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…
Description and modeling of the Jiddat al Harasis 091 L5 strewn fieldOPEN ACCESS
Karl Wimmer, Edwin Gnos, Beda Hofmann, Sandro Boschetti, Jan Walbrecker, Hansruedi Maurer MAPS, First published: 02 December 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “With a size of 51.2 × 7.2 km, the 10.9 ± 1.7 ka old Jiddat al Harasis 091…
Nakhlite Emplacement as Constrained by X-Ray Computed Tomography and 3D Quantitative Textural and Petrofabric AnalysesOPEN ACCESS
Sierra R. Ramsey, Piper Irvin, Arya Udry, Scott A. Eckley, Amanda Ostwald, Richard A. Ketcham JGR Planets, First published: 30 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nakhlites, clinopyroxene-rich rocks, are the largest single-origin suite…
Xieite: A high-pressure polymorph of chromite in the Kopargaon ordinary chondrite
Monotrisha Dey, Amit Mandal Journal of Earth System ScienceVolume 134, article number 238, Published: 29 November 2025 LINK “Kopargaon ordinary chondrite, a monomict fragmented breccia, was recorded as a recent meteorite fall reported from Kopargaon…
The moon’s formation time recorded in lunar mare basalts
Mu-Han Yang, Qian W.L. Zhang, Richard W. Carlson, Bi-Wen Wang, Dongjian Ouyang, Qiu-Li Li IcarusAvailable online 27 November 2025, 116889 LINK “Highlights “The Moon’s formation time is a key factor for understanding the early evolution…
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…
Mesosiderite formation via accreting a partially solidified metal planetesimal: Evidence from Dong Ujimqin Qi
Jingyou Chen, Ying Wang, Shiyong Liao, Le Zhang, Pengli He, Lei Jin, Yuri Amelin, Yi-Gang Xu MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 November 2025 LINK “Mesosiderites are widely believed to have originated from a metal-silicate…
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…
The Moon-forming impactor Theia originated from the inner Solar System
Timo Hopp, Nicolas Dauphas, Maud Boyet, Seth A. Jacobson, and Thorsten Kleine Science, Vol 390, Issue 6775, pp. 819-823 (20 November 2025) LINK “The Moon formed from a giant impact of a planetary body, called…
Kindberg, the fifth meteorite fall in Austria: A weakly shocked L6 chondrite breccia with high-pressure phasesOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Maximilian P. Reitze, Julia Roszjar, Markus Patzek, Jean-Alix Barrat, Jasper Berndt, Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack, Iris Weber MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A bright…
The Qingzhen reaction, a fine-grained mineral assemblage associated with djerfisherite in some EH3 chondrites: Alteration on the EH parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Peter Mc Ardle, Rhian H. Jones, Luke Daly, Romain Tartèse, Patricia L. Clay, Brian O’Driscoll, Ray Burgess, William Smith, Colin How, Lewis Hughes MAPS, Version of Record online: 19 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Remanent crustal strain on Mars in non-poikilitic olivine of NWA 7721OPEN ACCESS
Yaozhu Li, Szilvia Kalácska, Phil McCausland, Roberta L. Flemming, Callum Hetherington, Bo Zhao, Can Yildirim, Carsten Detlefs PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a multiscale microstructural analysis of olivine from the non-poikilitic lithology of the poikilitic…
OKULOVKA / Окуловка (prov.) meteorite fall (~413-500 g in fragments, LL6, S2) in Okulovka (Окуловка), Novgorod region, Russia at 3:32:13-3:32:44 UTC on 27 October 2025
Last update: 22 November (13:00 CET) On 8 November the first ad of a found meteorite was published on the Russian classified ad website Avito. One meteorite mass (~413-500 g) shattered a flat red tin…
High-energy impact and vapor recondensation history of the angrite parent body revealed by nickel isotopes
Ke Zhu, Akira Yamaguchi, Paolo A. Sossi, Audrey Bouvier, Lu Chen, and Peng Ni PNAS, November 10, 2025, 122 (46) e2519759122 LINK “The angrite parent body (APB) is the most volatile-depleted among known differentiated bodies…
Sulfur-bearing serpentine in carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
N. Topping, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, L. Petera, C. S. Allen, J. Ryu, D. G. Hopkinson, M. Danaie, L. Blase, F. M. Willcocks, G. Douglas, H. G. Changela, T. Noguchi, T. Matsumoto, A….
Parent body processing and constraints on an IAB iron connection from Re-Os isotopes and highly siderophile element abundances in winonaites
Xinmu J. Zhang, James M.D. Day, Robert W. Nicklas, Yash Srivastava Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 November 2025 LINK “Winonaites are a group of primitive achondrites with broadly chondritic…
Lunar spinel-bearing troctolitic anorthosite NWA 12279 meteorite: Linking petrology, mineralogy and spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
Hongyi Chen, Jiankai Zhou, Lanfang Xie, Jinyu Zhang, Zhipeng Xia Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 November 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Mg-suite lithologies, particularly pink spinel-bearing rocks, provide critical insights…
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…
Controls on the petrologic type of CM carbonaceous chondrites evaluated by geochemical equilibrium modellingOPEN ACCESS
Robin L. Haller, Martin R. Lee MAPS, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 October 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The most abundant group of carbonaceous chondrites are the Mighei-like (CM) meteorites, and they…
Petrography and isotopic studies of refractory inclusions and Al-rich chondrules in Semarkona, ALHA81251, and Chainpur unequilibrated ordinary chondrites
Ritesh Kumar Mishra, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas, Justin Ibrahim Simon, Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve MAPS, First published: 28 October 2025 LINK “Ordinary, enstatite, and Rumuruti type have the lowest abundance of refractory inclusions amongst chondritic meteorites….
Spectroscopy of the Hamburg Meteorite, Michigan H4OPEN ACCESS
M. Darby Dyar, Laura B. Breitenfeld, Melissa D. Lane, Timothy Glotch, Roger Clark, Neil Pearson, Elizabeth C. Sklute, Molly C. McCanta, Amanda J. Hendrix, Brandon Weller The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 10, Published…
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…
Features of Degassing of the Carbonaceous Chondrite Dar al Gani 190 (CO3) in the Temperature Range 200–800°C
S. A. Voropaev, N. V. Dushenko, A. P. Krivenko, V. S. Fedulov & K. M. Ryazantsev Solar System Research, Volume 59, article number 90, Published: 22 October 2025 LINK “The degassing of material from 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…
Impactor relics of CI-like chondrites in Chang’e-6 lunar samples
Jintuan Wang, Zhiming Chen, Zexian Cui, Qing Yang, Le Zhang, Pengli He, Jingyou Chen, Chengyuan Wang, Yan-Qiang Zhang, Jiangze Wang, Yonghua Cao, James W. Head III, Hugh O’Neill, Akira Tsuchiyama, Yuri Amelin, Maxwell M. Thiemens,…
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…
26Al-26Mg isotope systematics of Ca-Al-rich inclusions and Al-rich chondrules in carbonaceous unequilibrated chondrite Yamato 81020
Ritesh Kumar Mishra MAPS, Version of Record online: 15 October 2025 LINK “Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), amoeboid-olivine aggregates (AOAs), and chondrules from the lowest petrographic type unequilibrated chondrites hold the potential to provide the best-preserved records…
A sub-chondritic nickel stable isotope composition of MarsOPEN ACCESS
Ke Zhu, Martijn Klaver, Wei-Biao Hsu, Harry Becker, Lu Chen, Qi Chen Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 14 October 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “To understand accretion and differentiation of Mars, we report high-precision…
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)…
On the discovery of meteoritic mineral Zolenskyite; The artificial origin should not be overlookedOPEN ACCESS
Boutros Pierre Embaid Submitted to journal for peer review, feedback is welcome and appreciated PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recently a new meteoritic mineral, Zolenskyite (Fe0.99Mn0.04Ca0.01Cr1.99S3.98), was discovered from the Indarch meteorite. Zolenskyite was structurally indexed as…
History of individual presolar SiC grains revealed by stellar windsOPEN ACCESS
Ken-ichi Bajo, Tatsuki Izumi, Yuta Otsuki, Sachiko Amari & Hisayoshi Yurimoto Nature Communications, Volume 16, Article number: 8976 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, which are evolved low- to intermediate-mass stars,…
Complexity of the NWA 773 Clan: New Evidence from Lunar Olivine Gabbro NWA 6950
Qi He, Long Xiao, Ioannis Baziotis, Xiaochao Che, Yuqi Qian & Jiawei Zhao Journal of Earth ScienceVolume 36, pages 2224–2239, Published: 13 October 2025 LINK “NWA 6950 is a type of cumulate gabbro meteorite that…
Petrology and Geochemistry of Poikilitic Shergottite Northwest Africa 1950: bridging the gap between depleted and intermediate sources in Martian Mantle
Varsha M. Nair, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, G.N.S. Sree Bhuvan, T. Vijaya Kumar, Nilanjana Sorcar, Sneha Mukherjee, E.V.S.S.K. Babu, Jyotiranjan S. Ray Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 October 2025 LINK…
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…
Jatilaba (prov.) meteorite fall in Jatilaba, Margasari District, Tegal Regency, Central Java, Indonesia at ~6:35:28 pm WIB (~11:35:28 UTC) on 5 October 2025
Last update: 16 November 2025 (15:40 CET) At around 6:35:28 pm WIB (~11:35:28 UTC) on 5 October 2025 a ~1.25-kilogram meteorite (probably an ordinary chondrite) fell in the yard next to Ibu Nur’s house in…
The fall of the Haag (LL4-6) chondrite breccia—Just 8 years after the nearby fall Stubenberg (LL6)OPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Jean-Alix Barrat, Stig Bartel, Jasper Berndt, Henner Busemann, Tommaso Di Rocco, Mattias Ek, Manuela A. Fehr, Dieter Heinlein, Daniela Krietsch, Björn Lehnert, Colin Maden, Oscar Marchhart, Martin Martschini, Silke Merchel, Andreas…
A New Meteorite Fall from Khalwat-Limgaon Village of Wadwani Taluka in Beed District, MaharashtraOPEN ACCESS
Aditya Das, Bhalamurugan Sivaraman, Dwijesh Ray, K. K. Marhas, Anil D. Shukla, Anil Bhardwaj Journal of the Geological Society of IndiaVolume 101, Number 1001 October 2025Received: 21 May 2025, Revised form accepted: 5 September 2025…
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…
Consolidating the isotopic trichotomy of planetary materials with new evidenceOPEN ACCESS
E. Siciliano Rego, N. Dauphas, T. Hopp Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V37, Received 4 June 2025, Accepted 29 August 2025, Published 2 October 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in planetary materials reveal…
Possible fingerprints of low-intensity, multiple impacts in the magnetic fabric of some carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Balázs Bradák ,Yusuke Seto, Sena Toyonaga, Ákos Kereszturi & Martin Chadima Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, Published: 02 October 2025 LINK “The study of meteorites’ magnetic fabric may provide information on various stages of material evolution…
Sulfide–Metal Assemblages on CR2 Chondrule Rims: Products of Nebular Fission–Sulfidization and Parent Body Oxidation–SerpentinizationOPEN ACCESS
S. A. Singerling, A. J. Brearley MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 October 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We conducted a scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) study of sulfide–metal assemblages…
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…
Petrography of phosphates in CI and CY carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
C. S. Harrison, A. J. King, R. H. Jones, L. Piani MAPS, Version of Record online: 26 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Phosphate minerals are significant carriers of volatiles (e.g., OH) and halogens…
Investigation and reclassification of four mesosiderites—Implications for their formationOPEN ACCESS
Gabriel Zachén, Carl Alwmark, Sanna Alwmark, Ludovic Ferrière, Roger H. Hewins MAPS, Version of Record online: 26 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mesosiderites are rare, differentiated meteorites, so-called stony-iron meteorites—they are impact breccias…
Fe isotopes in sulfides in the Aguas Zarcas (CM2) chondrite: Implications for the history of the parent asteroids
Xinqian Zhu, Xinyu Wang, Cheng Qian, Kexin Deng, Qi He, Zaicong Wang, Wen Zhang, Ao Yang, Fabin Pan & Xiang Wu Acta Geochimica, Published: 23 September 2025 LINK “CM chondrites contain valuable insights into the…
Phosphates in the Impact Associations of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
V. V. Sharygin Geochemistry International, Volume 63, pages 778–799, Published: 23 September 2025 LINK “Na–Fe and Na–Ca–Mg–Fe phosphates were found in the impact melt associations of the Chelyabinsk meteorite (Chebarkul fragment). They drastically differ in…
Carbonaceous Chondrite Clast Captured in Collision Event by the Elga Iron Meteorite (Group IIE)
N. R. Khisina, S. N. Teplyakova, A. V. Korochantsev & A. M. Abdrakhimov Geochemistry International, Volume 63, pages 848–859, Published: 23 September 2025 LINK “A melt pocket (MP) found in only one of the silicate…
Thermodynamic Properties of Oxide Compounds Occurring in Ca–Al-Rich Inclusions
S. I. Shornikov Geochemistry International, Volume 63, pages 810–836, Published: 23 September 2025 LINK “Based on the analysis of experimental evidence on the high-temperature thermodynamic properties of oxide compounds occurring in Ca–Al-rich inclusions of chondrites,…
What falls versus what we recover: Quantifying search and recovery bias for orbital meteorites
Patrick M. Shober, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Eleanor K. Sansom, Sophie E. Deam, Simon Anghel, Francois Colas, Pierre Vernazza, Brigitte Zanda MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 September 2025 LINK “Instrumentally determined pre-atmospheric…
Ge, Te, and Zn isotopic link between Ryugu and CI chondritesOPEN ACCESS
E. Wölfer, J. Hellmann, C. Burkhardt, T. Kleine Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V37, Received 12 May 2025, Accepted 15 August 2025, Published 17 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Analyses of samples returned from asteroid…
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…
Olivine–ringwoodite transformation in Katol meteorite: implications for localized superheating of chondritic melt and seismic attenuationOPEN ACCESS
Kishan Tiwari, Sujoy Ghosh, Masaaki Miyahara & Dwijesh Ray Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 12, article number 81 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Constraining the superheating of impact melt offers insights into the…
High field strength elements in chondrites and their refractory componentsOPEN ACCESS
C. Münker, M. Pfeifer, V. Krisponeit, F. Wombacher Geochemical Perspectives Letters V36Received 8 January 2025 | Accepted 30 June 2025 | Published 10 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In geochemistry and cosmochemistry, chondrites…
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…
Trace element analyses of plagioclase from troctolite 76535 and implications for the petrogenesis of the lunar highlands Mg-suite
Isaiah Spring, Ananya Mallik, Jason Kirk, Pranabendu Moitra, Richard Hervig, Lars Borg MAPS, Version of Record online: 09 September 2025 LINK “We used trace element analyses of plagioclase from Mg-suite troctolite 76535 to estimate the…
Löpönvaara: A new phosphorus-rich iron meteorite from FinlandOPEN ACCESS
Laura Kotomaa, Markku Väisänen, Jussi S. Heinonen, Ermei Mäkilä, Hugh O’Brien, Arto Peltola MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Löpönvaara is a rare new phosphorus-rich iron meteorite find…
In situ Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes of lunar basaltic meteorite NWA 14526: Implications for the generation of young mare basalts
Le Zhang, Zexian Cui, Zhiming Chen, Qing Yang, Jingyou Chen, Ya-Nan Yang, Pengli He, Haiyang Xian, Chengyuan Wang, Jintuan Wang, Yan-Qiang Zhang, Yi-Gang Xu MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 September 2025 LINK “This study…
The nature and formation of silica minerals in eucrite meteorites: Insight into the protoplanetary magma crystallizationOPEN ACCESS
Rei Kanemaru, Akira Yamaguchi, Naoya Imae, Ryoga Maeda, Makoto Kimura, Kenji Horie, Takashi Mikouchi, Masaaki Miyahara, Masahiro Yasutake, Atsushi Takenouchi, Haruka Ono, Aiko Nakato, Junko Isa, Tomohiro Usui, Hirotsugu Nishido MAPS, Version of Record online:…
Placing asteroid Bennu’s organic solids in molecular and elemental context with those in aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrites
George D. Cody, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Robert M. Hazen, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Yoshihiro Furakawa, Toshiki Koga, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In…
A statistical investigation into relationships between the IIE irons and the ordinary, F and “HH” chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Rachel S. Kirby, Penelope L. King, Andrew G. Tomkins MAPS, Version of Record online: 05 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “It has been proposed that IIE iron meteorites formed through impact processes on…
Delivery of carbonaceous materials to the Moon
Linxi Li, Mengfan Qiu, Sen Hu, Hejiu Hui c, Yi Chen a d, Qiu-Li Li, Wei Yang, Yuyang He, Shitou Wu, Hao Wang, Guoqiang Tang, Di Zhang, Lihui Jia, Lixin Gu, Huicun He, Yubing Gao,…
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…
Isotopic analysis of tochilinite (carbonate and magnetite) in Winchcombe: Temperature constraints on early-stage aqueous alteration in the CM parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
M. D. Suttle, R. Findlay, I. A. Franchi, C. Biagioni, X. Zhao, F. A. J. Abernethy, L. Riches, L. Folco MAPS, Version of Record online: 03 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report…
Redox evolutions of planetary mantle reservoirs constrained by titanium isotopesOPEN ACCESS
Zhengbin Deng, Katrine Nikolajsen, Martin Schiller, Lu Pan, Wenzhong Wang & Martin Bizzarro Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 731 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The oxygen fugacity (hereafter referred as fO2) of…
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…
Interrogating leaching procedures of meteorites for triple oxygen isotope analyses
Riley Havel, Daniel E. Ibarra, Rainer Bartoschewitz, Gerrit Budde MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 September 2025 LINK “Triple oxygen isotope analyses of meteorites are a fundamental tool for classifying meteorites and investigating early solar…
Century-Scale Effect of Climate Change on Meteorite FallsOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Denis Vida, Ingrid Cnossen, Esteban Ferrer Accepted in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 27 August 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (9 September 2025): MAPS LINK (OPEN ACCESS) / PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Climate change is…
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…
Constraints on the fluid alteration of Nakhla meteorite inferred from Fe-rich phyllosilicate characterization
Isabella Pignatelli, Enrico Mugnaioli, Yves Marrocchi, Luigi Folco MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 August 2025 LINK “The Nakhla Martian meteorite is known to contain secondary minerals, in particular phyllosilicates, that have recorded the conditions…
Updating the Urey-Craig diagram: The iron redox states of the building blocks of the outer solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Kana Amano, Jean-Christophe Viennet, Pierre Beck, François Guyot, Sergey Yaroslavtsev, Dimitrios Bessas, Aleksandr Chumakov, Ludovic Delbes, Olivier Poch, Mathieu Roskosz LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “The iron speciation and valence state of meteorites reflect…
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….
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,…
Olivine fabric and microstructure in Northwest Africa (NWA) 7059 and Nova 018: Insights into ureilite deformationOPEN ACCESS
A. I. Sheen, C. K. F. Tirona, K. T. Tait, L. F. White, B. C. Hyde, S. Korchinos MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Olivine is a major…
Secondary corundum-bearing assemblages in Allende Ca,Al-rich inclusions: Mineralogy, petrology, oxygen, and aluminum–magnesium isotope systematics
A. N. Krot, K. Nagashima, M. I. Petaev, E. Dobrică, C. Ma, B. Jacobsen MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 August 2025 LINK “We report on the mineralogy, petrology, oxygen, and aluminum–magnesium isotopic systematics of…
The sub-μm petrography of the observed meteorite fall Winchcombe—A complex array of pristine and altered chondrite componentsOPEN ACCESS
Johannes Lier, Christian Vollmer, Linus Risthaus, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M. Ramasse, Aleksander B. Mosberg, Ashley J. King, Charlotte L. Bays, Paul F. Schofield MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Exploring organic compound preservation through long-term in situ experiments in the Atacama desert and the relevance for MarsOPEN ACCESS
Felix Leo Arens, Jenny Uhl, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Cornelia Karger, Kai Mangelsdorf, Christof Sager, Alessandro Airo, Bernardita Valenzuela, Pedro Zamorano & Dirk Schulze-Makuch Scientific Reports, Volume 15, article number 29957, Published: 15 August 2025 LINK (OPEN…
A terrestrial rock instead of an ureilite: Caution is recommended to scientists working on material received from meteorite collections
Lidia Pittarello, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Oscar Marchhart, Martin Martschini, Silke Merchel, Alexander Wieser, Frank Vanhaecke, Steven Goderis MAPS, Version of Record online: 13 August 2025 LINK “Planetary scientists heavily depend on meteorite curation facilities for…
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…
Iron XANES measurements of carbonates and phyllosilicates in CM chondrites: A record of redox conditions during aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth Bailey, Myriam Telus, Phoebe J. Lam, Samuel M. Webb MAPS, Version of Record online: 09 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Multiple generations of calcite and dolomite precipitated in CM chondrites during ice…
Feasibility of in situ K-Ar isochron dating on Mars: assessment using the mineralogy of Martian meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Hikaru Hyuga, Yuichiro Cho, Yayoi N. Miura, Takashi Mikouchi, Seiji Sugita MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Dating rocks with a 2σ precision of 200 Ma is required to…
Cosmic ray exposure ages and pre-atmospheric shielding of Omani meteorites: Implications for14C and14C/10Be terrestrial ages of meteorites from hot and cold desertsOPEN ACCESS
Mohammad Tauseef, Ingo Leya, Beda Hofmann MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present isotope concentrations of the light noble gases He and Ne for samples from five…
On the spatiotemporal coincidence of meteorites in recent fall search campaignsOPEN ACCESS
P. Grèbol-Tomàs, E. Peña-Asensio, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, J. Ibáñez-Insa Accepted for publication in MNRAS, preprint 6 August 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (9 August 2025): Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Published: 08 August…
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…
Matera: A not so ordinary H5 chondrite breccia with very low density and high porosityOPEN ACCESS
Giovanni Pratesi, Tiberio Cuppone, Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Matthias Laubenstein, Henner Busemann, Daniela Krietsch, Colin Maden, Richard Greenwood, Robert J. Macke, Xhonatan Shehaj, Dario Barghini, Albino Carbognani, Daniele Gardiol, PRISMA-Team MAPS, Version of…
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…
Magnesium phosphate in the Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Tobias Salge, Ian Maclaren MAPS, Version of Record online: 28 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Hydrous Mg-phosphate was first described from astromaterials in particles returned from the C-type asteroid Ryugu,…
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…
Diversity among fossil micrometeorites in the late DevonianOPEN ACCESS
Krämer Ruggiu Lisa, Villeneuve Johan, Da Silva Anne-Christine, Debaille Vinciane, Decrée Sophie, Lutz Hecht, Felix E.D. Kaufmann, Goderis Steven Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 26 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A total of…
Mineralogical and isotopic constraints on early, high-temperature events and reservoirs recorded in the interior of a Type B Ca-Al-rich inclusion from the reduced CV3 chondrite VigaranoOPEN ACCESS
Jangmi Han, Changkun Park, Ming-Chang Liu, Nozomi Matsuda, Justin I. Simon, Lindsay P. Keller Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A coordinated mineralogical and…
Space weathering on Vesta: Ion bombardment induced changes on HEDs in visible and infrared reflectanceOPEN ACCESS
Stefano Rubino, Francesca Zambon, Rosario Brunetto, Océane Barraud, Sébastien Besse, Ferenc Borondics, Cristian Carli, Jean-Philippe Combe, Kerri Donaldson-Hanna, Rachel Klima, Cateline Lantz, Giovanni Pratesi, Katrin Stephan, Federico Tosi Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…
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)…
Ultrarefractory inclusions in the Sayh al Uhaymir 290 CH carbonaceous chondrite
Konstantin M. Ryazantsev, Marina A. Ivanova, Alexander N. Krot, Chi Ma, Cyril A. Lorenz, Vasily D. Shcherbakov MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 July 2025 LINK “Ultrarefractory Ca,Al-rich inclusions (UR CAIs) in the Sayh al…
Traces of the oxygen isotope composition of ancient air in fossilized cosmic dustOPEN ACCESS
Fabian Zahnow, Martin D. Suttle, Marina Lazarov, Stefan Weyer, Tommaso Di Rocco, Luigi Folco & Andreas Pack Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 577 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As a sub-type of…
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…
An atlas of apatite and merrillite in martian meteorites: REE Geochemistry and a new tool for shergottite classificationOPEN ACCESS
Tahnee Burke, Andrew G. Tomkins, Zsanett Pinter, Andrew D. Langendam, Laura A. Miller MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The phosphates, apatite and merrillite, are accessory phases in…
Northwest Africa 13489: A Strongly Metamorphosed Ungrouped Carbonaceous ChondriteOPEN ACCESS
T. Cuppone, C. Carli, M. Casalini, A. Stephant, C. R. Greenwood, G. Pratesi MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NWA 13489 is a meteorite that has been classified…
Vibrational spectroscopic, thermophysical, and structural properties of two Antarctic howardites: EET 87503 and QUE 97001
Ozan Unsalan, Cisem Altunayar-Unsalan, Bernardo A. Nogueira, Melanie Kaliwoda, Rui Fausto Advances in Space ResearchIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 July 2025 LINK “Highlights “This study uses optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry…
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…
Thermal and irradiation history of lunar meteorites by the 40Ar/39Ar technique: Dhofar 025, 309, 730, 733, 1442, Northwest Africa 6888, and Sayh al Uhaymir 449OPEN ACCESS
M. Trieloff, E.V. Korochantseva, A.I. Buikin, J. Hopp, A.V. Korochantsev Geochemistry, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We performed high-resolution 40Ar/39Ar dating of a suite of lunar…
Solar System’s earliest solids as tracers of the accretion region of Ryugu and Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Sota Arakawa, Yushi Miyamoto, Naoya Sakamoto, Daiki Yamamoto, Sara S. Russell & Hisayoshi Yurimoto Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 537, Published: 16 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples…
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,…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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) Update (31 July 2025): The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Northwest Africa 18175 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18171 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18172 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18170 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Hassi Khebi 003 (Howardite-melt breccia)
- Hassi Khebi 002 (Diogenite-pm)
- Northwest Africa 17888 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 2916 (Eucrite-br)
- Gadoufaoua 001 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 16009 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 17095 (Iron, IAB-sLH)
- Northwest Africa 17094 (Iron, IAB-sHL)
- Northwest Africa 17093 (Iron, IIIAB)
- Northeast Africa 068 (Iron, IIIAB)
- Northwest Africa 17598 (CK5)
- Northeast Africa 083 (Lunar)
- Northwest Africa 17286 (Iron, IAB-sLM)
- Northwest Africa 16785 (CR2)
- Northwest Africa 5512 (Enst achon-ung)
- Northwest Africa 16526 (Pallasite, ungrouped)
