Frédéric Moynier, Zheng-Yu Long, Linru Fang, James M. D. Day, Marine Paquet and Julien Siebert PNAS, Vol. 122 | No. 22, May 27, 2025 LINK “The extent of moderately volatile elements (MVE) depletion…
The shaping of terrestrial planets by late accretions
Simone Marchi & Jun Korenaga NatureReview, Volume 641, pages 1111–1120, Published: 28 May 2025 LINK “Terrestrial planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars—formed by the accretion of smaller objects. The Earth was probably the latest terrestrial planet…
Physical and thermal properties of Bursa L6 chondrite: a combination of density, porosity, specific heat, water content, thermal conductivity, and thermal diffusivity results
Cisem Altunayar-Unsalan, Ozan Unsalan, Radosław A. Wach & Marian A. Szurgot Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 370, article number 53, Published: 29 May 2025 LINK “This study presents the first integrated analysis of the Bursa…
Characterization of iron meteorites by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements, and Mössbauer spectroscopy: Kayakent IIIAB
M. V. Goryunov, G. Varga, Z. Dankházi, A. V. Chukin, I. Felner, E. Kuzmann, Z. Homonnay, R. F. Muftakhetdinova, V. I. Grokhovsky, M. I. Oshtrakh MAPS, First published: 29 May 2025 LINK “A fragment of…
Long-lasting thermal activity on the brachinite parent body revealed by mineralogy, REE chemistry, and U–Pb dating of Ca-phosphates in Northwest Africa 10932OPEN ACCESS
Kengo T.M. Ito, Sota Niki, Hikaru Hasegawa, Kanoko Kurihara, Tokiyuki Morohoshi, Takashi Mikouchi, Takafumi Hirata, Martin Bizzarro, Tsuyoshi Iizuka Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 May 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN…
Djerfisherite in a Ryugu grain: A clue to localized heterogeneous conditions or material mixing in the early solar system
Masaaki Miyahara, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Toru Nakahashi, Yuto Takaki, Toru Matsumoto, Naotaka Tomioka, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Yusuke Seto MAPS, Version of Record online: 28 May 2025 LINK “Djerfisherite, a K-bearing Fe-Ni sulfide, was…
Rare Phosphides and Nitrides in Igneous Clasts within Aqueously Altered ChondritesOPEN ACCESS
Lucas. R. Smith, Pierre Haenecour, Jessica J. Barnes, Kenneth Domanik, Yao-Jen Chang and Dolores Hill The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 5, Published: 27 May 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites and…
Microstructural modeling of the fragmentation of ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Mostafa M. A. Mohamed, Mohamed H. Hamza, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Desireé Cotto-Figueroa, Erik Asphaug & Aditi Chattopadhyay Scientific Reports, Volume 15, Article number: 18348 LINK(OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The fracture behavior of rocks on…
Silicate–sulfide interaction within quenched melts of space weathered Ryugu grainsOPEN ACCESS
Sylvain Laforet, Hugues Leroux, Corentin Le Guillou, Maya Marinova, Adrien Néri, Adrien Teurtrie, Francisco de la Peña, Damien Jacob, Alexandre Fadel, David Troadec MAPS, Version of Record online: 26 May 2025 LINK(OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Lithium- and oxygen-isotope compositions of a Si-rich nebular reservoir determined from chondrule constituents in the Sahara 97103 EH3 chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Torii Douglas-Song, Tsutomu Ota, Masahiro Yamanaka, Hiroshi Kitagawa, Ryoji Tanaka, Christian Potiszil, Tak Kunihiro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 25 May 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Here we report the…
Oxygen-isotope variations in refractory inclusions from Rumuruti-type chondrites: Evidence for nebular gas heterogeneity and parent-body exchangeOPEN ACCESS
Samuel Ebert, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 May 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Refractory inclusions [Ca,Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) and amoeboid olivine aggregates…
Comparison of the iron-bearing crystals and phases from Tamdakht H5 and Annama H5 ordinary chondrites by X-ray diffraction, magnetization measurements and Mössbauer spectroscopy
M. V. Goryunov, E. V. Petrova, A. V. Chukin, A. A. Maksimova, G. Varga, Z. Dankházi, I. Felner, G. Leitus, M. Gritsevich, E. Kuzmann, Z. Homonnay, T. Kohout, M. I. Oshtrakh MAPS, Version of Record…
Selective sampling of asteroids, the Moon, and Mars: Factors affecting the numerical abundances of members of meteorite groupsOPEN ACCESS
Alan E. Rubin MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 May 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorite collection inventories show that many related meteorite groups have very different numerical abundances (e.g., lunar versus Martian meteorites;…
‘Pindarri Punju Puri’ (prov.) meteorites (LL, >1 kg) of 10 May 2025 bolide (21:57:30 UTC) found in ‘Lake Hope’, Shire of Dundas, Goldfields–Esperance, Western Australia, Australia
Last update: 8 July 2025 (10:00 CEST) A 450-500-gram meteorite (LL ordinary chondrite) with a size “just under a tennis ball” and a “sort of a greeny” interior of the bolide of 10 May 2025…
Identifying LL Chondrite Near-Earth Asteroids Using LL Chondrite Reflectance SpectraOPEN ACCESS
Pengyue Wang (王鹏越), Edward Cloutis, Ye Su (苏烨), and Man-To Hui (许文韬) The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 985, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Most near-Earth objects are thought to originate from the collisional…
The bright-field grinding tomography of coarse-grained calcium‑aluminum-rich inclusions in the Allende meteorite
Ryota Fukai, Yusuke Takeda, Yuki Masuda, Daiki Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Iba, Shintaro Sasaki, Shin Ikegami, Aya Kubota, Reo Sato, Tomohiro Usui IcarusAvailable online 12 May 2025, 116648 LINK “Highlights “The evolution associated with coagulation/fragmentation processes of…
Origin of moderately volatile elements in Earth inferred from mass-dependent Ge isotope variations among chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Elias Wölfer, Christoph Burkhardt, Francis Nimmo, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in Earth and Planetary Science Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The bulk silicate Earth (BSE) is depleted in moderately volatile elements, indicating Earth formed from…
Sample Return Missions: Rosetta Stones Returned from the First Small Bodies in the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Tomoki Nakamura, Cecile Engrand, Michael Zolensky, Victoria E. Hamilton & Abigail A. Fraeman Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 44, Published: 12 May 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “It is now possible to…
Origin of eclogitic clasts in CR chondrite Northwest Africa 801: Growing evidence for large parent bodies in the CR reservoir of the early solar system
J.S. Gorce, E.A. Heiny, J. Filiberto, C. Goodrich Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 662, 15 July 2025, 119371 LINK “Highlights “There is a growing body of evidence that the range of planetary parent bodies sizes…
Space weathering on the lunar nearside and farside constrained from Si isotopesOPEN ACCESS
Hui-Yan Zhang, Hui-Min Yu, Hao-Lan Tang, Yu-Chao Lin, Zicong Xiao, Lin Yang, Jin-Ting Kang, Ji Shen, Liping Qin & Fang Huang Nature Communications, Volume 16, Article number: 4248 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over long…
Textural coarsening as the cause for impact-melt like plagioclase crystal size distributions and subtle layering in high-Al basalt 14053OPEN ACCESS
Stu Webb, Clive R. Neal, Bridget Guiza, James M. D. Day MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 May 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “High-Al Apollo 14 basalt 14053 has been identified as an endogenous…
Multi-parameter constraints on empirical infrasound period-yield relations for bolides and implications for planetary defenseOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Iyare Oseghae, Eloy Peña Asensio, Mark Boslough, Rodney Whitaker, Christoph Pilger, Philip Lubin, Vedant Sawal, Claus Hetzer, Randy Longenbaugh, Peter Jenniskens, Brin Bailey, Esther Mas Sanz, Patrick Hupe, Alexander…
An Upper Limit on the Interstellar Meteoroid Flux at Video Sizes from the Global Meteor NetworkOPEN ACCESS
Paul Wiegert, Vanessa Tran, Cole Gregg, Denis Vida, and Peter Brown The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 984, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Material arriving at our solar system from the Galaxy may be detected…
Multiple CV chondrite lithologies in Camel Donga 003 (CK3): Implications for the CV and CK parent bodies
Elana G. Alevy, Tasha L. Dunn, Alexander N. Krot, Paul Cardon-Pilotaz, Juliane Gross MAPS, Version of Record online: 06 May 2025 LINK “Camel Donga 003 (CD 003) was originally classified as a CK3 chondrite based…
A complete inventory of institutional and public meteorite collections in SwitzerlandOPEN ACCESS
J. Eschrig, M. M. M. Meier, B. A. Hofmann MAPS, Version of Record online: 06 May 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Museums and universities are important for collecting, maintaining, and curating meteorites. To make…
“CY1” Chondrites Produced by Impact Dehydration of the CI Chondrite Parent BodyOPEN ACCESS
Ke Zhu (朱柯), Nao Nakanishi, Jan Render, Quinn R. Shollenberger, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Akira Ishikawa, and Lu Chen The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 984, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The recently proposed Yamato-type (CY)…
238U/235U isotopic variations in angrites and their constituent minerals
Magdalena H. Huyskens, Yuri Amelin, Qing-Zhu Yin, Tsuyoshi Iizuka Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 May 2025 LINK “Ages of angrites, a diverse and rapidly growing group of differentiated meteorites, are…
Oued Chebeika 002: A new CI1 meteorite linked to outer solar system bodiesOPEN ACCESS
J. Gattacceca, M. Gounelle, B. Devouard, J.-A. Barrat, L. Bonal, A. J. King, C. Maurel, P. Beck, M. Roskosz, J.-C. Viennet, D. Mukherjee, N. Dauphas, P. R. Heck, T. Yokoyama, K. López García, O. Poch,…
The May 7, 2023, El-Hakimia, Algeria, Fireball: First Meteor Characterization Using Infrasound and Seismic Sensors
Zineddine Bouyahiaoui, Lotfi Yelles Chaouche, Fethi Semmane, Christoph Pilger, Khalil Daiffallah, Yassine Damerdji, Samir Nait Amor, Rabah Ikhlef, Amina Boulkaboul, Djounai Baba Aissa, Fethia Kerrache, Ghoulam Imad Eddine Boudiba, Hamoud Beldjoudi, Chafik Aidi & Redouane…
A one-billion-year-old Scottish meteorite impactOPEN ACCESS
C.L. Kirkland, T.M. Erickson, T.E. Johnson, T. Prave, R.A. Strachan, M.L. Daggitt, M.I.H. Hartnady, S.M. Reddy, R.J.M. Taylor, B.V. Ribeiro, K. Rankenburg, U. Kirscher, S. Fischer Geology, April 28, 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Differentiated planetesimals record differing sources of sulfur in inner and outer solar system materials
Elizabeth A. Heiny, Edward M. Stolper, and John M. Eiler PNAS, May 2, 2025, 122 (18) e2418198122 LINK “The isotope anomalies of noncarbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous (CC) extraterrestrial materials provide a framework for tracing the…
Isotopic Composition of the Noble Gases and of Some Other Elements in the Sun: A Review and a Discussion of Open Questions
Rainer Wieler, Donald S. Burnett ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, April 29, 2025 LINK “The isotopic composition of highly volatile elements (noble gases, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen) in the solar accretion disk is largely unconstrained…
Pinpointing the thermal history of lunar basaltic meteorites in a nutshellOPEN ACCESS
Farhang Nabiei, Cyril Cayron, A. Brian Aebersold, Martin Robyr, Mary-Alix Kaczmarek, Othmar Müntener & Philippe Gillet Nature Communications, Volume 16, article number 4092, Published: 01 May 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Native metals of…
The stable Zr isotope composition of the martian mantleOPEN ACCESS
Ninna K. Jensen, Zhengbin Deng, Martin Bizzarro Chemical Geology, available online 26 April 2025, 12281 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report high-precision stable Zr isotope data for a wide selection of martian meteorites using…
The cosmochemistry of planetary systems
Martin Bizzarro, Anders Johansen & Caroline Dorn Nature Reviews Chemistry, Review Article, Published: 28 April 2025 LINK “Planets form and obtain their compositions from the leftover material present in protoplanetary disks of dust and gas…
Strong Toroidal Recirculation Zones at the Inner Dust Rim as the Origin of Meteoric Chondrules and Calcium-Aluminum InclusionsOPEN ACCESS
Peter Todd Williams Draft version April 29, 2025, submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We hypothesize strong (transonic) twin toroidal recirculation zones above and below the accretion disk midplane, rather close-in to the protosun, to…
Mass-independent fractionation of oxygen isotopes during high-temperature condensation in cosmochemical plasmas
Nathan Asset, Marc Chaussidon, Guillaume Lombardi, Johan Villeneuve, Romain Tartèse, Smail Mostefaoui, and François Robert PNAS, April 28, 2025, 122 (18) LINK “SignificanceThe origins of oxygen mass-independent isotope fractionations in solar system materials have remained…
Near-infrared spectral variation in Ryugu particles and implication for rapid space weathering by solar UV radiationOPEN ACCESS
S. Furukawa, T. Okada, K. Hatakeda, R. Kanemaru, K. Yogata, T. Yada, M. Abe, T. Usui, C. Pilorget, V. Hamm, R. Brunetto, D. Loizeau, L. Riu, T. Le Pivert-Jolivet, S. Sasaki, Y. Egashira, T. Hiroi,…
Statistical and probabilistic analysis of meteor and superbolide observations from ground and space platformsOPEN ACCESS
Alberto S Betzler Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, staf673Published: 24 April 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This study analyzes the positional and physical data of meteors and superbolides observed by the ground-based…
Magnetization of Iron Meteorites up to the Meter in Size as Possible Analogs for Asteroid PsycheOPEN ACCESS
Clara Maurel, Elise Clavé, Jérôme Gattacecca, Minoru Uehara, Elias N. Mansbach, Timothy J. McCoy, Benjamin P. Weiss JGR PlanetsFirst published: 23 April 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorite paleomagnetic studies indicate planetesimal generated magnetic…
A small core in Vesta inferred from Dawn’s observationsOPEN ACCESS
R. S. Park, A. I. Ermakov, A. S. Konopliv, A. T. Vaughan, N. Rambaux, B. G. Bills, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, R. R. Fu, S. A. Jacobson, S. T. Stewart & M. J. Toplis Nature Astronomy,…
Experimental investigations of mineral-organic chondritic analogs under hydrothermal conditions: implications for carbonaceous asteroids
Coline Serra, Olivier Grauby, Daniel Ferry, Fabrice Duvernay, Grégoire Danger, Johanna Marin-Carbonne, Vassilissa Vinogradoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 April 2025 LINK “The occurrence of hydroxylated minerals in carbonaceous chondrites…
Misunderstandings about the Tunguska event, shock wave physics, and airbursts have resulted in misinterpretations of evidence at Tall el-HammamOPEN ACCESS
Mark Boslough & Andy Bruno Scientific ReportsVolume 15, article number 13869Published: 22 April 2025 arising from: T.E. Bunch et al.; Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97778-3(2021). LINK 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Bunch et al. make several…
Petrogenesis of the Rantila meteorite fall and implications for the origin of aubrites
Yash Srivastava, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, Varsha M. Nair, Avadh Kumar, Yogita Kadlag, Ramakant R. Mahajan, Neeraj Srivastava, Neha Panwar, Aditya Das, Ryoji Tanaka, James M. D. Day, Anil D. Shukla, Dwijesh Ray, Abhishek J. Verma,…
Unravelling chondrule formation processes: Clues from the potassium isotopic composition of chondrules from unequilibrated ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Piers Koefoed, Kun Wang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 April 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding chondrule formation processes has been a major focus of the cosmochemistry community for…
Aqueous Alteration of Forsterite Glass in PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Yudai Kobayashi, Tomoko Ikeda-Fukazawa ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, April 19, 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “To investigate the aqueous alteration mechanisms of forsterite glass in planetesimals, molecular dynamics calculations were performed using two-phase…
Hydration and dehydration of CM chondrites revealed by X-ray diffraction combined with textural observations and compositional dataOPEN ACCESS
Naoya Imae, Makoto Kimura, Akira Yamaguchi MAPS, Version of Record online: 18 April 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The in-plane rotation method is used to obtain X-ray random diffraction (XRD) patterns of polished thin…
Pairing and classification assessment of CM chondrites from the Meteorite Hills, Transantarctic Mountains
K. Righter, M. Welby, H. C. Bates, A. J. King, P. F. Schofield, J. Schutt, R. Harvey, J. Karner, B. Rougeux, K. Pando, C. Satterwhite MAPS, Version of Record online: 18 April 2025 LINK “The…
A reconstruction of the H2O and F contents of the Erg Cech 002 parent body
Liam D. Peterson, Megan E. Newcombe, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Sune G. Nielsen Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 April 2025 LINK “Erg Cech 002 (EC 002) is an andesitic…
Inferring Fireball Velocity Profiles and Characteristic Parameters of Meteoroids from Incomplete DatasetsOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Maria Gritsevich Accepted in JGR: Planets LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Extracting additional information from old or incomplete fireball datasets remains a challenge. To address missing point-by-point observations, we introduce a method for…
Evaluating 14C and 14C/10Be terrestrial age dating systems for meteorites using experimental data and model calculations
Mohammad Tauseef, Ingo Leya, Jérôme Gattacceca, Sönke Szidat, Régis Braucher, Pascal M. Kruttasch, Anna Zappatini, ASTER Team MAPS, Version of Record online: 15 April 2025 LINK “This study presents a refined approach to determine 14C…
Rubidium and potassium isotope compositions of enstatite meteorites: implications for the evolution of their parent body(ies)OPEN ACCESS
Baoliang Wang, Frédéric Moynier, Yan Hu Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 April 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Enstatite meteorites, including enstatite chondrites and enstatite achondrites (e.g., aubrites), formed under…
Perihelion history and atmospheric survival as primary drivers of the Earth’s meteorite recordOPEN ACCESS
Patrick M. Shober, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Simon Anghel, Sophie E. Deam, Eleanor K. Sansom, Francois Colas, Brigitte Zanda, Pierre Vernazza & Phil Bland Nature Astronomy, Published: 14 April 2025 LINK PDF (OPEN…
Melting experiments of an L6 ordinary chondrite: Implications for the formation of alkali-rich achondrites
S. Iannini Lelarge, M. Masotta, L. Folco, T. Ubide, M.D. Suttle, L. Pittarello Geochemistry, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 April 2025 LINK “Highlights “We conducted high-pressure (1 GPa) melting experiments (1100–1400 °C) on the equilibrated…
Analysis and interpretation of organic compounds in Martian meteorites with Raman imaging and chemometrics
Leire Coloma, Julene Aramendia, Jose Manuel Amigo, Iratxe Población, Fernando Alberquilla, Giulia Gorla, Jennifer Huidobro, Imanol Torre-Fdez, Gorka Arana, Juan Manuel Madariaga Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular SpectroscopyVolume 338, 5 October 2025Accepted 6…
Petrologic evidence for core sulfur degassing in partially differentiated planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Shu-Zhou Wang, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Tian-Ran Trina Du, Jiani Chen, Yuanyun Wen, and Xiancai Lu Science Advances11 Apr 2025Vol 11, Issu LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Partial differentiation hypothesis is a scenario for interpreting the internal…
A Pyroxenite mantle on Mercury? Experimental insights from enstatite chondrite melting at pressures up to 5 GPaOPEN ACCESS
Asmaa Boujibar, Kevin Righter, Emmanuel Fontaine, Max Collinet, Sarah Lambart, Larry R. Nittler, Kellye M. Pando IcarusAvailable online 11 April 2025 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Enstatite chondrites are potential source material for the accretion…
Overview of the findings for samples returned from Ryugu and implications for early Solar System processes
Monica M. Grady, M. Ito, R. C. Greenwood, A. Yamaguchi, T. H. Burbine, M. Anand & V. Debaille Nature Astronomy LINK “The Hayabusa2 spacecraft brought samples to Earth from asteroid (162173) Ryugu in December 2020….
The Suizhou meteorite: A treasure trove of high-pressure minerals
Xiande Xie, Luca Bindi, Ming Chen & Xiangping Gu Acta Geochimica, Published: 09 April 2025 LINK “The Suizhou meteorite is a heavily shock-metamorphosed L6 chondrite which contains thin shock melt veins. So far, 26 high-pressure…
Chemical, isotopic (O, He, U), and petrological characteristics of a slowly cooled enriched gabbroic shergottite, Northwest Africa 13134
Lee Saper, Yang Liu, Michael A. Kipp, David Burney, Chi Ma, Francois L. H. Tissot, Edward Young, Jonathan Treffkorn, Kenneth A. Farley MAPS, Version of Record online: 10 April 2025 LINK “Northwest Africa 13134 is…
Volume measurement of microparticles using SEM photogrammetry and 3-D reconstructionOPEN ACCESS
Y. Zheng, X. Yang, M. Valdes, A. M. Davis, P. R. Heck MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 April 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In this paper, we introduce a method for volume measurement…
Spheroidized plessite in Vaca Muerta: Formation mechanism and its implications for mesosiderites genesis and cooling history
Laura Noel García, Frederic Danoix, Martina Ávalos, Pouyan Shen, María Eugenia Varela MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 April 2025 LINK “The presence of spheroidized plessite (SP) in mesosiderites was recently reported in the literature….
Tamdakht: A Moroccan ordinary chondrite fall with an uncommon fusion crust
Larbi Zennouri, Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Luigi Folco, Taha Shisseh, Abderrazak El Albani, Arnaud Mazurier, Mohamed Hassan Leili MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 April 2025 LINK “Tamdakht meteorite is the most massive observed fall in…
The source of hydrogen in earth’s building blocksOPEN ACCESS
Thomas J. Barrett, James F.J. Bryson, Kalotina Geraki IcarusAvailable online 3 April 2025, 116588 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Despite being pivotal to the habitability of our planet, the process by which Earth gained…
A Potůčky fragment of the Steinbach IVA-an meteorite: Implications from the trace-element composition of the constituent phases
Alexandre V. Andronikov, Irina E. Andronikova, Ondrej Pour, Petr Bohdalek MAPS, Version of Record online: 03 April 2025 LINK “We have analyzed in situ mineral phases in a Potůčky fragment of the stony-iron IVA-an meteorite…
Multi-isotope (N, O, Ti, and Cr) study of C1 and CM-like clasts—Probing unsampled C1 materialOPEN ACCESS
Markus Patzek, Yogita Kadlag, Miriam Rüfenacht, Evelyn Füri, Andreas Pack, Addi Bischoff, Harry Becker, Robbin Visser, Timm John, Maria Schönbächler MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 April 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A multi-element…
Porphyritic olivine chondrules with enstatite chondrite isotopic composition as a main building block of Earth
Yves Marrocchi, Tahar Hammouda, Maud Boyet, Guillaume Avice, Alessandro Morbidelli Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 659, 1 June 2025, 119337Available online 30 March 2025, Version of Record 30 March 2025 LINK “Highlights “The nature and…
The atmospheric entry of cometary impactorsOPEN ACCESS
Richard J Anslow, Amy Bonsor, Zoe R Todd, Robin Wordsworth, Auriol S P Rae, Catriona H McDonald, Paul B Rimmer accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Cometary impacts play an important role in…
Evidence of solar wind irradiation on mineral grains embedded in matrix of the Northwest Africa 801 CR chondrite
Sohei Wada, Ken-ichi Bajo, Tomoya Obase, Hisayoshi Yurimoto MAPS, Version of Record online: 31 March 2025 LINK “Solar wind (SW) is preserved in meteorites as abundant solar noble gases. We performed in situ 4He isotope…
Orbit, meteoroid size, and cosmic ray exposure history of the Aguas Zarcas CM2 breccia
Peter Jenniskens, Gerardo J. Soto, Gabriel Goncalves Silva, Oscar Lücke, Pilar Madrigal, Tatiana Ballestero, Carolina Salas Matamoros, Paulo Ruiz Cubillo, Daniela Cardozo Mourao, Othon Cabo Winter, Rafael Sfair, Clemens E. Tillier, Jim Albers, Laurence A….
Classifying meteorites with MetNet: A deep learning approach using reflectance spectroscopy
Roshan Nath, Soham Mali, Denesh K., Neha Panwar, Abhishek J. Verma, Avadh Kumar, Ramakant R. Mahajan, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, M. E. Varela, Shuhrat A. Ehgamberdiev, Tvisha Kapadia, Neeraj Srivastava MAPS, Version of Record online: 27…
Highly Heterogeneous Parent Body of the Rare Andesitic Erg Chech 002 Meteorite Revealed by the Revisited Mn–Cr Isotopic SystematicsOPEN ACCESS
Bing Yang, Runlian Pang, Qing Wang, Anning Zhang, Wei Du and Liping Qin The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Erg Chech 002 (EC 002), an andesitic meteorite, has…
An experimental study of trace element partitioning into troilite during iron meteorite crystallizationOPEN ACCESS
Nancy L. Chabot, Colin D. Hamill, Evangela E. Shread, Richard D. Ash, Catherine M. Corrigan MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Troilite is a common phase in iron…
Kumtag 061: A heavily shocked brachinite
Yuwei Zhang, Dongliang Zhang, Thomas Smith, P. M. Ranjith, Huaiyu He, Guangming Song, Yan Fan & Shijie Li Acta Geochimica, Published: 21 March 2025 LINK “Brachinite is a group of primitive achondrites that enables investigating…
