One paper in MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) for July: Volume 540, Issue 3– Volume 540, Issue 4– Volume 541, Issue 1Smyth-Moore, A. Kaufmann, E. Jia, Q. et al. Exploring planetary regolith: deriving geotechnically meaningful properties from… Read More »Note, Paper: Regolith Pegging
New July edition of Cometary Science Newsletter. Since there happens to be a comet of note at this moment- very interesting, quite rare and speedy– the site is highly relevant. In this particular case, a web site has been set… Read More »Cometary Science Newsletter, July (3I)
More interstellar-object coverage, not necessarily peer-reviewed science output, but more substantial than just lay prose: www.gemini.edu/news/press-releases/noirlab2522July 15, 2025 Josie Fenske Gemini North Observes Comet 3I/ATLAS www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-interstellar-object-3i-atlass-biggest-mysteries-explained/July 16, 2025 Jonathan O’Callaghan 7 Big Mysteries about Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Apologies for the… Read More »3I/ATLAS: Small-Body Copy
Quite the Icarus for August (vol. 436): Barrett, T. J. Bryson, J. F. J. Geraki, K. The source of hydrogen in earth’s building blocks Art. 116588 .2025.116588 Li, Y. Liu, J. Ning, X. et al. Dimension-ratio-based observability analysis of asteroid… Read More »Note, Paper: As The Worlds Turn
…the ‘papers’ (not necessarily recognized) on our interstellar object continue… Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2507.11720[Submitted on 15 Jul 2025]Belyakov, M. Fremling, C. Graham, M. J. et al. Palomar and Apache Point Spectrophotometry of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS arxiv.org/abs/2507.12234[Submitted on… Read More »3I/ATLAS Patterns
This week saw the annual UK Space Conference. It’s true that most of this meeting concerned commercial or workforce topics, and therefore Earth orbit flights and related subjects. However: https://www.spaceconference.co.uk/2025/programme Thursday 17 July2:50 PM – 3:30 PM24BK021: Asteroids: The UK… Read More »UK Space Conference 2025
Since we’re talking about an object penetrating our Solar System from other parts of the galaxy, it was inevitable that this would draw wider media coverage. That coverage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HeTCmtNJSUJul 3, 2025 Scott Manley We Just Discovered The Fastest Interstellar Comet… Read More »3I/ATLAS Patch
And now, the final day of the 2025 MetSoc: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2025/technical_program/ My cull of relevant agenda items: Friday, July 18, 2025 Aqueous Alteration of Chondrites Babrián B. et al.An Experimental View of Progressive Aqueous Alteration in Carbonaceous Chondrites [#5048] Lee M.… Read More »Meteoritical Society Meeting 2025, Day 5
…continuing from a prior post (and another): Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2507.07312[Submitted on 9 Jul 2025 (v1). last revised 12 Jul 2025 (this version, v2)]X-SHOOTER Spectrum of Comet C/2025 N1: Insights into a Distant Interstellar VisitorAlvarez-Candal, A. Rizos,… Read More »3I/ATLAS Hat Trick…
(see also Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) My picks (biased, clearly) from the 2025 MetSoc: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2025/technical_program/ Thursday, July 17, 2025 Carbonaceous Chondrites and Chondritic Components 2 Swain S. et al.Mineralogy of C1, C2 and CM-Like Clasts in Chondrite and Achondrite… Read More »Meteoritical Society Meeting 2025, Day 4