Hey peers: help your fellow planetary scientists and ensure a vibrant planetary science field. Courtesy of Planetary Newsletter: Join our Solar System Science Program as virtual panelists and external reviewers https://tinyurl.com/2s3bkhcr Quick ApplicationRequired Fields: Answer all items marked with an asterisk*Share… Read More »NASA Science Peers Call
The comet chronicling continues: Astrophysics > Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2508.16825[Submitted on 22 Aug 2025)Davenport, J. R. A. Sheikh, S. Z. Croft, S. et al. Technosignature Searches of Interstellar Objects Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2508.18209[Submitted on 25… Read More »3I Hypothesized, Rovib-Characterized
In the latest issue (Sep., vol. 25 #9) of Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, a Chinese-centric journal hosted by a US site: Tang, Y. Jiang, Y. Zhang, Z. et al. NEA Detection Method with Neural Network in Sidereal Tracking 095003 … Read More »Note, Paper: Wide Net
We’ve gone a little while without ATLAS matters: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2508.15768[Submitted on 22 Aug 2025]Eubanks, T. M. Bills, B. G. Hibberd, A. et al. 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1): Direct Spacecraft Exploration of a Possible Relic of Planetary… Read More »3I + SPHEREx = Identified
Not strictly asteroidal, but some nice background on the Vera Rubin Observatory in Nature Astronomy (vol. 9 #8): Kim, B. Rubin’s Universe 1111 s41550-025-02644-1 Let’s not forget that Rubin has four missions, only one of which is Solar System objects.… Read More »Vera Rubin Understanding
Just posted (not August) in Nature Astronomy (vol. 9? issue?): Barnes, J. J. Nguyen, A. N. Abernethy, F. A. J. et al. The variety and origin of materials accreted by Bennu’s parent asteroid s41550-025-02631-6 As befits Nature, this is a quite deep… Read More »Note, Paper: We Read “Seeds”
New coverage by, not Science, but a sister title, Science Advances (this is becoming a pattern). For 22 Aug (vol. 11, #34): Courville, S. W. Castillo-Rogez, J. C. Melwani Daswani, M. et al. Core metamorphism controls the dynamic habitability of… Read More »Note, Paper: Pelt Melt… Cells?
In a week, there will be a (virtual) meeting to handle the handling of results from the GRNS (Gamma Ray/Neutron Spectrometer) instrument on the Psyche mission. The Psyche probe, like Dawn before it, carries a high-energy spectrometer to measure elemental… Read More »Psyche Gamma/Neutron Webinar
Nothing of relevance in Earth and Planetary Science Letters for 1 Sep 2025 (vol. 665) or 15 Sep (vol. 666). Earth is much easier to study than the others.
Cross-disciplinary, indeed. There’s an asteroid article in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets vol. 130, #8: Courville, S. W. Sanderson, H. R. Bierson, C. J. et al. Ferromagmatic Intrusions on Asteroid (16) Psyche May Be Magnetized 2025JE009031 Volcanoes are volcanic, right?… Read More »Note, Paper: Strange Spew Worlds