More short briefings from Astronomers’ Telegram: www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17664Mugrauer, M. Belger, M. Jamil, Z. et al. Follow-up Imaging Observations of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS ATel #17664 on 10 Feb 2026; 13:40 UT Yes, it’s a comet. We continue to track the small body, both in… Read More »ATLAS Kamera Gesellschaft
The Feb 1 Astrophysical Journal (ApJ) (vol. 997 #2) contains: Tribbett, P. D. Yarnall, Y. Y. Gerakines, P. A. et al. Radiation-driven Destruction of N-heterocycles in the Presence and Absence of Water Ice Art 291 ae22f0 Asteroids contain organics. That’s… Read More »Note, Paper: If Life Dices in Ice
Very interesting interview this week in the Art Astra podcast: https://www.artastra.space/episodes/scicomm-elizabeth-taskerEpisode 15 Science Communication for International Audiences with Dr. Elizabeth Tasker You can use the direct link, or a podcast aggregator (no shortage of them). Dr. Tasker is a member… Read More »Dr. Elizabeth Tasker Interview
Icarus for March (vol. 446) contains: Oszkiewicz, D. Bartczak, P. Colazo, M. et al. Asteroid phase curve modeling with empirical correction for shape and viewing geometry Art 116886 .2025.116886 Kurosaki, K. Arakawa, M. Numerical simulation of impact cratering and induced… Read More »Note, Paper: Who Will Watch the Splotch(men)
There’s another Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, for 15 Feb (vol. 415): Riches, L. J. Suttle, M. D. Franchi, I. A. et al. Fluid history in the ungrouped C2 Essebi meteorite parent body Pg 146 .2025.12.035Wilson, B. J. K. Nagashima, K.… Read More »Note, Paper: See C-Meteorite Histories
Wrapping up the “2025” (vol. 6) papers of Planetary Science Journal: Wright, E. L. Masiero, J. Mainzer, A. NEOWISE Data and Thermophysical Modeling of 98943 Torifune (2001 CC21) A 305 ae21dfCombi, M. R. Mäkinen, T. Bertaux, J-L. et al. Activity… Read More »Note, Paper: Space Data Paper Fate
Want a quick explainer of Interstellar Objects (‘Oumuamua, Borisov, and ATLAS)? Look no further: www.snexplores.org/article/interstellar-objects-stars-comicInterstellar objects: Visitors from other stars! Something fast, to the point, and most importantly verifiable. Show this to family, friends, etc. that have questions about the… Read More »Color Interstellar Object Comic
There’s a mid-month Advances In Space Research– 15 February (vol. 77, #4): Zhu, X. Liu, Y. Peng, F. Three-stage homotopy approach for asteroid landing desensitized trajectory optimization initialized via quadratic programming Pgs 5009 .2025.11.117Yuan, W. Deng, H. Gao, S. et… Read More »Note, Paper: Small-Body Stall/Fall Study
In Earth And Planetary Science Letters for 15 Feb (vol. 676), we have: Miller, Martin F. Residual mass-independently fractionated oxygen present in solids accreted during planetesimal formation in the early Solar System: potential evidence from… Art 119717 .2025.119717 Oxygen forms… Read More »Note, Paper: Bound Oxygen Cloud Found?
The Vera Rubin Observatory goes live tonight (in a sense). Shakedown operations with the Vera Rubin ‘scope have been going on for months now, finding the last issues and optimizing the procedures for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time.… Read More »Vera Rubin Update (Feb 2026)