…and speaking of pieces. The 11th Dust Workshop is going on now (18-20 Mar 2025, Venice, IT). The “11th” refers to 2015, due to the Rosetta mission to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. While it’s true that Rosetta advanced comet studies far beyond… Read More »Dust Workshop 2025
In this “month’s” three issues of MNRAS (Monthly Notices, Roy. Astron. Society): Volume 537, Issue 3, March 2025– Volume 537, Issue 4, March 2025Müller, D. R. Altwegg, K. Berthelieret, J-J. et al. Land of gas and dust – exploring bursting… Read More »Note, Paper: >Million Pieces
Just saw this one, sorry I’m a bit slow on the ‘regurgitate’ button: The asteroid Bennu is even weirder than we thoughthttps://www.newscientist.com/article/2471749-the-asteroid-bennu-is-even-weirder-than-we-thought/
There’s still time to register for the Hayabusa meeting, and yes, there is an online option: 2ND HAYABUSA2 DATA ANALYSIS WORKSHOP ON 3 APRIL AT ISAS/ONLINEDate: 3 April 2025Time: 9:30-17:30 ST (5:00-9:30 UTC)Topics: Hayabusa2 dataset, GIS products, Tools, Scientific analysesRegistration… Read More »Hayabusa Data Analysis Workshop
Courtesy of Planetary Science News: NASA INFRARED TELESCOPE FACILITY OBSERVING PROPOSALS The due date for the 2025B semester (August 1, 2025 to January 31, 2026) is Tuesday, April 1, 2025. See our online submission form: https://irtfweb.ifa.hawaii.edu/observing/applicationForms-php Information on available facility… Read More »IRTF Call for Proposals
And now for something pedagogically different. In Space Science Reviews, dated 12 March (they’re all-online, no issues at all): Boonstra, S. K. Kretke, K. Garcia, D. et al. Technical STEM Workforce Development Re-Imagined: The Lucy Student Pipeline and Competency Enabler… Read More »Note, Pupils: Lucy L’SPACE Program
There’s one paper I’ll point out in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta for 1 Mar, vol. 392 (and none for 15 Mar, vol. 393): Bermingham, K. R. Tornabene, H. A. Walker, R. J. et al. The non-carbonaceous nature of Earth’s late-stage accretion p.… Read More »Note, Paper: Geo Wet Cosmo Chondrica
…and finally, Friday, the last day of this year’s LPSC (see also Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/ Environmental Analogs Detectability of Pore-Filling Ice by Ground-Penetrating Radar for Planetary ISRU at Hekla Volcano, Iceland [#2027] McGlasson R. A. et al. … Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Fri, Day 5
…and now Thursday, March 13, 2025 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed) https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2025/technical_program/ Special Session: Interesting Ices of the Solar SystemRole of Natron in Delaying Retreat of Buried Ice Tables on Ceres and Ceres-Like Objects [#2251] Landis M. E. et al.A… Read More »56th LPSC (2025): Thu, Day 4
The launch of the SPHEREx spectrometry mission and PUNCH heliospheric mission, on a single rocket, was successful. All four PUNCHes and SPHEREx deployed from the second stage. SPHEREx, for one, has successfully communicated with the ground; the PUNCH team has… Read More »SPHEREx, PUNCH Up