OSIRIS-REx Revealing Secrets…
No news to OREx fans, but here’s a good explainer from Dante Lauretta himself, including early sample results: OSIRIS-REx: Revealing Secrets from the Dawn of our Solar System https://airandspace.si.edu/whats-on/events/osiris-rex-revealing-secrets-dawn-our-solar-system Lauretta just gave the Smithsonian’s Exploring Space lecture this Wednesday, May… Read More »OSIRIS-REx Revealing Secrets…
…ExMAG Spring 2024, continued…
Day 2: – The OSIRIS-REx information was specific, possibly a little too far into the weeds. Lots of slides and speech about curation, from lab equipment and handling procedures to particle-request applications and allocation committees. Granted, the point of OSIRIS-REx,… Read More »…ExMAG Spring 2024, continued…
AbSciCon 2024 meeting
…before I continue with ExMAG, a recap of AbSciCon. The AGU‘s Astrobiology conference (“AbSciCon” for short) just took place, this time in Providence, Rhode Island. Dworkin, J. P. McLain, H. L. Parker, E. T. et al. A Search for Extraterrestrial… Read More »AbSciCon 2024 meeting
Note, Paper: Icarus (2)
Can’t forget Icarus, the Solar-System-dedicated journal. Now, From June (v. 415): Tang, Y. Lauretta, D. S. Ballouz, R. L. et al. Characterization of a mass movement site in Ben… a 116056 .2024.116056Smirnov, E. A. A comparative analysis of machine learning… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus (2)
LPSC Meeting 2024, part 2
…to continue, a big push at LPSC was space weathering, of both Ryugu and Bennu. -Both Ryugu and Bennu grains show some palpably space-weathered surfaces, presumably the outward sides of exposed (surface) regolith particles. The space weathering is palpable as… Read More »LPSC Meeting 2024, part 2
LPSC Meeting 2024, part 1
Another LPSC (Lunar and Planetary Science Conference) has come and gone. While there’s a Japanese and a Euro conference each year, and more recently British and Chinese meetings, let’s put it on the table: LPSC is big, especially since Ryugu… Read More »LPSC Meeting 2024, part 1
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