The 2025 GSA Connects meeting (Geological Society of America) is next week, Oct 19-22, San Antonio: https://connects.geosociety.org/ Some of my (biased) highlights from the agenda (admittedly, mostly terrestrial as you might guess): Pardee Keynote Symposia…Wednesday, 22 October-Impact Cratering and EvolutionP4.… Read More »GSA Connects meeting, 2025
In Advances in Space Research, 1 Nov (vol. 76, #9): Chai, J. Mei, J. Gong, Y. et al. Analysis of a conceptual multi-node flexible small body lander: Bounce suppression and active control Pgs 5471 .2025.08.008 Again, landing on an asteroid is,… Read More »Note, Paper: Philae Astray, No Way
The “issues” of Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) for October are up: volume 542, #4 – volume 543, #1Li, Z. Qiao, D. Li, X. Spatial temporary capture in the Sun–planet three-body system Pgs 625 staf1430 volume 543,… Read More »Note, Paper: Planetary Particles Aplenty
The in-depth journal Space Science Reviews (hence, “Review”) scores a hat trick: Cox, M. Cuddy, C. Schneider, J. et al. The Lucy Spacecraft Art 94 s11214-025-01190-6Polanskey, C. A. Elkins-Tanton, L. T. Bell, J. F. et al. Psyche Mission Description and… Read More »Space Sci Review Tri-Flew
The issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters for November (vol 669) contains: Amano, K. Viennet, J-C. Beck, P. et al. Updating the Urey-Craig diagram: The iron redox states of the building blocks of the outer solar system Art 119587… Read More »Note, Paper: CC Fe3 Read
In the Acta Astronautica issue for Nov (vol. 236): Acciarini, G. Izzo, D. Biscani, F. EclipseNETs: Learning irregular small celestial body silhouettes p. 514 .2025.06.002Chen, Z. Shen, S. Cui, H. et al. Robust adaptive guidance for autonomous asteroid landing via… Read More »Note, Paper: Potato Exploration Papers
Geochemical Perspectives Letters is giving MAPS/GeCoA competition. In vol. 37: Siciliano Rego, E. Dauphas, N. Hopp, T. Consolidating the isotope trichotomy of planetary materials with new evidence P. 7 geochemlet.2538 What did the early Solar System look like? We can look… Read More »Note, Paper: Old-Time Nuclide Signs
USA Today is hardly cutting-edge as journalism goes, but publicity is publicity: www.usatoday.com/story/studiog/life/2025/10/07/asteroid-mining-brings-private-companies-into-the-space-race/85710633007/Hope Hodge Seck Oct 7 Asteroid Mining, a Gold Rush in Space Note that the URL ‘title’ is horrendous. Private companies defy traditional notions of a “Space Race”.… Read More »“Asteroid Mining” Lines
Not news, but ESA’s Hera mission to Didymos/Dimorphos after the DART impact has launched and is on track. Based on good performances from all propulsion systems, mission managers expect to encounter the target asteroids earlier than first planned. Arrival is… Read More »Hera Update, Oct 2025
Going on right now: the EU-ESA Workshop on Astrometric and Radar Observations of NEOshttps://indico.esa.int/event/590/Oct 6–8, Frascati, Italy: European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) Asteroids are distinguished from stars because they move; near-Earth asteroids are distinguished from Main Belters because they move… Read More »EU-ESA Astrometry/Radar Workshop