Exploring methods for identifying iron meteorites on the surface of Mars from orbit
M.C. Rudin, R.C. Wiens, B. Horgan, N.L. Lanza, N.L. Lanza, M. Hoffman, C. Schröder Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 May 2026 LINK “Highlights “Meteorites have been found at Mars Exploration Rover landing…
Carbonaceous Chondrites Provide Evidence for Late-stage Planetesimal Formation in a Pressure BumpOPEN ACCESS
Nerea Gurrutxaga, Joanna Drążkowska, Vignesh Vaikundaraman, and Thorsten Kleine The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 1003, Number 2, Published: 22 May 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites are samples from planetesimals that formed 2–4 million…
Overview of Hayabusa2 Extended Mission’s Flyby of Near-Earth Asteroid (98943) TorifuneOPEN ACCESS
Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Masahiko Hayakawa, Yuya Mimasu, Naru Hirata, Takuya Iwaki, Shunichi Kamata, Kohei Kitazato, Toru Kouyama, Naoya Sakatani, Hajime Yano The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 5, Published: 22 May 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Magnetic properties of geraisites, the first tektite strewn field identified in BrazilOPEN ACCESS
Melissa De Andrade Nunes, Ricardo I. F. Trindade, João Pedro Rodriguez Pinto, Alvaro P. Crósta, Gabriel G. Silva, Ludovic Ferrière, Camila R. Sales, Giovanna M. Tosi MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 May 2026 LINK…
Benchmarking Cylindrical Blast Wave Theory Against the OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule ReentryOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber Accepted for publication on 12 May 2026 in Pure and Applied Geophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Weak shock theory based on cylindrical blast waves has been used to interpret meteor infrasound, but it…
The American Museum of Natural History Acquires the Huss-Nininger Collection of Meteorites
Denton S. Ebel, Nicole Childs, Thomas Davoren MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 May 2026Letter to the Editor LINK No abstract is available for this article.
Iron redox variations in Australasian Muong Nong-type tektites
Gabriele Giuli, Maria Rita Cicconi, Angela Trapananti, Sigrid Griet Eeckhout, Giovanni Pratesi, Christian Koeberl MAPS, Version of Record online: 19 May 2026 LINK “Two thin sections of Muong Nong-type tektites from the Australasian tektite strewn…
A Cloud-Based Tool for Meteorite Recovery Using Drones and Machine LearningOPEN ACCESS
Seamus L. Anderson, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, Lewis Lakerink, Sawitchaya Tippaya, Dale P. Giancono, Martin C. Towner, Iona Clemente, Martin Cupák, Ashley F. Rogers, John H. Fairweather, Mia Walker, Daniel Burgin, Michael A. Frazer, Sophie…
Carbonates in Ryugu and Bennu with MicrOmega: Insights into Aqueous Alteration on Primitive AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Max Mahlke, Cateline Lantz, Cédric Pilorget, Donia Baklouti, Rosario Brunetto, Kentaro Hatakeda, Te Jiang, Damien Loizeau, Rachel Sheppard, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Masanao Abe, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Yuma Enokido, Ryota Fukai, Vincent Hamm, Yuya Hitomi, Seiya Kawasaki, Tania…
Preventing and correcting spread of misinformation about near-Earth objects, impacts, airbursts, and planetary defense: Case studies
Mark Boslough, Peter Brown, Andy Bruno, Paul Chodas, Gareth Collins, Tyrone L. Daulton, Alan Harris, Christian Koeberl, Ania Losiak, David Morrison, Olga Popova, Darrel Robertson, Elizabeth A. Silber, Matthias van Ginneken MAPS, First published: 17…
Leaching-induced Li isotope variations in weathered ordinary chondrites: Implications for terrestrial alteration
Zhong-Sha Meng, Ying-Kui Xu, Shi-Jie Li, Dan Zhu, De-Liang Wang, Yang Li, Xiong-Yao Li, Jian-Zhong Liu MAPS, Version of Record online: 16 May 2026 LINK “Meteorite finds are commonly used to assess the chemical and…
Infrared transmission spectra of Ryugu samples and their adsorption properties
Yoko Kebukawa, Hikaru Yabuta, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Tomoki Nakamura, Takaaki Noguchi, Ryuji Okazaki, Hiroshi Naraoka, Kanako Sakamoto, Shogo Tachibana, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko Miyazaki, Kasumi Yogata, Masanao Abe, Tatsuaki Okada, Tomohiro Usui, Makoto…
Potential of VIS-IR imaging spectroscopy and SEM-EDS and EMPA to map the mineralogical composition of NWA 7317 (CR6)
Simone Pascucci, Tiberio Cuppone, Martina Casalini, Simone De Angelis, Antonio Lettino, Angelo Palombo, Eliana La Francesca, Gianrico Filacchione, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Anna Galiano, Giovanni Pratesi MAPS, Version of Record online: 14 May 2026 LINK…
Reaccumulation process after a catastrophic disruption event on a differentiated asteroidOPEN ACCESS
Kenji Kurosaki, Masahiko Arakawa accepted for publication in Icarus, 12 May 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (15 May 2026): LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Rubble-pile asteroids can form through the self-gravitational reaccumulation of fragments…
BOCOSUR: An all sky network for fireball detection in UruguayOPEN ACCESS
M. Caldas, A. Guaimare, V. Abraham, L. Barrios, M. Hernández, L. Velasco, G. Tancredi Preprint, 9 May 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over the past couple of decades, several networks for the automatic detection of fireballs…
Observations of the 2023 February 27 fireball in northern Sweden using the auroral imaging system ALIS_4DOPEN ACCESS
Gabriel Borderes-Motta, Daniel Kastinen, Tima Sergienko, Urban Brändström, Johan Kero, Jaakko Visuri, Maria Gritsevich, Jarmo Moilanen, Daniela Cardozo Mourão, Barbara Celi Braga Camargo MNRAS, Preprint 12 May 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “On 2023 February 27…
Taxonomy of 14042 asteroids from Gaia DR3 reflectance spectraOPEN ACCESS
Fernando Tinaut-Ruano, Benoit Carry, Marjorie Galinier, Max Mahlke, Alexey Sergeyev Accepted for publication in A&A, Submitted on 7 May 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid reflectance spectra provide key constraints on surface composition. Gaia DR3 enables…
Asteroid sample return missions are critical for understanding our Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Helena Bates Nature Communications, Comment, Published: 11 May 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Studying asteroids addresses a number of unknowns in planetary science. Investigating them makes use of asteroidal meteorites, remote observations and space-based…
Petrology, mineralogy, and trajectory reconstruction of the Maoming (L5) ordinary chondrite
Jin Yu Zhang, Hong Yi Chen, Yi Man Yin, Lan Fang Xie, Xu Kai Gao, Xi Jun Liu MAPS, Version of Record online: 11 May 2026 LINK “The Maoming meteorite, which fell in Guangdong Province,…
Oxygen isotope systematics of petrographically and chemically rare chondrules from the NWA 6991 (CV3) chondrite: Implications for chondrule precursors and radial transport in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Takuma Sumitani, Kohei Fukuda, Takayuki Ushikubo, Rei Kanemaru, Noriko T. Kita, Koki Tsutsui, Changkun Park, Hwayoung Kim, Pilmo Kang, Kentaro Terada Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7 May 2026 LINK +…
An unsupervised machine learning approach to iron meteorite classificationOPEN ACCESS
Louis-Alexandre Lobanov, Hilary Downes MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 May 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Iron meteorites are usually classified manually using bivariate elemental plots. This study extends iron meteorite classification into multi-element…
Analysis of hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, sulfur, chlorine, and mercury in samples returned from asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Shogo Tachibana, Hisashi Homma, Shintaro Komatani, Tomoaki Watanabe, Kazuko Motomura, Yoshinobu Hosoi, Satoru Tanaka, Mai Sakaguchi, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Jessica J. Barnes, Ann N. Nguyen, Harold. C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta MAPS, Version…
Network structure of solar wind implanted on small celestial body surface
Sohei Wada, Ken-ichi Bajo, Hisayoshi Yurimoto MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 May 2026 LINK “The surfaces of small celestial bodies are continuously modified by space weathering and surface gardening, yet their interaction remains poorly…
Anhydrous minerals in asteroid Bennu: Evidence for well-preserved primordial components
S. S. Russell, I. A. Franchi, T. Salge, X. Zhao, R. H. Jones, A. J. King, N. V. Almeida, P. F. Schofield, H. C. Bates, E. A. Cortes-Calderon, N. Kawasaki, Y. Yurimoto, Y. Marrocchi, G….
Ammonium-bearing phyllosilicate grains detected in Ryugu and Bennu samples via infrared spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
T. Jiang, D. Baklouti, C. Pilorget, D. Loizeau, K. Hatakeda, M. Mahlke, L. Nardelli, T. Le Pivert-Jolivet, J.-P. Bibring, R. Sheppard, A. Aléon-Toppani, R. Brunetto, C. Lantz, F. Poulet, T. Okada, R. Fukai, T. Usui,…
Consistency between dynamical modeling and photometrically derived masses of fireballsOPEN ACCESS
Eloy Peña-Asensio, Maria Gritsevich Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 May 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “We present a three-point inverse solution for reconstructing meteoroid deceleration and mass-loss histories from sparse…
Constraints for Nuclear Astrophysics from an Unusual Presolar Silicate-Oxide Aggregate Grain Found in Primitive Ordinary Chondrite Meteorite Hills 00526OPEN ACCESS
Larry R. Nittler, Jens Barosch, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang Submitted on 3 May 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report O, Mg-Al, Si, Ca, and Ti isotopic data for an unusual presolar oxide/silicate aggregate…
Fatigue-crack formation in samples from asteroid Bennu and petrologic controls on boulder properties and evolutionOPEN ACCESS
J.L. Molaro, T.J. McCoy, A.J. Ryan, C.P. Opeil, C.G. Hoover, L.T.J. Hanton, A.R. Hildebrand, M. Patzek, C. El Mir, R. Wardell, T. Gooding, T.R. Rose, J. Biele, R.-L. Ballouz, R.J. Macke, H.C. Connolly Jr, D.S….
Taxonomic Distribution of the Small Near-Earth Asteroid PopulationOPEN ACCESS
Thobekile S. Ngwane, Nicolas Erasmus, Paul Groot, Christine Steenkamp, David Trilling and Petro Janse van Rensburg The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 5, Published: 4 May 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Small near-Earth…
Fusion crust of stony meteorites: From the observation spectrum to the initial meteoroid matter
Evgeniya V. Petrova, Victor I. Grokhovsky, Anna Kartashova Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 May 2026 LINK “Highlights “Fragmentation, ablation and significant loss of mass occur when the meteoroid passes through the Earth’s…
EBSD Analysis of Iron‐Nickel Metal in H Chondrites: 1. Evidence for Disruption and Re‐Accretion of Parent Asteroid
Yexin Luo, Aicheng Zhang, Qing Lin, Xingmei Shan, Zhimao Du, Mingbao Li, Qi Li, Xiuhong Liao, Shaolin Li JGR Planets, First Published: 30 April 2026 LINK “Key Points “Ordinary chondrites, sourced from S-type asteroids, provide…
