The NC-CC dichotomy in ruthenium isotopes: Implications for the origin of the late veneerOPEN ACCESS
Jonas Pape, Emily A. Worsham, Thorsten Kleine IcarusAvailable online 28 August 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “High-precision mass-independent Ru isotope data for iron meteorites reveal that in three-isotope diagrams including the p-process Ru…
From orbit to ground: Pre-impact meteorite strewn field predictions for imminent impactors and meteorite recoveryOPEN ACCESS
Anna Moscati, Marco Fenucci, Laura Faggioli, Marco Micheli, Francisco Ocaña, Juan Luis Cano Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 August 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “The flux of meteoroids reaching…
MicroRaman Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous Chondrites to Constrain Peak Metamorphic Temperature and MineralogyOPEN ACCESS
Lorraine Roselló Del Valle, Kerri L. Donaldson Hanna, Bertrand Chazallon, Cristian Fosca, Claire Pirim and Christopher Bennett The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 8, published: 28 August 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We…
Ammonium-bearing clays and multiple nitrogen species linked to the late-stage brines of Ryugu’s parent body
Toru Matsumoto, Hayato Yuzawa, Mizuho Koike, Yoko Kebukawa, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Yada, Hiroki Suga, Toshiaki Ina, Hiroshi Sakuma, Yohei Shirose, Yuki Kitamura, Yohei Igami & Akira Miyake Nature Astronomy, Published: 27 August 2026 LINK “Nitrogen-bearing…
Mercury’s crustal magnetization indicates a stronger ancient dynamoOPEN ACCESS
Isaac S. Narrett, Benjamin P. Weiss, Sarah C. Steele, and John B. Biersteker PNAS, August 25, 202 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mercury is the only terrestrial planet in the solar system other than Earth…
Hydrogen in nominally anhydrous minerals from equilibrated ordinary chondrites and implications for the water budget of their parent bodies
S. Desikamani, L.D. Peterson, M.E. Newcombe, C.M.O’D. Alexander, J. Wang, R.D. Ash, S.G. Nielsen, P.M. Piccoli, E.S. Bullock Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 25 August 2026 LINK “Nucleosynthetic isotope signatures…
A surviving pink spinel records an early aluminous melt on the ureilite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Yaozhu Li, Phil J.A. McCausland, Roberta L. Flemming, Noriko T. Kita, Carsten Detlefs Preprint submitted to Earth and Planetary Science Letter, 25 August 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ureilites are ultramafic achondrites interpreted as fragments of…
Impact fragmentation of carbonaceous meteorites with pre-existing large cracksOPEN ACCESS
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Harumasa Kano, Kouta Okaniwa, Hiromi Yoshida, Rei Kanemaru, Sunao Hasegawa Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, stag1598Published: 22 August 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous…
Paleomagnetic evidence for a nebular magnetic field from calcium-aluminum-rich inclusionsOPEN ACCESS
Cauê S. Borlina, Benjamin P. Weiss, Xue-Ning Bai, Po-Yen Tung, Richard J. Harrison, Elias N. Mansbach, Nilanjan Chatterjee, François L. H. Tissot, and Kevin D. McKeegan PNAS, Vol. 123 | No. 36, 24 August 2026…
Origin of nucleosynthetic isotope variability in the NC reservoir: evidence from Ti, Cr, and Mo isotopesOPEN ACCESS
Elias Wölfer, Christoph Burkhardt, Gerrit Budde, Christian A. Jansen, Jonas Pape, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 August 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies allow…
Constraints on Magma Self-oxidation in Angrites and the Role of Parent-body SizeOPEN ACCESS
Hideharu Kuwahara, Damanveer S. Grewal and Kyusei Tsuno The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 7, Number 8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Earth, and potentially Venus, formed through giant impacts involving early-formed planetesimals and planetary embryos…
The dust-rich, gas-depleted protosolar disk as the birthplace of chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
Sota Arakawa, Hidekazu Tanaka, Toshihiko Kadono, Takayuki Ushikubo, Makiko Nagasawa, Hiroshi Kobayashi PDF (OPEN ACCESS), Draft version, August 18, 2026 “Chondrules are the primary components of primitive meteorites known as chondrites, and understanding their formation…
Diamond-Like-Carbon, Microdiamonds, Titanium Spherules and New UHT Minerals in Impact Debris From the SW Egypt Regolith: Possible Relations to the Extraterrestrial Carbonaceous Pebble “Hypatia” and the Libyan Desert Glass
Marco A. G. Andreoli, Rudolph Erasmus, Jasper Knight, Vittoria Pischedda, George Belyanin, Chiara Elmi, Hassina Mouri, Simo Huotari, Aki Kallonen, Mpho Lekgoathi, Romano Serra, Roger Gibson, John M. Saul, Mario Di Martino JGR Planets, First…
Microstructural Analysis of Lunar Dunite Clast From Meteorite NWA 11421 and Physical Constraints on Excavation of Upper Lunar Mantle Material
I. Spring, T. Erickson, A. Mallik, A. Roy, A. Treiman JGR Planets, First Published: 16 August 2026 LINK “Key Points “Lunar dunite clast, D1, from lunar meteorite NWA 11421 represents the first lunar sample that…
Altitude-Dependent Near-Source Spectral Filtering of Meteor Infrasound Above 80 km and Consequences for Period-Based Energy EstimatesOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Igor P. Chunchuzov, Oleg E. Popov, Sergey N. Kulichkov Accepted for publication in Pure and Applied Geophysics (27 July 2026) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Infrasound signal period is widely used as a proxy…
Bolide Light Curve Systematics from 75 Recovered MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Peter Jenniskens, Stuart Pilorz, Darrel Robertson, Eric C. Stern MAPS, Version of Record online: 16 August 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “How does the energy deposition profile (light curve), deceleration, and penetration depth in…
Ryugu and Bennu preserve primordial isotopic heterogeneity absent from the meteorite recordOPEN ACCESS
Martin Bizzarro, Martin Schiller, Elishevah van Kooten, Isaac J. Onyett, Wei Dai, Yuki Masuda, James N. Connelly, Frédéric Moynier, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Maria Schönbächler, Jessica J. Barnes, Ann N. Nguyen, Harold C. Connolly Jr. & Dante…
Stellar Interpretation of Meteoritic Data and Plotting for Everyone (SIMPLE): Isotope Mixing Lines for Six Sets of Core-collapse Supernova ModelsOPEN ACCESS
Marco Pignatari, Mattias Ek, Georgy V. Makhatadze, Gábor G. Balázs, Lorenzo Roberti, James M. Ball, Borbála Cseh, Alessandro Chieffi, Chris Fryer, Falk Herwig The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 1007, Number 2, published: 14 August 2026 LINK…
Direct Detection of Hydrogen Reveals a New Macroscopic Crustal Water Reservoir on Early MarsOPEN ACCESS
Estrid Buhl Naver, Katrine Wulff Nikolajsen, Martin Sæbye Carøe, Domenico Battaglia, Jens Frydenvang, Martin Bizzarro, Jakob Sauer Jørgensen, Kim Lefmann, Anders Kaestner, David Christian Mannes, Phil Cook, Henrik Birkedal, Thorbjørn Erik Køppen Christensen, Innokenty Kantor,…
Dynamic Trajectory Analysis of Meteoroids Showing Minimal DecelerationOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Stevenson, Ellie Sansom, Hadrien Devillepoix, Maria Gritsevich, Anna Zappatini, Peter Jenniskens, Christopher Herd, Jonti Horner, Nick Moskovitz, Samantha Hemmelgarn, Luke Daly Accepted for publication in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA) PDF…
What Earth Erases: Weathering Diversity of Mineral Phases Formed in a Highly Reduced Environment Hosted in AubritesOPEN ACCESS
M. Kołodziej, B. Pieterek, G. Zieliński, K. Załęski, E. Coy JGR Planets, First Published: 12 August 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points “Meteorites serve as an exceptional source of insight into our planet…
Description and terrestrial ages of the Calama Area Meteorite Collection (Atacama Desert, Chile)OPEN ACCESS
Carine Sadaka, Jérôme Gattacceca, Florian Dumas, Régis Braucher, ASTER Team , Matthieu Gounelle, Dilyara Kuzina, Cyril Lorenz, Alexandre Corgne, Pierre Sempéré MAPS, Version of Record online: 10 August 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We…
The hydrogen isotopic composition and content of the ureilite parent body: constraints from new ungrouped achondritesOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, A. Stephant, M. Nottingham, J. Gamblin, e. . Füri, S.S. Russell, X. Zhao, M. Anand, M.J. Whitehouse, M.M. Grady Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 August 2026 LINK…
Genetic links between IIIE iron meteorites and the core of the HED parent asteroidOPEN ACCESS
Wenbo Xu, Renbiao Tao, Shijie Li, Xiaobin Cao, Deliang Wang, Dehan Shen, Yurun Wu, Yuhang Lu & Jintao Zhu Communications Earth & Environment, Published: 08 August 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Rocky planets formed through the…
Minerals in Iron and Titanium Skeletal Textures in Nakhlites MIL 090030, MIL 090136, MIL 090032, and MIL 03346: Comparative Analysis With Terrestrial Analogues From Canary Islands, SpainOPEN ACCESS
Minerals in Iron and Titanium Skeletal Textures in Nakhlites MIL 090030, MIL 090136, MIL 090032, and MIL 03346: Comparative Analysis With Terrestrial Analogues From Canary Islands, Spain Leire Coloma, Fernando Alberquilla, Julene Aramendia, Gorka Arana,…
Magnetization records of terrestrial weathering in the Sericho pallasite
Ji-In Jung, Sophia Gaal, Sonia M. Tikoo, Ethan Lopes, Jonathan Mells, Dale H. Burns, Robert G. Hatfield MAPS, Version of Record online: 06 August 2026 LINK “Paleomagnetic investigations of pallasites are important for understanding the…
Ruamāhanga (prov.) meteorite fall (~ 73-75 g, OC) near Masterton / Whakaoriori, Greater Wellington Region, Wairarapa, North Island, Aotearoa / New Zealand at 10:26:02-07 (UTC) on 28 July 2026
Last update: 14 August 2026 (17:00 CEST) After ten days of searching at least six meteorites (e.g. 5 g, 8 g (Steve Wyn-Harris, 31 July), 9 g (3 August), 12 g (2 August) and 39…
Low-temperature reflectance spectra of meteorites: Implications for space missions
E. Caminiti, P. Beck, A. Wargnier, L. Bonal, B. Schmitt, T. Usui Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 August 2026 LINK “Highlights “The spectroscopic properties of airless bodies are influenced by the space…
Dynamo generation reveals redox conditions during formation of differentiated planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Hannah R. Sanderson, James F. J. Bryson, Claire I. O. Nichols Submitted to Nature Astronomy, 3 August 2026 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the early Solar System, an isotopic dichotomy existed between non-carbonaceous (NC) and carbonaceous…
Reflectance spectroscopy (250–2500 nm) of an aggregate sample from asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
E.A. Cloutis, D.M. Applin, A.A. Simon, B.E. Clark, X.-D. Zou, V.E. Hamilton, R.E. Milliken, T. Hiroi, M.E. Zolensky, K.M. Peters, L.P. Keller, D.N. DellaGiustina, H.C. Connolly Jr, D.S. Lauretta IcarusAvailable online 3 August 2026, 117289…
A Fluid-Mediated Alteration Process on the Howardite Parent Asteroid Recorded by Pyroxene Decomposition to Fe–Ti–Cr Oxides and Amorphous Silica
Lilin Huang, Yanxue Wu, Riqiang Wen, Chunwen Huang, Chunmei Li, Jiangmin Ma JGR Planets, First published: 03 August 2026 LINK “In this study, we report amorphous silica dendrites in three eucritic pyroxene grains from a…
Nature, origin, and phosphorylation potential of the phosphorus/sulfur-bearing nanoscale multiphasic assemblages in the CM chondrites Murchison and MurrayOPEN ACCESS
Valentine Megevand, Sylvain Bernard, Corentin Le Guillou, Roberto Conconi, François Guyot MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 August 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites contain phosphorus, whose speciation and thus history remain to…
Chondrule formation in the outer disk from the primary three-dimensional chemical composition of CM chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
Poula Eyðbjørnsdóttir, Anders Johansen, Elishevah van Kooten Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 August 2026 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules and their associated fine-grained rims (FGRs) record fundamental processes operating…
Lateral spreading of meteoroids fragments
Popova Olga, Podobnaya Elena Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 August 2026 LINK “Highlights “The size of meteorite strewn fields and impact crater fields on planets with atmospheres is controlled by both atmospheric…
