New insights into Erg Chech 002 analogues in the main belt from near-infrared spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
M. Galinier, C. Avdellidou, M. Delbo, L. Galluccio Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 March 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Erg Chech 002 is an andesitic meteorite that formed early in…
Iron isotope anomalies and the origin of the earthOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Shengyu Tian, Thorsten Kleine Icarus, Available online 22 March 2026, 117057 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Understanding the origin of the Earth requires determining the original formation location of its building material….
The effects of pressure on immiscibility in metallic, core-forming liquids: Implications for protoplanetary differentiationOPEN ACCESS
Geoffrey David Bromiley, Hidenori Terasaki, Matthew Varnam MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 March 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mechanisms for metal core formation in rocky planetesimals and planetary embryos remain poorly constrained, in…
In situ U-Pb chronology and chemistry of zirconolite in the andesitic meteorite Erg Chech 002OPEN ACCESS
Jun Sakuma, Hisashi Asanuma, Naoto Takahata, Akira Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Iizuka Accepted for publication in American Mineralogist PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Precise and accurate ages for asteroidal crusts are fundamental for reconstructing the timeline of magmatic, metamorphic,…
Unveiling Ceres’ surface composition: Insights from the 1.2 micron band and aqueous alteration processes
Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Andrea Raponi, Marco Ferrari, Mauro Ciarniello, Eleonora Ammannito Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 March 2026 LINK “Highlights “Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt,…
Space Weathering Age of Itokawa and Eros by Machine LearningOPEN ACCESS
Lakshika Palamakumbure, David Korda and Tomáš Kohout The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 3, Published: 17 March 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Near-Earth asteroids such as Itokawa and Eros provide valuable insights into…
A complete set of canonical nucleobases in the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Toshiki Koga, Yasuhiro Oba, Yoshinori Takano, Hiroshi Naraoka, Nanako O. Ogawa, Kazunori Sasaki, Hajime Sato, Toshihiro Yoshimura & Naohiko Ohkouchi Nature Astronomy, Published: 16 March 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Organic molecules delivered from…
Chronology of ungrouped achondrites Northwest Africa 11119 and 7325/8486: implications for early evolution of a heterogeneous crust on a differentiated planetesimal
Daniel R. Dunlap, Julia A. Cartwright, Piers Koefoed, Evgenii Krestianinov, Stephen J. Romaniello, Carl Agee, Yuri Amelin, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 March 2026 LINK “The chronology…
Exploring the Interior Structure of (16) Psyche Through Basin‐Scale CollisionsOPEN ACCESS
Namya Baijal, Erik Asphaug, C. Adeene Denton, Martin Jutzi, Sabina Raducan, Saverio Cambioni, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Amanda Alexander Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, First Published: 13 March 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points…
Permeability as the first-order control on the rate of aqueous alteration in carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Bianka Babrián, Queenie H.S. Chan, Jens Najorka, James Malley, Lee F. White, Martin D. Suttle Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 13 March 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We performed a series of low temperature…
Carbonated Chondrites during Giant ImpactsOPEN ACCESS
Adrien Saurety and Razvan Caracas The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The volatile budget of terrestrial planets is primarily inherited from the accretion process. At this stage, impacts…
The neodymium and samarium isotope compositions and cosmic ray exposure history of B-type asteroid (101955) Bennu
Zachary A. Torrano, Michelle K. Jordan, Lori N. Willhite, Richard W. Carlson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 March 2026 LINK “We report Nd and Sm isotopic compositions of a…
Shaken, not stirred: inefficient mixing of CM- and CI-like materialsOPEN ACCESS
Sarah E. Anderson, Pierre Vernazza, Miroslav Broz Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. aa57394-25, March 11, 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A recent study suggests that CM chondrite-like planetesimals formed in the vicinity of Saturn, in a…
Spectral insights into carbonaceous chondrites origins: Correlating main-Belt asteroids with CV chondrites
A.P. Singh, S.S. Pillai, K.K. Marhas, K.V.N.G. Vikram, S. Bhattacharya Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 March 2026 LINK “Highlights “This study investigates the mid-infrared spectral correlation between four Carbonaceous Vigarano (CV) chondrites…
Isotopic Evidence for a Cold and Distant Origin of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Martin Cordiner, Nathan X. Roth, Marco Micheli, Geronimo Villanueva, Davide Farnocchia, Steven Charnley, Nicolas Biver, Dominique Bockelee-Morvan, Dennis Bodewits, Colin Orion Chandler, Jacques Crovisier, Maria N. Drozdovskaya, Kenji Furuya, Michael S. P. Kelley, Stefanie Milam,…
Effects of Particle Size, Temperature, and Metal Content on VNIR Spectra of Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites in a Simulated Asteroid Environment
Marina E. Gemma, Katherine A. Shirley, Timothy D. Glotch, Denton S. Ebel, Kieren T. Howard MAPS, First Published: 3 March 2026 LINK “Key Points “Laboratory spectral analysis of well-characterized meteorite samples can be employed to…
Gaia DR3 supervised classification of asteroid reflectance spectra
Marco Delbo, Thomas Dyer, Ullas Bhat, Chrysa Avdellidou, Laurent Galluccio, Amelia Minton LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a supervised, probabilistic taxonomic classification of asteroid reflectance spectra from Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3). Using…
Small-scale elemental abundance variations in Ryugu particles from touchdown 1OPEN ACCESS
Karina López García, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Ikshu Gautam, Makiko K. Haba, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Nao Nakanishi, Ryota Fukai MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 February 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ryugu materials closely resemble CI chondrites’…
Thermophysical Modeling of Asteroid (15) Eunomia from Spatially Resolved ALMA and VLA DataOPEN ACCESS
Yu Yu Phua, Katherine de Kleer, Bryan Butler, Saverio Cambioni and Michael Shepard The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, Published: 23 February 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Asteroid (15) Eunomia is the largest…
Surface Properties, Orbital Dynamics, and Thermophysical Modeling of the Primitive Asteroid (269) JustitiaOPEN ACCESS
L. Braga, A. Amarante, A. Ferreira, F. Monteiro and M. Martins The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, Published: 23 February 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA)…
Initial study of regolith exposure ages and burial conditions on Ryugu: Cosmogenic nuclides score in two touchdownsOPEN ACCESS
Kunihiko Nishiizumi, Keisuke Nagao, Marc W. Caffee, Ryuji Okazaki, Jozef Masarik, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Hikaru Yabuta, Kanako Sakamoto, Kasumi Yogata, Toru Yada, Shogo Tachibana, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Yuichi Tsuda, Masanao Abe,…
Data-driven classification of ordinary chondrites and asteroidal metal potential evaluationOPEN ACCESS
Tian-Yu Liu, Si-Jia Wei, Ke-Li Shi, Tian-Qi Qiu, Jun-Zhe Teng & Zheng-Jie Qiu Scientific Reports, Volume 16, Article number: 5826, Published: 20 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ordinary chondrites (OCs) comprise ~ 87% of meteorites…
A Collective Trigger for Widespread Planetesimal Formation Revealed by Accretion AgesOPEN ACCESS
James Bryson, Hannah Sanderson, Francis Nimmo, Sanjana Sridhar, Gregory Brennecka, Yves Marrocchi, Jason Terry PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The formation of planetesimals was an integral part of the cascading series of processes that built the terrestrial…
Petrogenesis and Provenance of Unique Amphibole-Bearing Carbonaceous Chondrite Almahata Sitta 202: Further Evidence for a Ceres-Sized, Water-Rich Parent Body
Cyrena A. Goodrich, Victoria E. Hamilton, Michael E.Zolensky, Noriko Kita, Issaku Kohl, Lauren Tafla, Robert J. Macke, Takahiro Hiroi, Yoko Kebukawa, Wayne Buckley, Jacob B. Setera, Justin I. Simon, Allan H. Treiman, Jennifer S. Gorce,…
No exotic matter in asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Alan E. Rubin & Thomas H. Burbine The European Physical Journal Plus, Volume 141, article number 175, Published: 17 February 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Solar System bodies have similar abundances of non-volatile elements….
Formation Age of Ernutet Crater, Ceres, and Implications for Origin of the OrganicsOPEN ACCESS
Michelle Kirchoff, Simone Marchi and Mallory Cochran The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 2, Published: 16 February 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ceres is the largest body in the Main Asteroid Belt and…
Apatite in Bennu samples indicates multiple stages of aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Laura B. Seifert, T. M. Erickson, L. P. Keller, J. J. Barnes, K. Thomas-Keprta, L. Le, J. Gorce, Z. Rahman, T. J. Zega, H. C. Connolly Jr, D. S. Lauretta MAPS, Version of Record online:…
Characteristics of Natural Remanence Records in Fine‐Grained Particles Returned From Asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Masahiko Sato, Yuki Kimura, Tadahiro Hatakeyama, Tomoki Nakamura, Satoshi Okuzumi, Sei-ichiro Watanabe, Seiji Sugita, Satoshi Tanaka, Shogo Tachibana, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako Sakamoto, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko…
H-N budgets and isotopic signatures of Oued Chebeika 002 and CI reservoir heterogeneityOPEN ACCESS
Y. Marrocchi, E. Füri, L. Zimmermann, L. Piani Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V39, Published 10 February 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the hydrogen (H) and nitrogen (N) elemental and isotopic compositions of the…
A new approach to investigate the influence of space weathering and spectral resolution on the visibility of infrared spectral features in meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Bernadett D. Pál, Ákos Kereszturi, Ildikó Gyollai, Dániel Rezes, Sándor Biri, Béla Sulik, Máté Szabó, Péter Szávai, Zoltán Szalai Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 10 February 2026 LINK + PDF “Highlights “We investigate…
The Nysa family as the main source of unequilibrated LL ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
M. Marsset, P. Vernazza, M. Brož, C. Avdellidou, C. A. Thomas, L. McGraw, A. Madden-Watson, K. Minker, M. Monnereau, F. E. DeMeo, R. P. Binzel, M. Mahlke, B. Carry, J. Hanuš, P. N. Simon, B….
Multiple formation pathways for amino acids in the early Solar System based on carbon and nitrogen isotopes in asteroid Bennu samplesOPEN ACCESS
Allison A. Baczynski, Ophélie M. Mcintosh, Danielle N. Simkus, Hannah L. McLain, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Jamie E. Elsila, Mila Matney, Christopher H. House, Katherine H. Freeman, Harold C. Connolly Jr., and Dante…
A window into the early stages of aqueous alteration from mackinawite in samples of asteroid BennuOPEN ACCESS
M.C. Benner, T.J. Zega, B.S. Prince, Z.E. Wilbur, H.C. Connolly Jr., D.S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 February 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the discovery…
Microimaging Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Chondrites and Comparison to the Spectral Diversity of AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
S. A. Parra, R. N. Greenberger, B. L. Ehlmann JGR Planets, First Published: 4 February 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Key Points “Primitive asteroids and carbonaceous chondrites (CCs) record the history of processes in…
Achondrites in meteor data: Spectra, dynamics, and physical properties of candidate aubrite and eucrite impactorsOPEN ACCESS
Pavol Matlovič, Adriana Pisarčíková, Veronika Pazderová, Tomáš Vörös, Filip Hlobik, Hadrien Devillepoix, Jiří Borovička, Mária Paprskárová, Sophie Deam, Juraj Tóth, Leonard Kornoš, Tomáš Paulech, Pavol Zigo Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. aa58248-25, 3 February 2026…
Carbonaceous Cosmic Dust Analogs Distinguish between Ion Bombardment and TemperatureOPEN ACCESS
Linda R. Losurdo and David R. McKenzie The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 997, Number 2, Published 30 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous cosmic dust is formed in the circumstellar envelopes of asymptotic giant…
Composition and Space-weathering Characteristics of the Tianwen-2 Mission’s First Target: Near-Earth Asteroid (469219) Kamo‘oalewaOPEN ACCESS
Minge Liu, Yazhou Yang, Yang Liu, Jian-Yang Li, Qing Zhang, Jiang Zhang, and Yongliao Zou The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 997, Number 2, Published 29 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The near-Earth asteroid…
Early solar wind and dynamo magnetic field topology predictions for (16) Psyche and other asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Atma Anand, Jonathan Carroll-Nellenback, Eric G. Blackman, John A. Tarduno Under Review at JGR: Planets LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (14 March 2026): Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, First Published: 14 March 2026 LINK…
Hydration Features on Vesta’s Surface Seen by the Dawn Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (VIR) Data
Shuai Li JGR Planets, First Published: 24 January 2026 LINK “Key Points “Understanding the sources of hydration on Vesta’s surface provides insights into water origins in the inner solar system. We estimated the hydration content…
Potential metabolic viability on asteroid chemistryOPEN ACCESS
Theresa Fisher & Regis Ferriere Communications Chemistry, Volume 9, Article number: 54Published: 23 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “While it has been long supposed that asteroids played a role in the delivery of…
Diffusion of Ga, Mo, and W in Vestan Melts: Implications for Kinetic Control on Element Partitioning During Vestan Core Differentiation
Yifan Li, Li Zhang, Huaiwei Ni Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, First Published: 22 January 2026 LINK “Key Points: “Siderophile elements tend to transfer from the magma ocean to the metallic core during core formation…
Reflectance spectroscopy (200-4200 nm) of the red-sloped C2 carbonaceous chondrites MET 00432, Tagish Lake, Tarda, and WIS 91600 (“CT” grouplet)
Edward A. Cloutis, Devin L. Schrader, Daniel M. Applin, Tomoki Nakamura, Timothy D. Glotch, Takahiro Hiroi, Moe Matsuoka, Michael E. Zolensky, Joshua P. Emery, Kristi M. Peters Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22…
Crossing boundaries: Brachinites and their diverse asteroidal originsOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, F.A. Davies, T.H. Burbine, E. MacLennan, R.C. Greenwood, S.L. Jackson, M. Anand, D. Sheikh, M.M. Grady IcarusAvailable online 21 January 2026, 116965 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Brachinite meteorites are typically linked…
Surface Modifications of a Space-weathered Ryugu Sample and the Reflectance Spectral ResponseOPEN ACCESS
Hotaka Onuma, Megumi Matsumoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Kana Amano, Taiga Takase, Kazuhiko Ninomiya and Hideko Nomura The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 1, Published: 16 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Reflectance spectra from…
Surface rejuvenation of stony near-Earth asteroids triggered by planetary shadows
Kohei Kitazato, Sho Sakurai, Ryuki Hyodo & Naru Hirata Nature Geoscience, Published: 15 January 2026 LINK “Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are small, airless bodies that orbit in near-Earth space. Recent studies suggest that their surface rocks…
Instantaneous thermally-driven erosion can explain dearth of dark near-Sun asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Georgios Tsirvoulis, Mikael Granvik, Leonard Schirner, Athanasia Toliou, Jooyeon Geem, Axel Hagermann PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent models of the near-Earth asteroid population show that asteroids must be super-catastrophically destroyed when they evolve to orbits with…
Growth and thermal evolution of icy planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Jun Kimura, Ryusei Sato, Kentaro Terada & Sho Sasaki Earth, Planets and Space, article number, Published: 13 January 2026unedited version of this manuscript LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Icy planetesimals are thought to contribute to…
Formation of Asteroid (16) Psyche by a Giant ImpactOPEN ACCESS
Saverio Cambioni, Benjamin P. Weiss, Namya Baijal, Robert Melikyan, Erik Asphaug, John B. Biersteker, Richard P. Binzel, William F. Bottke, Samuel W. Courville, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, David J. Lawrence, José M. G. Merayo, Carol A….
The New Space Race Era: The Exogeoheritage Challenge and Its ConservationOPEN ACCESS
B. De Toffoli JGR Planets, First Published: 9 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points “The escalating pace of space exploration has ushered in a new era reminiscent of the space race of…
Two-source terrestrial planet formation with a sweeping secular resonanceOPEN ACCESS
Max Goldberg, David Nesvorný, Alessandro Morbidelli Accepted for publication in AJ, 6 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The models that most successfully reproduce the orbital architecture of the Solar System terrestrial planets start…
The NASA Psyche Mission: The First up-Close Exploration of a Metal-Rich WorldOPEN ACCESS
James F. Bell III, Lindy Elkins-Tanton & Carol A. Polanskey Space Science Reviews, Volume 222, article number 5, Published: 03 January 2026 Editorial Notes of the collection “The NASA Psyche Mission: Science Instruments and Investigations”…
A Change of the Rotation Period of Asteroid (65803) Didymos Caused by the DART ImpactOPEN ACCESS
Josef Ďurech, Petr Pravec, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Derek C. Richardson, Harrison Agrusa and Ryota Nakano The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 12, Published: 31 December 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On 2022 September 26,…
The Geology of a Small Main-belt S-class Binary Asteroid System: Dinkinesh and Its Contact Binary Satellite Selam as Observed by the Lucy MissionOPEN ACCESS
E. B. Bierhaus, S. Marchi, S. J. Robbins, S. Mottola, W. F. Bottke, K. Noll, J. F. Bell III, J. M. Sunshine, J. Spencer, D. Britt The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 12, published:…
Phyllosilicate Infrared Spectral Features as Tracers of Aqueous Alteration in CM Chondrites and Implications for Remote Sensing of Hydrated AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
W. M. Lawrence, B. L. Ehlmann JGR Planets, First Published: 20 December 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points “CM (Mighei-type) carbonaceous chondrites host abundant OH/H2O-bearing phyllosilicates formed from water-rock reactions in primitive planetesimals….
Small but mighty: Impact hazards from iron Near-Earth ObjectsOPEN ACCESS
Robert Luther, Natalia Artemieva, Andrea Schmalen, Kai Wünnemann, Detlef Koschny, Richard Moissl MAPS, First published: 27 December 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Small asteroids can impact Earth unexpectedly, as demonstrated by the Chelyabinsk event…
Occurrence and characterization of nanosulfide-rich regions on asteroid Ryugu: Insights from mackinawite and pyrrhotiteOPEN ACCESS
Roberto Conconi, Hugues Leroux, Maya Marinova, Sylvain Laforet, Damien Jacob, Léna Jossé, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Zélia Dionnet, Rosario Brunetto, Corentin Le Guillou MAPS, Version of Record online: 15 December 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples…
Cosmic-ray bath in a past supernova gives birth to Earth-like planetsOPEN ACCESS
Ryo Sawada, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Yudai Suwa, Tetsuo Taki, Shiu-Hang Lee, and Ataru Tanikawa Science Advances10 Dec 2025Vol 11, Issue 50 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A key question in astronomy is how ubiquitous Earth-like rocky…
Modeling enstatite chondrites: Reduced rocks with a pinch of oxidized material (affected by varying H2O(g)) derived from planetesimals shocked during the epoch of giant–planet migrationOPEN ACCESS
Alan E. Rubin MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 December 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The O-, N-, Mo-, Ru-, Os-, Cr-, Ti-, Ni-, Fe-, Nd-, Ca-, Zn-, Sr-, and Mg-isotopic compositions of enstatite…
Nitrogen- and oxygen-rich organic material indicative of polymerization in pre-aqueous cryochemistry on Bennu’s parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Scott A. Sandford, Zack Gainsforth, Michel Nuevo, Matthew A. Marcus, Hans A. Bechtel, Ryan C. Ogliore, Clive Jones, Gerardo Dominguez, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Timothy J. McCoy, Sara S. Russell, Thomas J. Zega,…
Abundant supernova dust and heterogeneous aqueous alteration revealed by stardust in two lithologies of asteroid BennuOPEN ACCESS
Ann N. Nguyen, Laura B. Seifert, Kei Shimizu, Kathie Thomas-Keprta, Loan Le, Lindsay P. Keller, Simon J. Clemett, Zia Rahman, Jessica J. Barnes, Harold C. Connolly Jr. & Dante S. Lauretta Nature Astronomy, Published: 02…
Bio-essential sugars in samples from asteroid BennuOPEN ACCESS
Yoshihiro Furukawa, Sako Sunami, Yoshinori Takano, Toshiki Koga, Yuta Hirakawa, Yasuhiro Oba, Hiroshi Naraoka, Daisuke Saigusa, Takaaki Yoshikawa, Satoru Tanaka, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Harold C. Connolly Jr. & Dante S. Lauretta Nature…
Interstellar ices as carriers of supernova material to the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Martin Bizzarro, Martin Schiller, Jesper Holst, Laura Bouvier, Miroslav Groen, Frédéric Moynier, Elishevah M. M. E. van Kooten, Maria Schönbächler, Troels Haugbølle, Darach Watson, Anders Johansen, James N. Connelly & Emil Bizzarro Nature Communications, Volume…
Physicochemical Controls on the Compositions of the Earth and PlanetsOPEN ACCESS
Paolo A. Sossi, Remco C. Hin, Thorsten Kleine, Alessandro Morbidelli & Francis Nimmo Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 118, Published: 25 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Despite the fact that the…
Nondestructive analysis of Bennu samples toward comparative studies with Ryugu samplesOPEN ACCESS
Ryota Fukai, Masahiro Nishimura, Koki Yumoto, Yuichiro Cho, Yuta Shimizu, Moe Matsuoka, Eri Tatsumi, Soichiro Furukawa, Ryosuke Sakurai, Toru Yada, Kentaro Hatakeda, Kasumi Yogata, Yuma Enokido, Rui Tahara, Akiko Miyazaki, Seiya Kawasaki, Rei Kanemaru, Seiji…
Prebiotic organic compounds in samples of asteroid Bennu indicate heterogeneous aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Angel Mojarro, José C. Aponte, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila, Daniel P. Glavin, Harold C. Connolly Jr., and Dante S. Lauretta PNAS, 122 (49) e2512461122, November 24, 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NASA’s…
High precision Al-Mg dating of NWA 15118 challenges a primary anorthositic crust on VestaOPEN ACCESS
H. Ren, L. Fang, J.-A. Barrat, T.-H. Luu, J. Siebert, Y. Li, S. Li, Y. Liu, F. Moynier Geochemical Perspectives Letters, Version 38, Published 24 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A lunar-like magma…
Bennu and Ryugu constituents from samples IR analyses and potential source of terrestrial planets’ ingredientsOPEN ACCESS
C. Pilorget, T. Okada, J.-P. Bibring, D. Loizeau, K. Hatakeda, L. Nardelli, L. Riu, R. Sheppard, T. Jiang, M. Mahlke, R. Brunetto, D. Baklouti, R. Fukai, M. Abe, A. Aléon-Toppani, Y. Enokido, V. Hamm, S….
Assessing the metal and rare earth element mining potential of undifferentiated asteroids through the study of carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Pau Grèbol-Tomàs, Jordi Ibáñez-Insa, Jacinto Alonso-Azcárate, Maria Gritsevich Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Undifferentiated asteroids, particularly the parent bodies of carbon-rich chondrite groups,…
Micromechanical properties of Chang’e-5 lunar soil minerals: Comparison with meteorite and terrestrial analogs
Sijia Qiao, Lihui Li, Beixiu Huang, Heng-Ci Tian IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 November 2025 LINK “Highlights “The mechanical behavior of lunar materials holds significant engineering implications for lunar base construction and deep…
JAXA curation for Bennu samples returned by the NASA’s OSIRIS-REx missionOPEN ACCESS
Rui Tahara, Kentaro Hatakeda, Masahiro Nishimura, Kasumi Yogata, Ryota Fukai, Akiko Miyazaki, Toru Yada, Yuma Enokido, Masanao Abe, Seiya Kawasaki, Ryosuke Sakurai, Tatsuaki Okada, Cedric Pilorget, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Vincent Hamm, Lionel Lourit, Damien Loizeau, Lucie…
The late formation of chondrites as a consequence of Jupiter-induced gaps and ringsOPEN ACCESS
Baibhav Srivastava and André Izidoro Science Advances, 22 Oct 2025, Vol 11, Issue 43 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Accretion ages of the first planetesimals—parent bodies of magmatic iron meteorites—suggest that they formed within the…
Martian differentiation history inferred from copper isotopesOPEN ACCESS
De-Liang Wang, Dan Zhu, Ying-Kui Xu, Shui-Jiong Wang, Shi-Jie Li, Zi-Ru Liu, Yang Li, Zhi Li, Hong Tang, Xiong-Yao Li & Jian-Zhong Liu Nature Communications, Volume 16, article number 9298, Published: 21 October 2025 LINK…
Initial Conditions of Planet Formation: Time Constraints from Small Bodies and the Lifetime of Reservoirs in the Solar Protoplanetary DiskOPEN ACCESS
Maria Schönbächler, Audrey Bouvier, Noriko T. Kita & Thomas S. Kruijer Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 97, Published: 17 October 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This review explores the timescales of the…
Psyche Mission Description and Design RationaleOPEN ACCESS
Carol A. Polanskey, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, James F. Bell III, Eleanor K. Alonge, Sarah H. Bairstow, Richard P. Binzel, Abhijit Biswas, Luke Bury, Ernest Cisneros, Dongsuk Han, Insoo Jun, William M. Klipstein, David J. Lawrence,…
Elastic Properties of Returned Samples From Asteroid (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Keisuke Onodera, Yuta Ino, Satoshi Tanaka, Taichi Kawamura, Takuya Ishizaki, Rei Kanemaru, Ryota Fukai, Takeshi Tsuji, Tomoki Nakamura, Daisuke Nakashima, Masayuki Uesugi, Shogo Tachibana, Seiji Sugita, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hikaru Yabuta, Hiroshi…
Chromite in main group pallasite meteorites: Accessory mineral tracing planetesimal differentiationOPEN ACCESS
Seann J. McKibbin, Lutz Hecht, Matthew S. Huber, Christina Makarona, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Philippe Claeys, Steven Goderis MAPS, Version of Record online: 14 October 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Main group pallasite meteorites (PMG)…
Potassium-40 isotopic evidence for an extant pre-giant-impact component of Earth’s mantle
Da Wang, Nicole X. Nie, Bradley J. Peters, James M. D. Day, Steven B. Shirey & Richard W. Carlson Nature Geoscience, Published: 14 October 2025 LINK “Earth’s bulk composition has elemental and isotopic characteristics that…
The Noritic mineralogy of V- and S-type objects and the links with asteroid (4) VestaOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, A.Y.C. Wong, T.H. Burbine, E. MacLennan, R.C. Greenwood, S.L. Jackson, M. Anand, L.F. White, M.M. Grady Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 October 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Ungrouped…
Revisiting the oxygen fugacity of martian meteorites: implications for the redox history of the mantle of marsOPEN ACCESS
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Noble gases and nitrogen in material from asteroid BennuOPEN ACCESS
B. Marty, L. Zimmermann, E. Füri, D. V. Bekaert, J. J. Barnes, A. N. Nguyen, H. C. Connolly, D. S. Lauretta MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 October 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We…
3D SR-μXCT analysis for lithology detection: Application to Ryugu sample A0159OPEN ACCESS
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Protracted core formation and impact disruptions shaped the earliest outer Solar System planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
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Hayabusa2 extended mission target asteroid 1998 KY26 is smaller and rotating faster than previously knownOPEN ACCESS
T. Santana-Ros, P. Bartczak, K. Muinonen, A. Rożek, T. Müller, M. Hirabayashi, D. Farnocchia, M. Micheli, R. E. Cannon, M. Brozović, O. Hainaut, D. Oszkiewicz, A. K. Virkki, L. A. M. Benner, A. Campo Bagatin,…
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François L. H. Tissot, Christoph Burkhardt, Aleksandra Kuznetsova, Andreas Pack, Martin Schiller, Fridolin Spitzer, Elishevah M. M. E. Van Kooten & Teng Ee Yap Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 85, Published: 17 September…
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Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu
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Comparison of three proton irradiated meteorite samples to better understand the solar wind-based space weathering
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Chondrule formation by collisions of planetesimals containing volatiles triggered by Jupiter’s formationOPEN ACCESS
Sin-iti Sirono & Diego Turrini Scientific Reports, Volume 15, Article number: 30919, Published: 25 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules are spherical or subspherical particles of crystallized or partially crystallized liquid silicates that…
The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroidOPEN ACCESS
J. J. Barnes, A. N. Nguyen, F. A. J. Abernethy, K. Bajo, D. V. Bekaert, E. Bloch, G. A. Brennecka, H. Busemann, J. S. Cowpe, S. A. Crowther, M. Ek, L. J. Fawcett, M. A….
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Mineralogical evidence for hydrothermal alteration of Bennu samplesOPEN ACCESS
T. J. Zega, T. J. McCoy, S. S. Russell, L. P. Keller, Z. Gainsforth, S. A. Singerling, V. R. Manga, C. Harrison, G. Libourel, B. S. Prince, K. Thomas-Keprta, A. King, M. Portail, V. Guigoz,…
The Mineralogical Connection between M- and K-type Asteroids as Indicated by PolarimetryOPEN ACCESS
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Core metamorphism controls the dynamic habitability of mid-sized ocean worlds—The case of CeresOPEN ACCESS
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Statistical significance of meteorite-asteroid pairs using geocentric parametersOPEN ACCESS
P.M. Shober Accepted for publication in A&A, August 13, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Aims. We will test the statistical significance of meteorite-dropping fireballs and NEA clustering using the DN similarity function based on four geocentric…
Spectral Characteristics of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS from SOAR ObservationsOPEN ACCESS
Thomas H. Puzia, Rohan Rahatgaonkar, Juan Pablo Carvajal, Prasanta K. Nayak, Baltasar Luco revised and resubmitted to ApJL, draft version August 6, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Interstellar objects (ISOs) provide unique insights into the building…
Constraining oxygen isotope exchange kinetics between organic compounds and water using electrospray ionization Orbitrap mass spectrometry, and implications for the oxygen isotopic compositions of meteoritic organics
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Temporal Evolution of the Third Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Spin, Color, Spectra and Dust ActivityOPEN ACCESS
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Exploring impact vapor plume reactions from asteroidal impacts: Monte Carlo simulations and implications for biomolecules synthesisOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Ochiai, Shigeru Ida , Daigo Shoji IcarusAvailable online 29 July 2025, 116736 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “During a hypervelocity impact, both the impactor and target materials evaporate, generating an impact vapor plume…
Experimental constraints on the shock history of CI chondrites and Ryugu grainsOPEN ACCESS
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Amides from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Nanoscale spectral and isotopic characterizations
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Lucy Mission Search Plans for Activity around Its Jovian Trojan Flyby TargetsOPEN ACCESS
S. Alan Stern, Carly Howett, Neil Dello Russo, Harold A. Weaver, James F. Bell III, Dennis Reuter, Amy Simon, Hannah Kaplan, Keith Noll, John Spencer The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 7, Published 2025…
The Hera Space Mission in the Context of Small Near-Earth Asteroid Missions in the Past, Present and Future
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Spectroscopic Characterization of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: Water Ice in the ComaOPEN ACCESS
Bin Yang, Karen J. Meech, Michael Connelley, Jacqueline V. Keane submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, obtained with Gemini-S/GMOS and NASA IRTF/SpeX on 2025…
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Samuel L. Jackson, Joshua P. Emery, Benjamin Rozitis, Philip R. Christensen, John R. Spencer, Stefano Mottola, Victoria E. Hamilton, Carly J. A. Howett, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number…
Assessing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin TelescopeOPEN ACCESS
R. de la Fuente Marcos, J. Licandro, M. R. Alarcon, M Serra-Ricart, J. de Leon, C. de la Fuente Marcos, G. Lombardi, A. Tejero, A. Cabrera-Lavers, S. Guerra Arencibia, I. Ruiz Cejudo Submitted to A&A…
The evolution of planetesimal reservoirs revealed by Fe-Ni isotope anomalies in differentiated meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Fridolin Spitzer, Timo Hopp, Christoph Burkhardt, Nicolas Dauphas, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 667, 1 October 2025, Version of Record 14 July 2025. LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Differentiated meteorites sample planetesimals…
Refractory solid condensation detected in an embedded protoplanetary disk
M. K. McClure, Merel van’t Hoff, Logan Francis, Edwin Bergin, Will R. M. Rocha, J. A. Sturm, Daniel Harsono, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, John H. Black, J. A. Noble, D. Qasim & E. Dartois Nature,…
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….
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…
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)…
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…
Na, Ca carbonates in OSIRIS-REx samples: evidence for low-temperature, Na-bearing Brines on Bennu’s Parent BodyOPEN ACCESS
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Reorientation and despinning of 4 Vesta formed the Divalia FossaeOPEN ACCESS
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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…
Abiotic sugars in (162173) Ryugu and the primitive CI carbonaceous chondrite OrgueilOPEN ACCESS
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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…
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)…
What is Mars (not) made of? A joint isotopic, geochemical and geophysical analysis
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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…
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…
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
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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…
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…
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)…
Identifying LL Chondrite Near-Earth Asteroids Using LL Chondrite Reflectance SpectraOPEN ACCESS
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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…
Space weathering on the lunar nearside and farside constrained from Si isotopesOPEN ACCESS
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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…
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…
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