Referencing the recent Courville et al. 2025 (“Core metamorphism controls the dynamic habitability of mid-sized ocean worlds—The case of Ceres”): The SETI Live podcast by the SETI Institute will record an episode October 2, 2025, at 2:30 pm PDT. In… Read More »Courville Clement Ceres: The Podcast
I want to quickly cover the Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta for 15 Sep (vol. 405): Nakashima, D. Friedrich, J. M. Ott, U. Initial 244Pu/238U ratios and seach for presolar SiC in Ca-Al-rich inclusions from CV3 chondrite using noble gas and… Read More »Note, Paper: Isotope Exo-Motes
The latest “issue” (all-digital) of Geochemical Perspectives Letters includes (17 Sep 2025- vol. 37): Wölfer, E. Hellmann, J. Burkhardt, C. et al. Ge, Te, and Zn isotopic link between Ryugu and CI chondrites P. 1 geochemlet.2537 A brief examination of… Read More »Note, Paper: Mod Vol Balls and Falls
September’s Meteoritics & Planetary Science (vol. 60 #9) is now up, plus a supplemental issue: Lee, M. R. Salge, T. Maclaren, I. Magnesium phosphate in the Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) carbonaceous chondrite P. 2017 maps.70018Vacher, L. G. Phan, V. T. H.… Read More »Note, Paper: Phos-Fact Post
The issue of Earth and Planetary Science Letters for 15 Oct (vol. 668) includes: Nakahashi, T. Miyahara, M. Yamaguchi, A. Experimental constrants on the shock history of CI chondrites and Ryugu grains Art 119559 .2025.119559 Shock manifests itself as crystal defects.… Read More »Note, Paper: Impact Crack Tracking
Recently accepted and posted by Nature– yes, Nature. 10 Sep 2025: Iizuka, T. Shibuya, T. Hayakawa, T. et al. Late fluid flow in a primitive asteroid revealed by Lu–Hf isotopes in Ryugu s41586-025-09483-0 Certain isotopes decay to known, stable, predictable… Read More »Note, Paper: Late Flow on Ryugu. FLOW.
Just out in Nature Astronomy, first 05 Sep, then 08 Sep: Ciocco, M., Roskosz, M., Doisneau, B. et al. A collisional history of the L chondrite parent bodies s41550-025-02615-6Anderson, S.E., Vernazza, P. & Brož, M. Different arrival times of CM-… Read More »Note, Paper: Chondrite Flight Insights
The meeting for Thursday, Sep. 11 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme MITM8Imagery, photometry, and spectroscopy of small bodies and planetary surfaces The potential of in-situ THz-spectroscopy to resolve the subsurface structure of Comets – Linus Stoeckli et al.… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, IV
The annual EPSC-DPS meeting (held together this year) for Wednesday, Sep. 10 (see also Mon and Tue): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme SB15Computational and experimental astrophysics of small bodies and planets Exchange of ejected material between the terrestrial planets and the Moon – Sergei… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, III
The joint Europlanet and AAS–DPS meeting, for this Tuesday (see also Day 1): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme Tuesday, 9 Sep SB10 Observing and modelling meteors in planetary atmospheres Cosmic dust in the heliosphere- Veerle Sterken CE4 Europlanet General Assembly TP8… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, II