Olivine–ringwoodite transformation in Katol meteorite: implications for localized superheating of chondritic melt and seismic attenuationOPEN ACCESS
Kishan Tiwari, Sujoy Ghosh, Masaaki Miyahara & Dwijesh Ray Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 12, article number 81 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Constraining the superheating of impact melt offers insights into the…
High field strength elements in chondrites and their refractory componentsOPEN ACCESS
C. Münker, M. Pfeifer, V. Krisponeit, F. Wombacher Geochemical Perspectives Letters V36Received 8 January 2025 | Accepted 30 June 2025 | Published 10 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In geochemistry and cosmochemistry, chondrites…
Using carbon isotopes to trace the origin of volatiles on Earth and Mars
Damanveer S. Grewal, Sujoy Mukhopadhay Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 12 September 2025 LINK “The distinct accretionary histories of Earth and Mars – with Earth experiencing protracted growth and small contributions from outer solar system…
3I/ATLAS: In Search of the Witnesses to Its VoyageOPEN ACCESS
X. Pérez-Couto, S. Torres, E. Villaver, A. J. Mustill, M. Manteiga Submitted to ApJL, draft version September 10, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object discovered to date, following 1I/’Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov….
Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Takazo Shibuya, Takehito Hayakawa, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Ikshu Gautam, Makiko K. Haba, Kengo T. M. Ito, Yuki Hibiya, Akira Yamaguchi, Yoshinari Abe, Jérôme Aléon, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Sachiko Amari, Yuri Amelin, Ken-ichi Bajo,…
Trace element analyses of plagioclase from troctolite 76535 and implications for the petrogenesis of the lunar highlands Mg-suite
Isaiah Spring, Ananya Mallik, Jason Kirk, Pranabendu Moitra, Richard Hervig, Lars Borg MAPS, Version of Record online: 09 September 2025 LINK “We used trace element analyses of plagioclase from Mg-suite troctolite 76535 to estimate the…
Löpönvaara: A new phosphorus-rich iron meteorite from FinlandOPEN ACCESS
Laura Kotomaa, Markku Väisänen, Jussi S. Heinonen, Ermei Mäkilä, Hugh O’Brien, Arto Peltola MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Löpönvaara is a rare new phosphorus-rich iron meteorite find…
In situ Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes of lunar basaltic meteorite NWA 14526: Implications for the generation of young mare basalts
Le Zhang, Zexian Cui, Zhiming Chen, Qing Yang, Jingyou Chen, Ya-Nan Yang, Pengli He, Haiyang Xian, Chengyuan Wang, Jintuan Wang, Yan-Qiang Zhang, Yi-Gang Xu MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 September 2025 LINK “This study…
Extreme Negative Polarisation of New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Zuri Gray, Stefano Bagnulo, Galin Borisov, Yuna G. Kwon, Alberto Cellino, Ludmilla Kolokolova, Rosemary C. Dorsey, Grigori Fedorets, Mikael Granvik, Eric MacLennan, Olga Muñoz, Philippe Bendjoya, Maxime Devogèle, Simone Ieva, Antti Penttilä, Karri Muinonen submitted…
The nature and formation of silica minerals in eucrite meteorites: Insight into the protoplanetary magma crystallizationOPEN ACCESS
Rei Kanemaru, Akira Yamaguchi, Naoya Imae, Ryoga Maeda, Makoto Kimura, Kenji Horie, Takashi Mikouchi, Masaaki Miyahara, Masahiro Yasutake, Atsushi Takenouchi, Haruka Ono, Aiko Nakato, Junko Isa, Tomohiro Usui, Hirotsugu Nishido MAPS, Version of Record online:…
Placing asteroid Bennu’s organic solids in molecular and elemental context with those in aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrites
George D. Cody, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Robert M. Hazen, Daniel P. Glavin, Jason P. Dworkin, Yoshihiro Furakawa, Toshiki Koga, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In…
A statistical investigation into relationships between the IIE irons and the ordinary, F and “HH” chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Rachel S. Kirby, Penelope L. King, Andrew G. Tomkins MAPS, Version of Record online: 05 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “It has been proposed that IIE iron meteorites formed through impact processes on…
Prospects of a New L5 Trojan Flyby Target for the Lucy MissionOPEN ACCESS
Luis E. Salazar Manzano, David W. Gerdes, Kevin J. Napier, Hsing Wen Lin (林省文), Fred C. Adams, Tessa Frincke, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll and John Spencer The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 9,…
Delivery of carbonaceous materials to the Moon
Linxi Li, Mengfan Qiu, Sen Hu, Hejiu Hui c, Yi Chen a d, Qiu-Li Li, Wei Yang, Yuyang He, Shitou Wu, Hao Wang, Guoqiang Tang, Di Zhang, Lihui Jia, Lixin Gu, Huicun He, Yubing Gao,…
A collisional history of the L chondrite parent bodies
Mathieu Roskosz, Béatrice Doisneau, Etienne Deloule, Guillaume Fiquet, Marco Delbo & Matthieu Gounelle Nature Astronomy, Published: 05 September 2025 LINK “L chondrites are some of the most common meteorites retrieved on Earth. Their Ar–Ar collision…
Isotopic analysis of tochilinite (carbonate and magnetite) in Winchcombe: Temperature constraints on early-stage aqueous alteration in the CM parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
M. D. Suttle, R. Findlay, I. A. Franchi, C. Biagioni, X. Zhao, F. A. J. Abernethy, L. Riches, L. Folco MAPS, Version of Record online: 03 September 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report…
Redox evolutions of planetary mantle reservoirs constrained by titanium isotopesOPEN ACCESS
Zhengbin Deng, Katrine Nikolajsen, Martin Schiller, Lu Pan, Wenzhong Wang & Martin Bizzarro Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 731 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The oxygen fugacity (hereafter referred as fO2) of…
Comparison of three proton irradiated meteorite samples to better understand the solar wind-based space weathering
D. Rezes, I. Gyollai, S. Biri, K. Fintor, Z. Juhász, R. Rácz, B. Sulik, M. Szabó, Á. Kereszturi MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 September 2025 LINK “This paper presents the results of proton irradiation…
Interrogating leaching procedures of meteorites for triple oxygen isotope analyses
Riley Havel, Daniel E. Ibarra, Rainer Bartoschewitz, Gerrit Budde MAPS, Version of Record online: 01 September 2025 LINK “Triple oxygen isotope analyses of meteorites are a fundamental tool for classifying meteorites and investigating early solar…
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…
Intercepting 3I/ATLAS at Closest Approach to Jupiter with the Juno spacecraftOPEN ACCESS
Abraham Loeb, Adam Hibberd, Adam Crowl Draft version July 30, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is expected to arrive at a distance of 53.56(±0.45) million km (0.358 ± 0.003 au) from Jupiter…
Precovery Observations of 3I/ATLAS from TESS Suggests Possible Distant ActivityOPEN ACCESS
Adina D. Feinstein, John W. Noonan, Darryl Z. Seligman submitted to AAS Journals, draft version: July 30, 2025Data behind the figures can be found here PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “3I/ATLAS is the third macroscopic interstellar object…
Exploring impact vapor plume reactions from asteroidal impacts: Monte Carlo simulations and implications for biomolecules synthesisOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Ochiai, Shigeru Ida , Daigo Shoji IcarusAvailable online 29 July 2025, 116736 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “During a hypervelocity impact, both the impactor and target materials evaporate, generating an impact vapor plume…
Magnesium phosphate in the Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Tobias Salge, Ian Maclaren MAPS, Version of Record online: 28 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Hydrous Mg-phosphate was first described from astromaterials in particles returned from the C-type asteroid Ryugu,…
Experimental constraints on the shock history of CI chondrites and Ryugu grainsOPEN ACCESS
Toru Nakahashi, Masaaki Miyahara, Akira Yamaguchi, Takamichi Kobayashi, Hitoshi Yusa, Masashi Miyakawa, Naotaka Tomioka, Yuto Takaki, Takaaki Noguchi, Toru Matsumoto, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Yusuke Seto LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlight “C-type asteroids, which…
Diversity among fossil micrometeorites in the late DevonianOPEN ACCESS
Krämer Ruggiu Lisa, Villeneuve Johan, Da Silva Anne-Christine, Debaille Vinciane, Decrée Sophie, Lutz Hecht, Felix E.D. Kaufmann, Goderis Steven Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 26 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A total of…
Mineralogical and isotopic constraints on early, high-temperature events and reservoirs recorded in the interior of a Type B Ca-Al-rich inclusion from the reduced CV3 chondrite VigaranoOPEN ACCESS
Jangmi Han, Changkun Park, Ming-Chang Liu, Nozomi Matsuda, Justin I. Simon, Lindsay P. Keller Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A coordinated mineralogical and…
Space weathering on Vesta: Ion bombardment induced changes on HEDs in visible and infrared reflectanceOPEN ACCESS
Stefano Rubino, Francesca Zambon, Rosario Brunetto, Océane Barraud, Sébastien Besse, Ferenc Borondics, Cristian Carli, Jean-Philippe Combe, Kerri Donaldson-Hanna, Rachel Klima, Cateline Lantz, Giovanni Pratesi, Katrin Stephan, Federico Tosi Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…
Amides from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Nanoscale spectral and isotopic characterizations
L. G. Vacher, V. T. H. Phan, L. Bonal, M. Iskakova, O. Poch, P. Beck, E. Quirico, R. C. Ogliore MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 July 2025 LINK “C-type asteroids, such as asteroid (162173)…
Lucy Mission Search Plans for Activity around Its Jovian Trojan Flyby TargetsOPEN ACCESS
S. Alan Stern, Carly Howett, Neil Dello Russo, Harold A. Weaver, James F. Bell III, Dennis Reuter, Amy Simon, Hannah Kaplan, Keith Noll, John Spencer The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 7, Published 2025…
Ultrarefractory inclusions in the Sayh al Uhaymir 290 CH carbonaceous chondrite
Konstantin M. Ryazantsev, Marina A. Ivanova, Alexander N. Krot, Chi Ma, Cyril A. Lorenz, Vasily D. Shcherbakov MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 July 2025 LINK “Ultrarefractory Ca,Al-rich inclusions (UR CAIs) in the Sayh al…
The Hera Space Mission in the Context of Small Near-Earth Asteroid Missions in the Past, Present and Future
Patrick Michel, Michael Küppers, Alan Fitzsimmons, Simon Green, Monica Lazzarin, Stephan Ulamec, Paul Abell, Seiji Sugita, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Benoit Carry, Sébastien Charnoz, Julia de León, Fabio Ferrari, Alain Hérique, Martin Jutzi, Özgür Karatekin, Tomas…
Traces of the oxygen isotope composition of ancient air in fossilized cosmic dustOPEN ACCESS
Fabian Zahnow, Martin D. Suttle, Marina Lazarov, Stefan Weyer, Tommaso Di Rocco, Luigi Folco & Andreas Pack Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 577 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As a sub-type of…
Abundant microchondrules in 162173 Ryugu suggest a turbulent origin for primitive asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthias van Ginneken, Lewis Pinault, Tobias Salge, Penelope J. Wozniakiewicz, Hajime Yano & Steven J. Desch Nature Communications, Volume 16, Article number: 6466 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules…
An atlas of apatite and merrillite in martian meteorites: REE Geochemistry and a new tool for shergottite classificationOPEN ACCESS
Tahnee Burke, Andrew G. Tomkins, Zsanett Pinter, Andrew D. Langendam, Laura A. Miller MAPS, Version of Record online: 22 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The phosphates, apatite and merrillite, are accessory phases in…
The Feasibility of a Spacecraft Flyby with the Third Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS from Earth or MarsOPEN ACCESS
Atsuhiro Yaginuma, Tessa Frincke, Darryl Z. Seligman, Kathleen Mandt, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Eloy Peña-Asensio, Aster G. Taylor, Michael C. Nolan Submitted to AAS Journals, draft version July 22, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We investigate the…
Spectroscopic Characterization of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: Water Ice in the ComaOPEN ACCESS
Bin Yang, Karen J. Meech, Michael Connelley, Jacqueline V. Keane submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, obtained with Gemini-S/GMOS and NASA IRTF/SpeX on 2025…
Northwest Africa 13489: A Strongly Metamorphosed Ungrouped Carbonaceous ChondriteOPEN ACCESS
T. Cuppone, C. Carli, M. Casalini, A. Stephant, C. R. Greenwood, G. Pratesi MAPS, Version of Record online: 21 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NWA 13489 is a meteorite that has been classified…
SF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)OPEN ACCESS
Colin Orion Chandler, Pedro H. Bernardinelli, Mario Jurić, Devanshi Singh, Henry H. Hsieh, Ian Sullivan, R. Lynne Jones,Jacob A. Kurlander, Dmitrii Vavilov, Siegfried Eggl, Matthew Holman, Federica Spoto, Megan E. Schwamb, Eric J. Christensen, Wilson…
Vibrational spectroscopic, thermophysical, and structural properties of two Antarctic howardites: EET 87503 and QUE 97001
Ozan Unsalan, Cisem Altunayar-Unsalan, Bernardo A. Nogueira, Melanie Kaliwoda, Rui Fausto Advances in Space ResearchIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 July 2025 LINK “Highlights “This study uses optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry…
Thermal-IR Observations of (152830) Dinkinesh during the Lucy Mission FlybyOPEN ACCESS
Samuel L. Jackson, Joshua P. Emery, Benjamin Rozitis, Philip R. Christensen, John R. Spencer, Stefano Mottola, Victoria E. Hamilton, Carly J. A. Howett, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number…
Assessing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin TelescopeOPEN ACCESS
R. de la Fuente Marcos, J. Licandro, M. R. Alarcon, M Serra-Ricart, J. de Leon, C. de la Fuente Marcos, G. Lombardi, A. Tejero, A. Cabrera-Lavers, S. Guerra Arencibia, I. Ruiz Cejudo Submitted to A&A…
The evolution of planetesimal reservoirs revealed by Fe-Ni isotope anomalies in differentiated meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Fridolin Spitzer, Timo Hopp, Christoph Burkhardt, Nicolas Dauphas, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 667, 1 October 2025, Version of Record 14 July 2025. LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Differentiated meteorites sample planetesimals…
Grand Canyon landslide-dam and paleolake triggered by the Meteor Crater impact at 56 kaOPEN ACCESS
K.E. Karlstrom, C.H. Baisan, D.A. Kring, R. Hereford, C. Turney, A. Hogg; L.M. Norman, P. O’Brien, J.G. Palmer, T.M. Rittenour; J. Ballensky, L.J. Crossey Geology, July 15, 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This paper…
Thermal and irradiation history of lunar meteorites by the 40Ar/39Ar technique: Dhofar 025, 309, 730, 733, 1442, Northwest Africa 6888, and Sayh al Uhaymir 449OPEN ACCESS
M. Trieloff, E.V. Korochantseva, A.I. Buikin, J. Hopp, A.V. Korochantsev Geochemistry, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We performed high-resolution 40Ar/39Ar dating of a suite of lunar…
Near-Discovery Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS with the NASA Infrared Telescope FacilityOPEN ACCESS
Theodore Kareta (Villanova U.), Chansey Champagne (NAU), Lucas McClure (NAU), Joshua Emery (NAU), Benjamin N.L. Sharkey (UMD), James M. Bauer (UMD), Michael Connelly (UH/IRTF), John Rayner (UH/IRTF), Cristina Thomas (NAU), Vishnu Reddy (UAz), Megan Firgard…
Palomar and Apache Point Spectrophotometry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Matthew Belyakov, Christoffer Fremling, Matthew J. Graham, Bryce T. Bolin, Mukremin Kilic, Gracyn Jewett, Carey M. Lisse, Carl Ingebretsen, M. Ryleigh Davis, Ian Wong Submitted to RNAAS, draft version July 17, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Solar System’s earliest solids as tracers of the accretion region of Ryugu and Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Sota Arakawa, Yushi Miyamoto, Naoya Sakamoto, Daiki Yamamoto, Sara S. Russell & Hisayoshi Yurimoto Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 537, Published: 16 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples…
Refractory solid condensation detected in an embedded protoplanetary disk
M. K. McClure, Merel van’t Hoff, Logan Francis, Edwin Bergin, Will R. M. Rocha, J. A. Sturm, Daniel Harsono, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, John H. Black, J. A. Noble, D. Qasim & E. Dartois Nature,…
2025 Jessberger Award to Prof. Vinciane Debaille
Allan Treiman, Susanne P. Schwenzer, Alan Brandon, James M. D. Day, Richard J. Walker MAPS, First published: 14 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Prof. Vinciane Debaille is the 2025 Jessberger awardee. Back in 2020, a…
The Kinematic Age of 3I/ATLAS and its Implications for Early Planet FormationOPEN ACCESS
Aster G. Taylor, Darryl Z. Seligman Submitted to ApJL, draft version July 14, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (28 August 2025): The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 990, Number 1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The recent discovery…
X-SHOOTER Spectrum of Comet C/2025 N1: Insights into a Distant Interstellar VisitorOPEN ACCESS
A. Alvarez-Candal, J. L. Rizos, L. M. Lara, P. Santos-Sanz, P. J. Gutierrez, J. L. Ortiz, N. Morales, J. de León Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript, submitted as Letter to the Editor PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comets…
Rare earth element nucleosynthetic anomalies and dust transport in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Justin Y. Hu, François L. H. Tissot, Ren T. C. Marquez, Oliver Shorttle, Cathie J. Clarke, Andrew D. Sellek, Nicolas Dauphas, Bruce L. A. Charlier, Ingo Leya, Reika Yokochi, Thomas J. Ireland, and Helen M….
Geology and Mars analog potential of the <2.7-billion-year-old Miralga impact structure, North Pole Dome, Pilbara Craton, AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
Alec R. Brenner,, Aaron J. Cavosie, Jasmine Palma-Gomez, Joanna Li, Sophie-An Kingsbury Lee, and Roger R. Fu Science Advances9 Jul 2025Vol 11, Issue 28 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “North Pole Dome (Pilbara Craton, Western…
From a Different Star: 3I/ATLAS in the context of the Ōtautahi-Oxford interstellar object population modelOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Hopkins, Rosemary C. Dorsey, John C. Forbes, Michele T. Bannister, Chris J. Lintott, Brayden Leicester Submitted to ApJ Letters, Draft version July 9, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (1 September 2025): The Astrophysical…
Curation and Storage of Astromaterials: A Magnetic Perspective
Jérôme Gattacceca, Clara Maurel, Aurore Hutzler, Pierre Rochette & Benjamin P. Weiss Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 67, Published: 08 July 2025 LINK “In this exciting new era of sample return space missions…
A portrait throughout perihelion of the NH2-rich interstellar comet 2I/BorisovOPEN ACCESS
Sophie E. Deam, Michele T. Bannister, Cyrielle Opitom, Matthew M. Knight, Ryan Ridden-Harper, Darryl Z. Seligman, Alan Fitzsimmons, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre, Emmanuel Jehin, Laurent Jorda, Michael Marsset, Youssef Moulane, Philippe Rousselot, Pierre Vernazza, Bin Yang Submitted…
Discovery and Preliminary Characterization of a Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS
Darryl Z. Seligman, Marco Micheli, Davide Farnocchia, Larry Denneau,John W. Noonan, Henry H. Hsieh, Toni Santana-Ros, John Tonry, Katie Auchettl, Luca Conversi, Maxime Devogèle, Laura Faggioli, Adina D. Feinstein, Marco Fenucci, Marin Ferrais, Tessa Frincke,…
Snapshot of a new interstellar comet: 3I/ATLAS has a red and featureless spectrumOPEN ACCESS
Cyrielle Opitom, Colin Snodgrass, Emmanuel Jehin, Michele T. Bannister, Erica Bufanda, Sophie E. Deam, Rosemary Dorsey, Marin Ferrais, Said Hmiddouch, Matthew M. Knight, Rosita Kokotanekova, Brayden Leicester, Michaël Marsset, Brian Murphy, Vincent Okoth, Ryan Ridden-Harper,…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS: discovery and physical descriptionOPEN ACCESS
Bryce T. Bolin, Matthew Belyakov, Christoffer Fremling, Matthew J. Graham, Candace L. Gray, Carl Ingebretsen, Gracyn Jewett, Mukremin Kilic, Carey M. Lisse, Diana Roderick, Ahmed. M. Abdelaziz, Laura-May Abron, Michael W. Coughlin, Eslam Elhosseiny, Cheng-Han…
The first meteoritic ammonium mineral: Discovery of boussingaultite in the Orgueil CI1 carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Sergey N. Britvin, Oleg S. Vereshchagin, Natalia S. Vlasenko, Maria G. Krzhizhanovskaya, Marina A. Ivanova, Irina A. Volkova American Mineralogist, preprint, 2 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (1 February 2026): American Mineralogist,…
A feasibility assessment of micromill sampling for Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd geochronology of shergottitesOPEN ACCESS
A. I. Sheen, C. D. K. Herd, K. T. Tait MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Accurate dating of Martian meteorites is crucial for understanding key events in…
Rapid protoplanet formation in the outer Solar System recorded in a dunite from the carbonaceous chondrite reservoirOPEN ACCESS
B. G. Rider-Stokes, X. Zhao, S. L. Jackson, M. D. Suttle, I. A. Franchi, L. F. White, R. C. Greenwood, M. J. Whitehouse, L. Riches, M. Anand, B. Hoefnagels & M. M. Grady Communications Earth…
Dynamical origin of Theia, the last giant impactor on EarthOPEN ACCESS
Duarte Branco, Sean N. Raymond, Pedro Machado Preprint submitted to Elsevier, 2 July 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (11 July 2025): Icarus, available online 11 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Cosmochemical studies have…
Documenting microbial populations within the University of Alberta Meteorite Curation Facility using 16S rRNA gene sequencing: Implications for the curation of astromaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Libby D. Tunney, Aaron B. Regberg, Christopher D. K. Herd, Richard E. Davis, Christian L. Castro MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites are easily contaminated at the…
NASA’S Lucy Mission to Trojan Asteroids: Unraveling the History of the Outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Harold F. Levison, Simone Marchi, Keith S. Noll, John R. Spencer, Catherine B. Olkin & Thomas S. Statler Space Science Reviews, Volume 221, article number 63, Published: 03 July 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Insights into the mineralogy of the Rantila aubrite: A luminescence and VNIR reflectance spectroscopy studyOPEN ACCESS
Anna-Irene Landi, Michael Gaft, Cristian Carli, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Giovanni Pratesi Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 July 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Rantila aubrite fell in Rantila, Gujarat, India, in August…
Was Earth’s Water Acquired Locally during the Earliest Phases of the Solar System Formation?OPEN ACCESS
Lise Boitard-Crépeau, Cecilia Ceccarelli, Pierre Beck, Lionel Vacher, and Piero Ugliengo The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 987, Number 2, Published 2025 July 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of the terrestrial water remains…
Helium Diffusion Kinetics in Enstatite, Kamacite, and Albite, With Implications for the Cosmic Ray Exposure Ages of Enstatite (E) Chondrites
Moshammat Mijjum and Marissa M.Tremblay ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Publication Date (Web):July 1, 2025 LINK “Cosmic ray exposure (CRE) ages are used to constrain the orbital and impact history of meteorites and identify their…
Asteroids fail to retain cometary impact signaturesOPEN ACCESS
Sarah Joiret, Guillaume Avice, Ludovic Ferrière, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Simon Lock, Alexandre Mechineau, Sean N. Raymond preprint, Draft version July 2, 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (31 July 2025): The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6,…
Petrographic and geochemical analysis of inversely zoned chondrules
Fabio Joseph, Igor Drozdovsky, Malte Junge, Joanna Brau, Melanie Kaliwoda MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 July 2025 LINK “Chondrules are one of the oldest objects in our solar system. Therefore, they play an important…
Surface Ages for the Sample Return Asteroids Bennu, Ryugu, and ItokawaOPEN ACCESS
William F. Bottke, Alex J. Meyer, David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, Edward B. Bierhaus, Daniella N. DellaGiustina, Rachael Hoover, Harold C. Connolly and Dante S. Lauretta The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 6, Published 2025…
The Flux of Differentiated Meteorites to the Earth
K. A. Lorenz, A. M. Abdrakhimov & D. A. Sadilenko Solar System Research, Volume 59, article number 64, Published: 30 June 2025 LINK “The meteorites of the SNC group are presumed to be of Martian…
Origin of the metal in chondritic and achondritic lithologies of the Sierra Gorda 013 СBa-like chondrite
Marina A. Ivanova, Svetlana N. Teplyakova, Cyril A. Lorenz, Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun MAPS, Version of Record online: 27 June 2025 LINK “Sierra Gorda 013 (SG 013) is an unusual CBa-like chondrite containing two texturally…
Na, Ca carbonates in OSIRIS-REx samples: evidence for low-temperature, Na-bearing Brines on Bennu’s Parent BodyOPEN ACCESS
S.A. Singerling, F.E. Brenker, B. Tkalcec, S.S. Russell, T.J. Zega, T.J. McCoy, H.C. Connolly Jr., D.S. Lauretta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We…
Geomagnetic and Ionospheric Effects of the Meteor Explosion over the Verkhnetulomsky Reservoir on December 19, 2014
S. M. Cherniakov Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics, Volume 89, pages 749–754, published: 22 June 2025 LINK “The geomagnetic and ionospheric effects of the meteor explosion on December 19, 2014, at high…
Reorientation and despinning of 4 Vesta formed the Divalia FossaeOPEN ACCESS
Hiu Ching Jupiter Cheng, Christian Klimczak, and Isamu Matsuyama Science Advances25 Jun 2025Vol 11, Issue 26 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Vesta, the only differentiated rocky protoplanet explored by a spacecraft, offers insight into early…
Petrography of scoriaceous and unmelted micrometeorites from the Maitri Station, Antarctica collection
D. Fernandes, N.G. Rudraswami, V.P. Singh Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 24 June 2025 LINK “We analyzed ten unmelted fine-grained micrometeorites (FgMMs) and ten coarse-grained micrometeorites (CgMMs), along with eight fine-grained scoriaceous micrometeorites (Fg/ScMMs) and…
Oxygen isotopic heterogeneities in refractory inclusions in the ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite Acfer 094
Timothy J. Fagan, Sachio Kobayashi, Alexander N. Krot, Hisayoshi Yurimoto MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 June 2025 LINK “Oxygen isotopic compositions of minerals in three Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), one amoeboid olivine aggregate (AOA) and…
Moon Meteorite Dar al Gani 400: Utilizing Mössbauer and Raman Spectroscopy for Extraterrestrial ResearchOPEN ACCESS
René Groß, Christoph Wetzel, Lei Zheng, Christoph Kahra, Justus Pawlak, Kevin Tran, Maximilian Seydi Kilic, Harald Gaber, Bernhard Roth, and Franz Renz ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, Publication Date (Web): June 23, 2025 LINK (OPEN…
Planet formation in chemically diverse and evolving discs — I. Composition of planetary building blocksOPEN ACCESS
E. Pacetti, E. Schisano, D. Turrini, C. P. Dullemond, S. Molinari, C. Walsh, S. Fonte, U. Lebreuilly, R. S. Klessen, P. Hennebelle, S. L. Ivanovski, R. Politi, D. Polychroni, P. Simonetti, L. Testi Accepted for…
A statistical approach to quantifying uncertainty in meteoroid physical propertiesOPEN ACCESS
Maximilian Vovk, Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Importance:Meteoroid bulk density is a critical value required for assessing impact risks…
Abiotic sugars in (162173) Ryugu and the primitive CI carbonaceous chondrite OrgueilOPEN ACCESS
Cornelia Meinert, Vanessa Leyva, Manuel Robert, Raphaël Pepino, Jana Bocková, preprint, 19 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The unequal distribution of prebiotic organic compounds in meteorites—where amino acids and nucleobases are commonly detected but…
Multiple thermal events during 4350–3920 ma recorded in a single lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4485
Tomoko Arai, Takayuki Tomiyama, Takafumi Niihara, Tatsunori Yokoyama, Miwa Yoshitake, Hiroshi Kaiden, Keiji Misawa, Anthony J. Irving Icarus, in Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 June 2025 LINK “Highlights: We have undertaken mineralogical and petrological…
The nanoscale molecular chemistry of outer solar system organic matter in asteroid RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Johannes Lier, Aleksander B. Mosberg, Quentin M. Ramasse Preprint, submitted on June 16 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The analysis of biorelevant molecules in returned mission samples such as from the carbonaceous…
BLADE: An Automated Framework for Classifying Light Curves from the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) Fireball DatabaseOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Vedant Sawal Preprint, accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal (18 Jun 2025) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fireballs (bolides) are high-energy luminous phenomena produced when meteoroids and small asteroids enter Earth’s atmosphere at…
Evaporation kinetics of silicon carbide in a low-pressure H2-H2O gas mixture: Implications for the survivability of presolar silicon carbide grains in the protosolar diskOPEN ACCESS
Daiki Yamamoto, Aki Takigawa, Lily Ishizaki, Ryosuke Sakurai, Yuki Inoue, Junji Yamamoto, Sota Arakawa, Shogo Tachibana Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Presolar silicon…
Initial 244Pu/238U ratios and search for presolar SiC in Ca-Al-rich inclusions from CV3 chondrites using noble gas and trace element abundancesOPEN ACCESS
Daisuke Nakashima, Jon M. Friedrich, Ulrich Ott Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Noble gas isotopes and trace element abundances in five Ca-Al-rich inclusions…
The breathing of clay-rich astromaterials on Earth: Insights from the Tarda (C2-ung) and Aguas Zarcas (CM2) meteorites
Laurence A. J. Garvie, László Trif, Christian G. Hoover MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 June 2025 LINK “Meteorites arriving on Earth possess indigenous organic, isotopic, mineralogic, and magnetic properties that reveal conditions and processes…
Professor Edward Anders died at the age of 98 – a meteorite as a metaphorical ‘poor man’s space probe’
Edward Anders, the cosmochemist who invented the famous metaphor of a meteorite as ‘a poor man’s space probe’ in 1960, died on 1 June 2025 in San Mateo, California. Rest in Peace, Edward Anders! Edward…
Chromium isotopes in CR chondrites reveal two distinct chondrule reservoirsOPEN ACCESS
Aryavart Anand, Klaus Mezger Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)“Highlights “Chondrules, the dominant components of chondrites, provide crucial insights into early solar system formation and evolution….
Insights into pyroxene-dominated surfaces and implications for ongoing space exploration missionsOPEN ACCESS
B.G. Rider-Stokes, E. Branagan-Harris, K. Markus, J.F. Snape, S.L. Jackson, S.S. Russell, R.C. Greenwood, T.H. Burbine, M.J. Whitehouse, D.A. Rothery, L.F. White, M.M. Grady IcarusAvailable online 18 June 2025, 116713 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Olivine–gabbroic shergottites: A petrogenetic link between poikilitic and gabbroic shergottitesOPEN ACCESS
S. Benaroya, J. Gross MAPS, Version of Record online: 16 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Shergottites span a textural, mineralogical, and geochemical range, and finding links between the various petrologic and geochemical groups…
An in situ investigation of presolar grains in primitive CO chondrite NWA 10493 and NWA 10498
An in situ investigation of presolar grains in primitive CO chondrite NWA 10493 and NWA 10498 Yuchen Xu, Yangting Lin, Jialong Hao, Sen Hu, Wei Yang, Yongliao Zou, Yang Liu MAPS, Version of Record online:…
Fabrics of forsterite in CBa chondrite Sierra Gorda 013
Rong Li, Wei Chen & Chun-Hui Li Acta Geochimica, Published: 14 June 2025 LINK “CB chondrite is a class of meteorite rich in metal composition, and its characteristics are obviously different from other chondrite groups….
What is Mars (not) made of? A joint isotopic, geochemical and geophysical analysis
Christian Liebske, Amir Khan, Scott M. McLennan, Paolo A. Sossi IcarusAvailable online 14 June 2025 LINK “Highlights “The terrestrial planets are believed to have accreted from chondritic meteorites of widely varying composition. Yet, making planets…
El Ali meteorite: From whetstone to fame and to the tragedy of local people’s heritage
Ali H. Egeh CommentMAPS, Version of Record online: 12 June 2025 LINK “The El Ali meteorite, a colossal 15.2 t iron meteorite, was discovered in an area characterized by bushy calcareous evaporates (sedimentary distinctive textures, which…
Size–Frequency Distribution of Terrestrial Leftover Planetesimals and S-complex Implanted AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Rogerio Deienno, André Izidoro, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke, Fernando Roig, and Simone Marchi The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 986, Number 2, 12 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The isotopic composition of meteorites linked…
Origin of gabbroic shergottite Northwest Africa 6963 from an ~180-million-year-old flood basalt province on Mars
James M. D. Day, Hunter R. Edwards, Kim Tait, Carl B. Agee MAPS, Version of Record online: 10 June 2025 LINK “To understand chemical variability within individual martian meteorites, we report major, minor, trace, and…
Meteorite-common amino acid induces clay exfoliation and abiotic compartment formationOPEN ACCESS
Orr Rose Bezaly, Annemieke Petrignani & Helen E. King Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 6, Article number: 435 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Clay surfaces have been invoked as crucial components in the origin of…
Carbon and oxygen isotope evidence for a protoplanetary disk origin of organic solids in meteorites
William M. Lawrence, Geoffrey A. Blake, and John Eiler PNAS, June 2, 2025, 122 (24) LINK “Macromolecular organic solids found in primitive meteorites were the main source of carbon delivered to forming planets in the…
Pairing relationships of howardites, eucrites and diogenites (HED) from the Miller Range ice fields, AntarcticaOPEN ACCESS
Kees C. Welten, Marc W. Caffee, Kevin Righter, Ralph P. Harvey, John Schutt, James M. Karner MAPS, Version of Record online: 02 June 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We reevaluated pairing relationships among 56…
Accretion of the anomalous CR2 chondrite Northwest Africa 14674: Implications for the complexities of the CR parent bodies
R.H. Hewins, P.-M. Zanetta, H. Leroux, S. Laforet, C. Le Guillou, M. Marinova, S. Pont, B. Zanda, R. Brunetto, J. Gattacceca, C. Sonzogni, L. Piani, Y. Marrocchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof,…
Shock deformation and U-Pb isotope systematics in zircon from impactites of the Rochechouart impact structure: Impact age and zircon provenance
Daniela Guerrero, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Natalia Hauser, Gavin Kenny, Martin Whitehouse, Philippe Lambert Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 31 May 2025 LINK “The >23 km diameter, ∼207 Ma old Rochechouart impact structure is…
Physical simulation method for meteoroid atmospheric entry with multiple-peaked light curves
Ziwen Li, Zhenye Li, Xiangyuan Zeng, Jifeng Liu, Hu Zou Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 29 May 2025 LINK “Highlights “Meter-sized meteoroids typically exhibit asymmetric light curves with multiple peaks due to fragmentation and heterogeneous…
Germanium isotope fractionation during evaporation from metal and sulfide melts: Implications for volatile element loss from planetary materialsOPEN ACCESS
Elias Wölfer, Christian J. Renggli, Christoph Burkhardt, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 30 May 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Ge elemental and isotopic composition of planetary materials holds essential clues on…
Experimental simulations of space weathering on pentlanditeOPEN ACCESS
L. C. Chaves, M. S. Thompson, C. A. Dukes, M. J. Loeffler, M. F. Martinez-Motta, H. Vannier, B. H. N. Horgan, N. Smith, K. Ardrey MAPS, Version of Record online: 31 May 2025 LINK (OPEN…
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