Northwest Africa 4269: a metal-rich eucrite from the Algerian Sahara
Abdelmadjid Seddiki, Bertrand Moine, Jérôme Bascou, Ratiba Kared, Jean Yves Cottin, Marguerite Godard, François Faure, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi GeochemistryVolume 85, Issue 4, December 2025, 126363 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 4269 is an…
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…
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…
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…
Spectrophotometric evidence for a metal-bearing, carbonaceous, and pristine interstellar comet 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Maria Gritsevich, Jürgen Blum submitted article PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “3I/ATLAS is only the second confirmed cometary object known to enter the Solar System from interstellar space. Cosmogonic considerations suggest that this body…
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: 14 December (11:30 CET) On 8 November 2025 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…
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…
On the Progress and Problems of Observational Meteor Astronomy
G. I. Kokhirova Solar System Research, Volume 59, article number 92, Published: 10 November 2025 LINK “The review examines the main aspects of the current state of observational meteor astronomy. Information is provided on the…
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…
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…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Northwest Africa 18324 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18312 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18316 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18318 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18317 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18307 (H3-6)
- Northwest Africa 18296 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18288 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 17282 (CV3)
- Northwest Africa 18283 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18284 (LL3-5)
- Northeast Africa 122 (R3-5)
- Northwest Africa 18282 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18272 (Diogenite)
- Oued El Hamim 004 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 17931 (Eucrite-cm)
- Akhiam (Eucrite)
- Ganq 030 (L3.15)
- Sueilila 008 (Lunar (melt breccia))
- Northwest Africa 18140 (Angrite)
