In International Journal of Impact Engineering for November (volume 205): Kurosaki, K. Kurosawa, K. Arakawa, M. Ejection angles during hypervelocity impacts on flat and spherical targets investigated with shock physics modeling Art 105400 .2025.105400 DART! DART is the hypervelocity impact,… Read More »Note, Paper: Impact Back-Calc
Breaking: Dr. Bryce Bolin will give a talk today, on small bodies: asteroids, comets, and in particular extrasolar, interplanetary objects like 3I: https://griffithobservatory.org/event/all-space-considered-november-2025/ Dr. Bryce Bolin, Exploration of Interstellar Objects and Other Exotic Asteroids and Comets Dr. Bolin is a… Read More »Timely Topic Talk Today
The Jan Acta Astronautica (vol. 238, Part A) brings us: Yuan, X. Tian, Y. Cui, H. Autonomous spacecraft navigation via semantic probability map of natural features Pg 37-50Jin, J. Wen, K. Ke, F-W. et al. Influence of interface effects on shielding… Read More »Note, Paper: Comin’ In Hot
Posted in arXiv, a non-peer reviewed paper, by choice. These preprint servers are also handy for distribution of whitepapers, position papers, and reference works: [multiple fields] www.arxiv.org/pdf/2511.10927 Moullet, A. Burgarella, D. Kataria, T. et al. PRIMA General Observer Science Book Volume… Read More »PRIMA Phase A Ways Elaborated
Lots of good content in Space Science Reviews lately (vol. 221). Now posted: Popescu, M. M. de Léon, J. Prodan, G. P. et al. HyperScout-H: The Hyperspectral Imager for the ESA Hera Mission art. 112 s11214-025-01237-8 The asteroid mission Hera… Read More »Space Science Reviews Hera-HS-H
The November 10 ApJ (Astrophysical Journal) (vol. 993 #2) has: Cryan, S. Brunetto, R. Guilbert-Lepoutre, A. et al. Nitrogen-bearing Species on Trans-Neptunian Objects Revealed by JWST/DiSCo-TNOs art. 188 ae060d Kimura, H. Hirai, T. Okamoto, T. et al. Tensile Strength of Dust, Pebbles, and Planetesimals:… Read More »Note, Paper: The Tensile or Volatile
The journal Solar System Research is (was?) the preferred title for Soviet/Russian scientists in that field- essentially, the eastern Icarus. In Sol Sys Res for 10 Nov, vol. 59: Kokhirova, G. I. On the Progress and Problems of Observational Meteor… Read More »Note, Paper: To See the Meteor Field
The November edition of MNRAS (actually three “issues”) is now up: Volume 543, Issue 3, November Huang, C. Wu, Y. Yu, Y. Force chains bias the dynamic response to impacts in rubble-pile asteroids Pg 2523 staf1575Matsuoka, R. N. Kuramoto, K. Origin… Read More »Note, Paper: Bits Whizz, Near and Far
They say any publicity is good publicity, but… we could use better publicity: interestingengineering.com/future-of-space/future-of-asteroid-mining-explainedKaif Shaikh, 5 Nov The future of asteroid mining: Missions, resources, and challenges explained Shaikh does a decent enough job- nothing we don’t already know in this… Read More »Asteroid Tri-Mining Tabloid?
Now, the second half of the Hayabusa 2025 meeting, or “12th Symposium of Solar System Materials” November 11–14 in JAXA’s Sagamihara campus: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/ (see also Part I). And now, the relevant, best of the meeting program: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/program/ Nov. 13 S31-01 … Read More »Hayabusa Symposium 2025- Pt. II