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
Christopher D.K. Herd, Sophie Benaroya Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 October 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We provide an updated compilation of oxygen fugacity (fO2) estimates for martian…
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
Léna Jossé, Zélia Dionnet, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Rosario Brunetto, Andrew King, Emmanuel Gardés, Eva Heripré, Damien Loizeau, Sasha Cryan, Kentaro Hatakeda MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 October 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Extraterrestrial breccia…
Protracted core formation and impact disruptions shaped the earliest outer Solar System planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Damanveer S. Grewal, Zhongtian Zhang, Varun Manilal, Thomas S. Kruijer, William F. Bottke, and Sarah T. Stewart Science Advances, 1 Oct 2025, Vol 11, Issue 40 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The distinct compositions of…
The depletion of the asteroid belt and the impact history of the Earth
Julio A. Fernández Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 September 2025 LINK “Highlights “We have evaluated the rate at which the asteroid belt is losing material, and how it splits between macroscopic bodies…
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,…
Infall and Disk Processes – the Message from MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
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…
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defenseOPEN ACCESS
Auriane Egal, Denis Vida, François Colas, Brigitte Zanda, Sylvain Bouley, Asma Steinhausser, Pierre Vernazza, Ludovic Ferrière, Jérôme Gattacceca, Mirel Birlan, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Karl Antier, Simon Anghel, Josselin Desmars, Kévin Baillié, Lucie Maquet, Sébastien Bouquillon, Adrien…
Using carbon isotopes to trace the origin of volatiles on Earth and Mars
Damanveer S. Grewal, Sujoy Mukhopadhay Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 12 September 2025 LINK “The distinct accretionary histories of Earth and Mars – with Earth experiencing protracted growth and small contributions from outer solar system…
Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Takazo Shibuya, Takehito Hayakawa, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Ikshu Gautam, Makiko K. Haba, Kengo T. M. Ito, Yuki Hibiya, Akira Yamaguchi, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo,…
A collisional history of the L chondrite parent bodies
Mathieu Roskosz, Béatrice Doisneau, Etienne Deloule, Guillaume Fiquet, Marco Delbo & Matthieu Gounelle Nature Astronomy, Published: 05 September 2025 LINK “L chondrites are some of the most common meteorites retrieved on Earth. Their Ar–Ar collision…
Comparison of three proton irradiated meteorite samples to better understand the solar wind-based space weathering
D. Rezes, I. Gyollai, S. Biri, K. Fintor, Z. Juhász, R. Rácz, B. Sulik, M. Szabó, Á. Kereszturi MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 September 2025 LINK “This paper presents the results of proton irradiation…
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….
Space weathering effects in Bennu asteroid samplesOPEN ACCESS
L. P. Keller, M. S. Thompson, L. B. Seifert, L. E. Melendez, K. L. Thomas-Keprta, L. Le, C. J. Snead, K. C. Welten, K. Nishiizumi, M. W. Caffee, J. Masarik, H. Busemann, D. Krietsch, C….
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
Joseph R. Masiero, Yuna G. Kwon, Elena Selmi and Manaswi Kondapally The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 8, Published 20 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Polarimetry has the capacity to provide a…
Core metamorphism controls the dynamic habitability of mid-sized ocean worlds—The case of CeresOPEN ACCESS
Samuel W. Courville, Julie C. Castillo-Rogez, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Jordyn Robare, and Joseph G. O’Rourke Science Advances20 Aug 2025Vol 11, Issue 34 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ceres’s surface mineralogy and density structure indicate an…
Rotational Light Curve, phase, and visible colors of (52246) Donaldjohanson throughout Lucy Mission Flyby
A.C. Souza-Feliciano, F.L. Rommel, B.E. Morgado, L.M. Catani Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 August 2025 LINK ” Highlights “The main belt asteroid (52246) Donaldjohanson was visited on April 20th of 2025 by…
JWST Spectroscopy of (142) Polana: Connection to NEAs (101955) Bennu and (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Anicia Arredondo, Tracy M. Becker, Maggie M. McAdam, Andrew S. Rivkin, Stephanie Jarmak and Ian Wong The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 8, Published: 18 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The new…
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
Surjyendu Bhattacharjee, John M. Eiler Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 5 August 2025 LINK “Oxygen isotopic composition of organic compounds is an important tracer of processes and environmental conditions, with applications ranging from prebiotic organic…
Temporal Evolution of the Third Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS: Spin, Color, Spectra and Dust ActivityOPEN ACCESS
T. Santana-Ros, O. Ivanova, S. Mykhailova, N. Erasmus, K. Kamiński, D. Oszkiewicz, T. Kwiatkowski, M. Husárik, T.S. Ngwane, A. Penttilä Astronomy & Astrophysics, Letter to the Editor, manuscript, August 4, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We…
Identification of hydroandradite in CM carbonaceous chondrites: A product of calc-silicate alteration on C-complex asteroids
Laura E. Jenkins, Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Ashley J. King, Peter Chung, Sammy Griffin, Shijie Li American Mineralogist (2025) 110 (8): 1238–1248 LINK “A hydrous Ca-Fe-rich silicate identified as hydroandradite was observed in the…
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
Toru Nakahashi, Masaaki Miyahara, Akira Yamaguchi, Takamichi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Yusa, Masashi Miyakawa, Naotaka Tomioka, Yuto Takaki, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Yusuke Seto LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlight “C-type asteroids, which…
Amides from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Nanoscale spectral and isotopic characterizations
L. G. Vacher, V. T. H. Phan, L. Bonal, M. Iskakova, O. Poch, P. Beck, E. Quirico, R. C. Ogliore MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 July 2025 LINK “C-type asteroids, such as asteroid (162173)…
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
Patrick Michel, Michael Küppers, Alan Fitzsimmons, Simon Green, Monica Lazzarin, Stephan Ulamec, Paul Abell, Seiji Sugita, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Benoit Carry, Sébastien Charnoz, Julia de León, Fabio Ferrari, Alain Hérique, Martin Jutzi, Özgür Karatekin, Tomas…
Abundant microchondrules in 162173 Ryugu suggest a turbulent origin for primitive asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthias van Ginneken, Lewis Pinault, Tobias Salge, Penelope J. Wozniakiewicz, Hajime Yano & Steven J. Desch Nature Communications, Volume 16, Article number: 6466 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules…
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…
Thermal-IR Observations of (152830) Dinkinesh during the Lucy Mission FlybyOPEN ACCESS
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
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…
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
Protoplanetary cores drove chondrule formationOPEN ACCESS
Mohamad Ali-Dib, Craig Walton resubmitted to MNRAS in February 2025 after revision (preprint 21 Mars 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules are small spherical objects that formed at high temperatures early in the history of the…
An overview of the petrography and petrology of particles from aggregate sample from asteroid BennuOPEN ACCESS
Harold C. Connolly Jr, Dante S. Lauretta, Timothy J. McCoy, Sara S. Russell, Pierre Haenecour, Anjani Polit, Jessica J. Barnes, Thomas J. Zega, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Kevin Righter, Guy Libourel, Marc Portail, Vincent Guigoz,…
Comparison of the earliest NC and CC planetesimals: Evidence from ungrouped iron meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Fridolin Spitzer, Christoph Burkhardt, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Update (24 March 2025): Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotope anomalies in meteorites reveal a fundamental dichotomy between non-carbonaceous- (NC) and…
NH-rich organic compounds from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu: nanoscale spectral and isotopic characterizationsOPEN ACCESS
L. G. Vacher, V. T. H. Phan, L. Bonal, M. Iskakova, O. Poch, P. Beck, E. Quirico, R. C. Ogliore Submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science – December 26, 2024 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The detection…
A Pre-flyby View on the Origin of Asteroid Donaldjohanson, a Target of the NASA Lucy MissionOPEN ACCESS
Simone Marchi, David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke, Josef Ďurech and Harold F. Levison The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 3 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) PDF 2 (OPEN ACCESS) “The NASA Lucy…
Review of asteroid, meteor, and meteorite-type linksOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix MAPS, Version of Record online:17 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “With the goal to determine the origin of our meteorites in the asteroid belt, video and photographic…
Planetesimal Impact Vapor Plumes and Nebular Shocks form Chondritic MixturesOPEN ACCESS
Sarah T. Stewart, Simon J. Lock, Philip J. Carter, Erik J. Davies, Michail I. Petaev, Stein B. Jacobsen draft, accepted March 7, 2025, submitted to The Planetary Science Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update: The Planetary…
Stress analysis of asteroids during atmospheric entry and implications for the breakup criterion
Théo A. Rulko, Aaditya Rau, Grégoire Chomette, Lorien Wheeler, Donovan Mathias , Jessie Dotson, Raúl Radovitzky Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 March 2025 LINK “Highlights “Observations of asteroid fragmentation upon atmospheric entry…
Measuring the Effects of Regolith Porosity on Mid-IR Spectra of the Allende MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Lonnie D. Dausend, Audrey C. Martin and Joshua P. Emery The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 3, Published: 4 March 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mid-infrared (MIR; 5–35 μm) spectroscopy of laboratory meteorites…
The mystery of the missing mantle problem and insights from spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, S.L. Jackson, T.J. Burbine, R.C. Greenwood, E.M. MacLennan, L.F. White, S.S. Russell, M. Anand, M.M. Grady IcarusAvailable online 11 February 2025, 116506 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Differentiation of planetesimals results in…
Enrichment of moderately volatile elements in first-generation planetesimals of the inner Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Damanveer S. Grewal, Surjyendu Bhattacharjee, Bidong Zhang, Nicole X. Nie, and Yoshinori Miyazaki Science Advances5 Feb 2025Vol 11, Issue 6 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The depletion of moderately volatile elements (MVEs) in terrestrial planets…
A primitive asteroid that lived fast and died young sampled by a xenolith in the Cold Bokkeveld CM2 carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Cameron J. Floyd, Robin Haller, Sammy Griffin MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 February 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Xenoliths in carbonaceous chondrites include lithologies that are unrepresented in the meteorite…
The Gefion Asteroid Family: Parent Body Puzzles and Ordinary Chondrite PiecesOPEN ACCESS
Allison McGraw, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A Sanchez Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Published: 24 January 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid families provide critical clues to the nature of their original parent…
Long-term Spectral Monitoring of Active Asteroid (6478) Gault: Implications for the H Chondrite Parent BodyOPEN ACCESS
Adam Battle, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, Neil Pearson, Benjamin N. L. Sharkey and Theodore Kareta The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, Published: 31 January 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Active asteroid…
Low thermal inertia of (162173) Ryugu a result of horizontal cracks in bouldersOPEN ACCESS
Maximilian Hamm, Moritz Strauß, Matthias Grott, Jörg Knollenberg, Robert Luther, Jens Biele, Hiroki Senshu IcarusAvailable online 30 January 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Observations of the diurnal variations of the surface temperature of…
Timescales of Solar System Formation Based on Al–Ti Isotope Correlation by Supernova EjectaOPEN ACCESS
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Yuki Hibiya, Satoshi Yoshihara, and Takehito Hayakawa The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 979, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The radioactive decay of short-lived 26Al–26Mg has been used to estimate the timescales…
Benford’s Law: applications to chondrules and refractory inclusionsOPEN ACCESS
Jake Grodner, Alan E. Rubin Discover Space, Volume 129, article number 2, 22 January 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Benford’s Law is a scale- and base-invariant probability distribution wherein smaller numerals occur more often…
Iron and copper sulfides in asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Formation conditions and a comparison to the CI and CY chondritesOPEN ACCESS
C. S. Harrison, A. J. King, R. H. Jones, S. S. Russell, T. Nakamura, H. Yurimoto, T. Noguchi, R. Okazaki, H. Yabuta, H. Naraoka, K. Sakamoto, S. Tachibana, T. Yada, M. Nishimura, A. Nakato, A….
Implications of Differentiated Late Accretion for the Volatile Inventory of the Bulk Silicate EarthOPEN ACCESS
Damanveer S. Grewal and Varun Manilal The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Earth is believed to have acquired its highly siderophile element (HSE) inventory through the late accretion…
A chondritic Martian mantle revealed by the heavy noble gas composition of the chassignite NWA 8694
Sandrine Péron, Sujoy Mukhopadhyay Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 January 2025 LINK “Accretion of volatile elements is a critical step to make a planet habitable. It is often assumed that…
Metal differentiation on asteroids recorded in Zn and Fe isotopic signatures of ureilitesOPEN ACCESS
S.M. Chernonozhkin, L. Pittarello, G. Hublet, S. Weyer, I. Horn, P. Claeys, V. Debaille, F. Vanhaecke, S. Goderis Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V.33, 38–43, Published 03 January 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ureilites are meteorites…
Petrologic characterization of CO3.0 chondrites: Implications for 60Fe-60Ni analysesOPEN ACCESS
Myriam Telus, Tyler D. Wickland, Kyle Kim, Steven Simon MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 January 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples in which Fe and Ni isotopes have not been disturbed by secondary…
Early Solar System Turbulence Constrained by High Oxidation States in the Oldest Noncarbonaceous PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Teng Ee Yap, Konstantin Batygin and François L. H. Tissot The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Early solar system (SS) planetesimals constitute the parent bodies of most meteorites…
Ureilite precursor formation from an isotopically and chemically heterogeneous, isolated protoplanetary disk reservoirOPEN ACCESS
Pascal M. Kruttasch, Karen Ziegler, Julian-Christopher Storck, Nicolas D. Greber, Aryavart Anand, Klaus Mezger Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 652, 15 February 2025, 119179 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Isotopic and chemical compositions of…
Equilibrium condensation of a solar composition gas, revisited: The anorthite effect
Glenn J. MacPherson, Michail I. Petaev Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 31 December 2024 LINK “New full equilibrium condensation calculations for a hot gas of solar composition show that anorthite condenses prior to forsterite at…
Two isotopically distinct populations of refractory inclusions in the EHa3 chondrite Sahara 97072 – Significance for understanding the evolution of the CAI-formation regionOPEN ACCESS
Samuel Ebert, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 December 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The nature of isotopic differences between ‘normal’ Ca,Al-rich inclusions…
Methylene-to-methyl ratio variability in Ryugu samples: Clues to a heterogeneous aqueous alteration
Zélia Dionnet, Zahia Djouadi, Lukas Delaye, Lucas Caron, Rosario Brunetto, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Cateline Lantz, Stefano Rubino, Donia Baklouti, Tomoki Nakamura, Ferenc Borondics, Christophe Sandt, Megumi Matsumoto, Kana Amano, Tomoyo Morita, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji…
The curious case of the missing mantle: How carbonaceous chondrites may confound the spectral identification of partially differentiated asteroids
C.D. Schultz, R.E. Milliken Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 December 2024 LINK “The scarcity of olivine-rich mantle material in meteorite collections and asteroid spectra, known as the “Missing Mantle Conundrum,” challenges our…
The extent of liquid immiscibility in planetesimal coresOPEN ACCESS
G.D. Bromiley, M. Varnam, H. Terasaki, T. Komabayashi, J. Barosch Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V33Published: 26 November 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report results of experiments in the system Fe0.9Ni0.1, S, P, C, O,…
Remnants of a lost Planetesimal: Searching for the Angrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, S.L. Jackson, T.H. Burbine, L.F. White, R.C. Greenwood, E.M. MacLennan, M. Anand, A. Yamaguchi, M.M. Grady IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 December 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “It is…
JWST sighting of decameter main-belt asteroids and view on meteorite sources
Artem Y. Burdanov, Julien de Wit, Miroslav Brož, Thomas G. Müller, Tobias Hoffmann, Marin Ferrais, Marco Micheli, Emmanuel Jehin, Daniel Parrott, Samantha N. Hasler, Richard P. Binzel, Elsa Ducrot, Laura Kreidberg, Michaël Gillon, Thomas P….
Comment on “Did the terrestrial planets of the Solar System form by pebble accretion?”OPEN ACCESS
PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Anders Johansen, Peter Olson, Zachary Sharp “Morbidelli, Kleine & Nimmo (2024) (MKN) recently published a critical analysis on whether the terrestrial planets in the Solar System formed by rapid pebble accretion or…
Chondrule formation indicates protracted growth of giant planet cores
M.D. Cashion, B.C. Johnson, R. Deienno, K.A. Kretke, K.J. Walsh, A.N. Krot IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 November 2024 LINK “Highlights “Chondrules, igneous spherules found in most meteorites, formed throughout the protoplanetary disk,…
Grain Size Effects on Visible and Near-infrared (0.35–2.5 μm) Laboratory Spectra of Rare Meteorite ClassesOPEN ACCESS
K. I. Ridenhour, V. Reddy, A. Battle, D. Cantillo, N. C. Pearson and J. A. Sanchez The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 11 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Linking near-Earth asteroids to associated meteorites…
Zirconium isotope composition indicatess-process depletion in samples returned from asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Maria Schönbächler, Manuela A. Fehr, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Ikshu Gautam, Nao Nakanishi, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo, Martin Bizzarro, Audrey Bouvier, Richard W. Carlson, Marc Chaussidon, Byeon-Gak Choi, Nicolas…
Timing of crustal reworking on Mars inferred from the Lu-Hf isotope systematics of igneous clasts in NWA 7533OPEN ACCESS
Ninna K. Jensen, Alexander A. Nemchin, Gavin Kenny, Martin J. Whitehouse, James N. Connelly, Takashi Mikouchi, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 November 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Understanding the Effects of Micrometeoroid Bombardment on Graphite-rich Mercury Analogs through Laboratory Experiments and Electron Microscopy AnalysisOPEN ACCESS
Nicolas Bott, Michelle S. Thompson, Mark J. Loeffler, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden and Francis M. McCubbin The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 11, Published: 18 November 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Space weathering…
Sodium carbonates on Ryugu as evidence of highly saline water in the outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Toru Matsumoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Megumi Matsumoto, Toru Yada, Masayuki Uesugi, Masahiro Yasutake, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Hayato Yuzawa, Takuji Ohigashi & Tohru Araki Nature Astronomy, Published: 18 November 2024 LINK (OPEN…
Did the terrestrial planets of the Solar System form by pebble accretion?OPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Morbidelli, Thorsten Kleine, Francis Nimmo In press as a Frontier paper in Earth and Planetary Science Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The dominant accretion process leading to the formation of the terrestrial planets of the…
Tracing the origin of volatiles on Earth using nitrogen isotope ratios in iron meteorites
Damanveer S. Grewal, Surjyendu Bhattacharjee, Gabriel-Darius Mardaru, Paul D. Asimow Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 November 2024 LINK “Understanding the relationships between the nitrogen (N) isotope ratios of early solar…
Calcium isotope evidence for the formation of early condensates in the Solar System from unmixed reservoirs with distinct nucleosynthetic originsOPEN ACCESS
Yuki Masuda, Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro, Tetsuya Yokoyama Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 November 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Calcium-aluminum rich inclusions (CAIs) are the oldest condensates in the…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
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- Hassi Khebi 003 (Howardite-melt breccia)
- Hassi Khebi 002 (Diogenite-pm)
- Northwest Africa 17888 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 2916 (Eucrite-br)
- Gadoufaoua 001 (L3)
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