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….
Comparing the data reduction pipelines of FRIPON, DFN, WMPL, and AMOS: Geminids Case StudyOPEN ACCESS
P.M. Shober, J. Vaubaillon, S. Anghel, H.A.R. Devillepoix, F. Hlobik, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth, D. Vida, E.K. Sansom, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, F. Colas, A. Malgoyre, L. Kornoš, F. Ďuriš, V. Pazderová, S. Bouley, B. Zanda, P….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 October 2025 (10:45 CEST) 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 Wasroni’s yard next to his house in the…
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…
Records of bolide impacts in South AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
Jayden Squire Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, Published online: 29 September 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The South Australian bolide/meteorite impact cratering record has few confirmed impact structures, with only two…
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…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Northwest Africa 18116 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18111 (R6)
- Northwest Africa 18081 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18053 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18039 (Lunar)
- Scalea (L5)
- Northwest Africa 17929 (LL3.10)
- El Hadjira 001 (Diogenite-olivine)
- Northeast Africa 061 (Lunar (melt breccia))
- Northeast Africa 100 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 17758 (Howardite)
- Northwest Africa 17756 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 17711 (Lunar (frag. breccia))
- Northwest Africa 17615 (Eucrite)
- Drelów (L6)
- Northwest Africa 17360 (Diogenite)
- Northwest Africa 18100 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18099 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 18095 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Northwest Africa 18093 (Eucrite-mmict)
