Meteoritical Society News

July 2026 Newsletter

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:39:00 +0000

The July 2026 newsletter

1944 Meteorites Approved in 2025

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 13:11:00 +0000

1944 Meteorites Approved in 2025

June 2026 Newsletter

Wed, 08 Jul 2026 12:49:00 +0000

The June 2026 Newsletter

Travel Awards Provided to 93 Members for Annual Meeting in Frankfurt

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000

The Meteoritical Society greatly values that we were able to provide Travel Awards to 93 members to support their participation in this year's annual meeting, to be held in Frankfurt, Germany

Final Community Grant Report: "Meteorites & Dinosaurs Chile"

Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:43:00 +0000

final report submitted by Claudia Samanta Aravena González

Final Grant Report: "Experimental Simulations of Space Weathering on Mercury: Ion irradiation and Infrared Spectroscopy under High Temperatures"

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:32:00 +0000

Final reserach grant report submitted by Swarma Prava Das

Research Grant FInal Report: "The influence of evaporites on the terrestrial alteration of CO carbonaceous chondrites from the Atacama Desert: Evidence from oxygen isotope analysis"

Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:28:00 +0000

Final report for research grant from Gabriel Pinto

Research Grant Report: "Investigating solar wind implantation and volatile budget of highland-derived lunar impact glasses using hydrogen and nitrogen abundance and isotope compositions"

Thu, 28 May 2026 17:42:00 +0000

Final report for research grant to Stephanie Halwa, University of Manchester

May 2026 Newsletter

Fri, 08 May 2026 15:26:00 +0000

The May 2026 newsletter

The Meteoritical Society Fellows of 2026

Tue, 05 May 2026 14:15:00 +0000

The Meteoritical Society Fellows of 2026

2026 Pellas-Ryder Award

Tue, 05 May 2026 11:33:00 +0000

The 2026 Pellas-Ryder Award winner is Lucia Bellino

Research grant report: "Laboratory experiments on terrestrial alteration of CM chondrites"

Fri, 01 May 2026 14:53:00 +0000

Final report for research grant to Robin Haller, University of Glasgow.

April 2026 Newsletter

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:08:00 +0000

April 2026 Newsletter

March 2026 Newsletter

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:29:00 +0000

March 2026 Newsletter

Nine new Research Grants Awarded

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:20:00 +0000

Nine research grants were awarded in January, 2025.

Three new Community Grants Awarded

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 14:05:00 +0000

Three community grants awarded in Janaury, 2025.

Call for hosting the 2030 MetSoc Meeting

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:10:00 +0000

Call for hosting the 2030 MetSoc Meeting.

John Hume Jones (1952-2025)

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:53:00 +0000

Dr. John Hume Jones (known to all as “JJ”) died on April 13, 2025, in Houston, Texas, succumbing to complications from a chronic illness.

John W. Larimer (1939-2026)

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:28:00 +0000

John W. (Jack) Larimer, a pioneer in meteorite research, passed away at the age of 86 on January 22, 2026.

Vale H. Ralph Uhlherr (1934 - 2025)

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:18:00 +0000

Ralph Uhlherr began his search for australites in the 1970s