Almost missed this one… PNAS (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.) covers mostly biochem and molecular bio, like many science publications. Those are fields with a lot going on now, so astro is rare. Rare, but not zero- in the Feb. issue… Read More »Note, Paper: Dual Amino Routes Seen
Time for the third International Online Conference on Universe (4-6 March, online of course): https://sciforum.net/event/IOCU2026 The word “Universe” means most of the meeting is not about asteroids, or even comets. Mostly it covers cosmology and physics, as expressed in i.… Read More »3rd International Online Conference on Universe (’26)
Some quasi-appropriate goodies from Sky & Tel, March (vol. 151 #3): skyandtelescope.org/sky-and-telescope-magazine/inside-the-march-2026-issue/Christopher M. Graney, Dennis Danielson Lord Kelvin and Space Seeds p. 28 In short, a writeup on the panspermia theory. Longer version: starting way back in the history of… Read More »Sky Flying Bio Hindsight
Let’s check up on our guest comet, courtesy of arXiv: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2602.23586Medler, K. Hoogendam, W. B. Ashall, C. et al. Contemporaneous Optical and Near-Infrared Observations of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Pre- and Post-Perihelion[Submitted on 27 Feb… Read More »3I/ATLAS Tracking (Gases and Path Stats)
The torrent of images has not only begun, it’s bringing meta-information: https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=1770317703 Salgundi, A. Andreoni, I. Anumarlapudi, A. et al. AT 2026epw: Discovery of a possible nova from Vera C. Rubin Observatory27 Feb 2026; 21:00 UT In my last update,… Read More »Vera Rubin Update (Mar ‘26)
Yet again, the February issue of A&A (vol. 706) still says “in progress”. But March is up, so here goes: Carruba, V. Sfair, R. Winter, O. C. The dynamically hazardous asteroid 2025 TV10 – A new co-orbital asteroid of Venus … Read More »Note, Paper: Hot Mess (or Not)
The March Acta Astronautica (vol. 240) brings us: Szabó, N. O. Sárneczky, K. Kiss, L. L. et al. NEO and imminent impactor discoveries from Hungary: Recent results and lessons learnt Pg 1 .2025.11.055Coates, A. Wheeler, L. Dotson, J. Risk knowledge… Read More »Note, Paper: Detecting, Inspecting… Deflecting?
Mustn’t let our interstellar guest slip away unnoticed: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2602.21586Hartman, J. D. Bakos, G. Á. Jordan, A. et al. HATPI Pre-Perihelion Time-series Photometry of the Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS[Submitted on 25 Feb 2026] Standard Disclaimer: The… Read More »HATPI ATLAS Chance Gathering
Published by JGR-Planets (vol. 131 #2): Sato, M. Kimura, Y. Hatakeyama, T. et al. Characteristics of Natural Remanence Records in Fine‐Grained Particles Returned From Asteroid Ryugu 2025JE009265 The question of asteroid magnetic fields is a constant, unanswered one. Differentiated, iron… Read More »Note, Paper: Asteroid Magnet Framboids?
Advances in Space Research has posted for 1 March (vol. 77, #5): Han, Z-Z. Liu, S-X. Guo, Y-X. The orbital dynamics modeling and simulation of asteroid probe based on variational integrators Pages 5986 .2025.12.074de Almeida Jr., A. K. Santos, L.… Read More »Note, Paper: Turn About is Our Play