Generally, the papers in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta are too in-the-weeds and shoegazey for this blog (…or would that be cho-gazey?). Except now- for 1 Jun 2025 (vol.398): Serra, C. Grauby, O. Ferry, D. et al. Experimental investigations of mineral-organic… Read More »Note, Paper: SSSB Seed Detail
Last week was the American Astronomical Society‘s DDA sub-meeting. The DDA (Division on Dynamical Astronomy) covered “particles” (discrete objects, from dust all the way up to individual stars) as they behave under physical laws (mostly gravity, but also impacts, etc.)… Read More »56th AAS-DDA Meeting
A small-body paper made a Nature group journal, Nature Astronomy: Beck, P. Quirico, E. Poch, O. et al. On the darkness of Ryugu and other dark small bodies s41550-025-02557-z The carbonaceous asteroids (those in the C-complex) resemble the carbonaceous-chondrite meteorites.… Read More »Note, Paper: Black of Night
It’s time for the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2025, from 25-30 May 2025. (Sorry, we here not in Japan had a holiday.) Like the AGU and EGU, the conference deals with Earth sciences, extending all the way up to other… Read More »2025 Japan Geoscience Union Meeting
The three issues of MNRAS (Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society) for May are now out: Volume 539, Issue 1 May 2025Ali-Dib, M. Walton, C. Protoplanetary cores drove chondrule formation P. 127 staf505Anslow, R. J. Bonsor, A. Todd, Z.… Read More »Note, Paper: Bits about Bits
It may seem a bit early for the July Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems (vol. 11 issue 3)- it’s ‘in progress’. But considering the next (October) issue is already being served on the site, I’m going to go… Read More »Note, Paper: Water-Rich Print
As of Monday, April 21, the Lucy probe has reported it survived and is functioning. Data from asteroid Donaldjohanson now transmitting.
Oops, missed Astrophysical Journal Letters for April 10 (vol. 983, #1): Mousis, O. Werlen, A. Benest Couzinou, T. et al. Primordial Origin of Methane on Eris and Makemake Supported by D/H Ratios L12 adc134Lim, B. Ishiguro, M. Takahashi, J. et… Read More »Note, Paper: Outerphys Journ
There’s also a mid-month Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta– 15 April (vol. 395): Krot, A. N. Nagashima, K. Dunn, T. L. et al. Oxygen and aluminum-magnesium isotope systematics of the metasomatically altered coarse-grained igneous calcium-aluminum rich from CK3.7-3.8 carbonaceous chondrites Pgs.… Read More »Note, Paper: Geochondrika
Good old Icarus; what’s in 1 May (vol. 431)? Micca Longo, G. Suttle, M. D. Longo, S. A numerical model for the atmospheric entry of hydrated, phyllosilicate-rich micrometeorites Article 116490 .2025.116490Baker, D. A. McMahon, J. W. Boulder-induced spin variability in… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus Big (or Not)