This August’s Astronomical Journal (vol. 170 #2) includes: López-Oquendo, A. J. Hora, J. L. Trilling, D. E. et al. Thermal and Optical Characterization of Near-Earth Objects: Science Commissioning of the Recently Upgraded Mid-infrared… 82 ade398Holman, M. J. Bernardinelli, P. H.… Read More »Note, Paper: Better Netter
The Rubin Observatory Community Workshop 2025 continues, all week. Its program: https://project.lsst.org/meetings/rubin2025/program/agenda (see also Pt. 1) The observatory and project staff (not all on the mountaintop, or even Chile + US) are gathering for a head-to-head on the program and… Read More »Rubin Community Workshop 2025- Pt. 2
Two arXiv papers I had reported on previously have been updated. Nothing Earth-shattering, but: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2507.02757v3[Submitted on 3 Jul 2025 (v1), last revised 24 Jul 2025 (this version, v3)]Seligman, D. Z. Micheli, M. Farnocchia, D.… Read More »3I/ATLAS Rehash
This week: the Vera Rubin Observatory‘s Community Workshop, 2025. In which the program scientists (including foreign contributors/collaborators) share their current status and coming plans. This year, unlike last, the body of experts has real meat on the table. Their agenda:… Read More »Rubin Community Workshop 2025- Pt. 1
Space Science Reviews, vol. 221 (yes, that SpaceSciRev) covers the Hera flight to Didymos: Michel, P. Küppers, M. Fitzsimmons, A. et al. The Hera Space Mission in the Context of Small Near-Earth Asteroid Missions in the Past, Present and Future … Read More »Space Science Reviews Hera
Publications on our interstellar guest 3I/ATLAS continue, as they should- we have only months before it passes behind the Sun. Publications on the arXiv platform: arXiv:2507.14916 Yang, B. Meech, K. J. Connelley, M. et al. Spectroscopic Characterization of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS:… Read More »3I/ATLAS Grab Bag
Oh look, an article in Nature. Well, a Nature-family title, Nature Communications Earth & Environment. In vol. 6: Kawasaki, N. Arakawa, S. Miyamoto, Yushi et al. Solar System’s earliest solids as tracers of the accretion region of Ryugu and Ivuna-type carbonaceous chondrites… Read More »Note, Paper: CAIs in CI and Haya
Blogworthy two ways: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2507.13409[Submitted on 17 Jul 2025]Chandler, C. O. Bernardinelli, P. H. Jurić, M. et al, NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Observations of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) The Rubin Observatory is so… Read More »Vera Rubin Upfront (3I)
There’s a collection in Progress in Earth and Planetary Science lately (vol. 12): Vernazza, P. Jorda, L. Tardivel, S. et al. Surface science on Phobos with the navigation cameras of the MMX IDEFIX rover 46 s40645-025-00708-4Yokota, S. Matsuoka, A. Murata,… Read More »Note, Paper: Mars Moons eXposition
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