There’s a mid-month (15 January 2026, vol. 444) Icarus:
Rosenbush, V. Kleshchonok, V. Ivanova, O. et al. A comprehensive study of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in the 2021/2022 apparition. I. Photometry, spectroscopy, mor… Art 116799 .2025.116799
Benson, C. I. Scheeres, D. J. The YORP effect for meter-sized asteroids Art 116794 .2025.116794
Wlodarczyk, I. Cernis, K. Boyle, R. P. Discovery, orbit, and orbital evolution of asteroids observed at the Vatican advanced technology telescope, including Apollo asteroid 2018 BY6 Art .2025.116830
Li, L. Qiu, M. Hu, S. et al. Delivery of carbonaceous materials to the Moon Art 116802 .2025.116802
Mokhtari, M. Bourdon, B. Condensation of major and trace elements in dust-rich environments Art 116801 .2025.116801
Stokes, S. P. Pearl, J. M. Korneyeva, V. A. et al. Numerical simulation of asteroid geometry variance on airburst threat Art 116819 .2025.116819
Rosenbush, et al.: really, I can’t say it any better than their title. ‘Does what it says on the tin’, eh?
As for Benson Scheeres, it’s nice that they’re doing the legwork for solar perturbations to asteroids. As asteroids get smaller, they’re easier to push. However, as they get down to 1 meter in size, they are no impact threat, not mining targets, and barely defined as asteroids at all.
It’s nice that Wlodarczyk et al. are doing the legwork on asteroid follow-up. We have over a million small bodies discovered, but little info on most, other than existence and orbit. They ‘do what it says on the tin’.
Now, Li et al. is interesting. They find asteroid impactor material (specifically, carbonaceous chondrites) in samples returned by Chang’e-6. Carbonaceous chondrites deliver water and organics to that barren, basalt rock.
Speaking of enrichment, does the impact-gardening process alter mineralogies, maybe even chemistries? As have prior authors, Mokhtari et al. consider the effects of impacts on regoliths of airless bodies.
I hate to dwell on the negatives, but Earth impacts are a worthy subject. Stokes et al. tackle some of the further decimal places on an impact, besides ‘big’, ‘bad’.