A new tektite strewn field in Australia ejected from a volcanic arc impact crater 11 Myr agoOPEN ACCESS
Anna Musolino, Pierre Rochette, Jean-Alix Barrat, Fred Jourdan, Bruno Reynard, Bertrand Devouard, Valerie Andrieu, Jérôme Gattacceca, Vladimir Vidal Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 670, 15 November 2025, 119600 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “This…
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….
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,…
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…
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…
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…
Simultaneous visible spectrophotometry of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS with Seimei/TriCCSOPEN ACCESS
Jin Beniyama accepted for publication in PASJ Letter. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in “Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan” following peer review. PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “3I/ATLAS,…
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…
Water Production Rates of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Zexi Xing, Shawn Oset, John Noonan, Dennis Bodewits Submitted to ApJL, updated draft version: 8 September 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Original abstract text: “We report the first detection of water activity in the third confirmed…
NO METEORITE FALL at ~14:57:17 UTC (~11:57:17 am BRT) on 2 August 2025 close to the municipality of Tabuleiro, Zona da Mata region, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Last update: 10 August 2025 (09:00 CEST) On 8 August 2025 BRT laboratory tests at UFJF and Raman spectroscopy at the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca (Cefet/RJ) confirmed that all of…
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…
Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
David Jewitt, Man-To Hui, Max Mutchler, Yoonyoung Kim, Jessica Agarwal August 4, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present high angular resolution observations of the third known interstellar interloper, 3I/ATLAS, from the Hubble Space Telescope. The…
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…
Pre-discovery TESS Observations of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Jorge Martinez-Palomera, Amy Tuson, Christina Hedges, Jessie Dotson, Thomas Barclay, Brian Powell Submitted to AAS (Aug 1, 2025), draft version: August 5, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (27 November 2025): LINK (The Astrophysical Journal Letters,…
Error dependencies in the space-based CNEOS fireball databaseOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Hector Socas-Navarro, Darryl Z. Seligman Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. aa54224-25 (August 5, 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We evaluate the reliability of CNEOS-derived ephemerides of fireball events given the absence of the underlying…
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…
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…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Oued El Hamim 003 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18237 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18222 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18223 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18206 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 18205 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18122 (Eucrite)
- Ganq 027 (L3)
- Dalangtan 004 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18188 (LL3)
- Hammadah al Hamra 348 (Ureilite)
- Gadamis 010 (Angrite)
- Northwest Africa 18184 (CV3)
- Sabkhat Arryd 002 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Northwest Africa 18180 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18181 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18183 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Yagan 003 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18164 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 18163 (Winonaite)
