Surface Ages for the Sample Return Asteroids Bennu, Ryugu, and ItokawaOPEN ACCESS
William F. Bottke, Alex J. Meyer, David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, Edward B. Bierhaus, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Rachael Hoover, Harold C. Connolly and Dante S. Lauretta The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 6, Published 2025…
The Flux of Differentiated Meteorites to the Earth
K. A. Lorenz, A. M. Abdrakhimov & D. A. Sadilenko Solar System Research, Volume 59, article number 64, Published: 30 June 2025 LINK “The meteorites of the SNC group are presumed to be of Martian…
Origin of the metal in chondritic and achondritic lithologies of the Sierra Gorda 013 СBa-like chondrite
Marina A. Ivanova, Svetlana N. Teplyakova, Cyril A. Lorenz, Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun MAPS, Version of Record online: 27 June 2025 LINK “Sierra Gorda 013 (SG 013) is an unusual CBa-like chondrite containing two texturally…
Na, Ca carbonates in OSIRIS-REx samples: evidence for low-temperature, Na-bearing Brines on Bennu’s Parent BodyOPEN ACCESS
S.A. Singerling, F.E. Brenker, B. Tkalcec, S.S. Russell, T.J. Zega, T.J. McCoy, H.C. Connolly Jr., D.S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We…
Geomagnetic and Ionospheric Effects of the Meteor Explosion over the Verkhnetulomsky Reservoir on December 19, 2014
S. M. Cherniakov Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics, Volume 89, pages 749–754, published: 22 June 2025 LINK “The geomagnetic and ionospheric effects of the meteor explosion on December 19, 2014, at high…
Reorientation and despinning of 4 Vesta formed the Divalia FossaeOPEN ACCESS
Hiu Ching Jupiter Cheng, Christian Klimczak, and Isamu Matsuyama Science Advances25 Jun 2025Vol 11, Issue 26 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Vesta, the only differentiated rocky protoplanet explored by a spacecraft, offers insight into early…
Petrography of scoriaceous and unmelted micrometeorites from the Maitri Station, Antarctica collection
D. Fernandes, N.G. Rudraswami, V.P. Singh Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 24 June 2025 LINK “We analyzed ten unmelted fine-grained micrometeorites (FgMMs) and ten coarse-grained micrometeorites (CgMMs), along with eight fine-grained scoriaceous micrometeorites (Fg/ScMMs) and…
Oxygen isotopic heterogeneities in refractory inclusions in the ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094
Timothy J. Fagan, Sachio Kobayashi, Alexander N. Krot, Hisayoshi Yurimoto MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 June 2025 LINK “Oxygen isotopic compositions of minerals in three Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), one amoeboid olivine aggregate (AOA) and…
Moon Meteorite Dar al Gani 400: Utilizing Mössbauer and Raman Spectroscopy for Extraterrestrial ResearchOPEN ACCESS
René Groß, Christoph Wetzel, Lei Zheng, Christoph Kahra, Justus Pawlak, Kevin Tran, Maximilian Seydi Kilic, Harald Gaber, Bernhard Roth, and Franz Renz ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Publication Date (Web): June 23, 2025 LINK (OPEN…
Planet formation in chemically diverse and evolving discs — I. Composition of planetary building blocksOPEN ACCESS
E. Pacetti, E. Schisano, D. Turrini, C. P. Dullemond, S. Molinari, C. Walsh, S. Fonte, U. Lebreuilly, R. S. Klessen, P. Hennebelle, S. L. Ivanovski, R. Politi, D. Polychroni, P. Simonetti, L. Testi Accepted for…
A statistical approach to quantifying uncertainty in meteoroid physical propertiesOPEN ACCESS
Maximilian Vovk, Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Importance:Meteoroid bulk density is a critical value required for assessing impact risks…
Abiotic sugars in (162173) Ryugu and the primitive CI carbonaceous chondrite OrgueilOPEN ACCESS
Cornelia Meinert, Vanessa Leyva, Manuel Robert, Raphaël Pepino, Jana Bocková, preprint, 19 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The unequal distribution of prebiotic organic compounds in meteorites—where amino acids and nucleobases are commonly detected but…
Multiple thermal events during 4350–3920 ma recorded in a single lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4485
Tomoko Arai, Takayuki Tomiyama, Takafumi Niihara, Tatsunori Yokoyama, Miwa Yoshitake, Hiroshi Kaiden, Keiji Misawa, Anthony J. Irving Icarus, in Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 June 2025 LINK “Highlights: We have undertaken mineralogical and petrological…
The nanoscale molecular chemistry of outer solar system organic matter in asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Johannes Lier, Aleksander B. Mosberg, Quentin M. Ramasse Preprint, submitted on June 16 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The analysis of biorelevant molecules in returned mission samples such as from the carbonaceous…
BLADE: An Automated Framework for Classifying Light Curves from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) Fireball DatabaseOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Vedant Sawal Preprint, accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal (18 Jun 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fireballs (bolides) are high-energy luminous phenomena produced when meteoroids and small asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere at…
Evaporation kinetics of silicon carbide in a low-pressure H2-H2O gas mixture: Implications for the survivability of presolar silicon carbide grains in the protosolar diskOPEN ACCESS
Daiki Yamamoto, Aki Takigawa, Lily Ishizaki, Ryosuke Sakurai, Yuki Inoue, Junji Yamamoto, Sota Arakawa, Shogo Tachibana Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Presolar silicon…
Initial 244Pu/238U ratios and search for presolar SiC in Ca-Al-rich inclusions from CV3 chondrites using noble gas and trace element abundancesOPEN ACCESS
Daisuke Nakashima, Jon M. Friedrich, Ulrich Ott Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Noble gas isotopes and trace element abundances in five Ca-Al-rich inclusions…
The breathing of clay-rich astromaterials on Earth: Insights from the Tarda (C2-ung) and Aguas Zarcas (CM2) meteorites
Laurence A. J. Garvie, László Trif, Christian G. Hoover MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 June 2025 LINK “Meteorites arriving on Earth possess indigenous organic, isotopic, mineralogic, and magnetic properties that reveal conditions and processes…
Professor Edward Anders died at the age of 98 – a meteorite as a metaphorical ‘poor man’s space probe’
Edward Anders, the cosmochemist who invented the famous metaphor of a meteorite as ‘a poor man’s space probe’ in 1960, died on 1 June 2025 in San Mateo, California. Rest in Peace, Edward Anders! Edward…
Chromium isotopes in CR chondrites reveal two distinct chondrule reservoirsOPEN ACCESS
Aryavart Anand, Klaus Mezger Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)“Highlights “Chondrules, the dominant components of chondrites, provide crucial insights into early solar system formation and evolution….
Insights into pyroxene-dominated surfaces and implications for ongoing space exploration missionsOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, E. Branagan-Harris, K. Markus, J.F. Snape, S.L. Jackson, S.S. Russell, R.C. Greenwood, T.H. Burbine, M.J. Whitehouse, D.A. Rothery, L.F. White, M.M. Grady IcarusAvailable online 18 June 2025, 116713 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Olivine–gabbroic shergottites: A petrogenetic link between poikilitic and gabbroic shergottitesOPEN ACCESS
S. Benaroya, J. Gross MAPS, Version of Record online: 16 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Shergottites span a textural, mineralogical, and geochemical range, and finding links between the various petrologic and geochemical groups…
An in situ investigation of presolar grains in primitive CO chondrite NWA 10493 and NWA 10498
An in situ investigation of presolar grains in primitive CO chondrite NWA 10493 and NWA 10498 Yuchen Xu, Yangting Lin, Jialong Hao, Sen Hu, Wei Yang, Yongliao Zou, Yang Liu MAPS, Version of Record online:…
Fabrics of forsterite in CBa chondrite Sierra Gorda 013
Rong Li, Wei Chen & Chun-Hui Li Acta Geochimica, Published: 14 June 2025 LINK “CB chondrite is a class of meteorite rich in metal composition, and its characteristics are obviously different from other chondrite groups….
What is Mars (not) made of? A joint isotopic, geochemical and geophysical analysis
Christian Liebske, Amir Khan, Scott M. McLennan, Paolo A. Sossi IcarusAvailable online 14 June 2025 LINK “Highlights “The terrestrial planets are believed to have accreted from chondritic meteorites of widely varying composition. Yet, making planets…
El Ali meteorite: From whetstone to fame and to the tragedy of local people’s heritage
Ali H. Egeh CommentMAPS, Version of Record online: 12 June 2025 LINK “The El Ali meteorite, a colossal 15.2 t iron meteorite, was discovered in an area characterized by bushy calcareous evaporates (sedimentary distinctive textures, which…
Size–Frequency Distribution of Terrestrial Leftover Planetesimals and S-complex Implanted AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Rogerio Deienno, André Izidoro, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke, Fernando Roig, and Simone Marchi The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 986, Number 2, 12 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The isotopic composition of meteorites linked…
Origin of gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 6963 from an ~180-million-year-old flood basalt province on Mars
James M. D. Day, Hunter R. Edwards, Kim Tait, Carl B. Agee MAPS, Version of Record online: 10 June 2025 LINK “To understand chemical variability within individual martian meteorites, we report major, minor, trace, and…
Meteorite-common amino acid induces clay exfoliation and abiotic compartment formationOPEN ACCESS
Orr Rose Bezaly, Annemieke Petrignani & Helen E. King Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 435 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Clay surfaces have been invoked as crucial components in the origin of…
Carbon and oxygen isotope evidence for a protoplanetary disk origin of organic solids in meteorites
William M. Lawrence, Geoffrey A. Blake, and John Eiler PNAS, June 2, 2025, 122 (24) LINK “Macromolecular organic solids found in primitive meteorites were the main source of carbon delivered to forming planets in the…
Pairing relationships of howardites, eucrites and diogenites (HED) from the Miller Range ice fields, AntarcticaOPEN ACCESS
Kees C. Welten, Marc W. Caffee, Kevin Righter, Ralph P. Harvey, John Schutt, James M. Karner MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We reevaluated pairing relationships among 56…
Accretion of the anomalous CR2 chondrite Northwest Africa 14674: Implications for the complexities of the CR parent bodies
R.H. Hewins, P.-M. Zanetta, H. Leroux, S. Laforet, C. Le Guillou, M. Marinova, S. Pont, B. Zanda, R. Brunetto, J. Gattacceca, C. Sonzogni, L. Piani, Y. Marrocchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof,…
Shock deformation and U-Pb isotope systematics in zircon from impactites of the Rochechouart impact structure: Impact age and zircon provenance
Daniela Guerrero, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Natalia Hauser, Gavin Kenny, Martin Whitehouse, Philippe Lambert Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 31 May 2025 LINK “The >23 km diameter, ∼207 Ma old Rochechouart impact structure is…
