Everybody’s getting in on planetary science; LPSC was the first but is no longer the only game in ‘town’. The Planetary Science Conference 2025 starts tomorrow, Krakow, Poland, until Oct 25: https://mars.uj.edu.pl/index.php/planetary-science-conference/planetary-scienceconference-2025/ As per this blog, my pick of relevant… Read More »Polish Planetary Science Conference
In lesser news: NewSpace startup Fleet Space announced that their payload- a science instrument- will join the ApophisExL mission to the eponymous asteroid in 2029. www.fleetspace.com/newsroom/fleet-space-targets-apophis-for-off-world-exploration-missionSeptember 23, 2025Fleet Space Targets Apophis For Off-World Exploration Mission The ApophisExL mission is a… Read More »Got It On Apophis Mission (Fleet Space)
How did I (almost) miss this one. An entire issue of Elements has the theme of sample return: Elements, October 2025- vol. 21, #5 -, From the Editors p. 316 .21.5.316Barnes, J. J. Davidson, J. To See a World in… Read More »Sample Return Special Issue of Elements
Just up on Space Science Reviews site: Schönbächler, M. Bouvier, A. Kita, N. T. et al. Initial Conditions of Planet Formation: Time Constraints from Small Bodies and the Lifetime of Reservoirs in the Solar Protoplaneta… Art 97 s11214-025-01216-z I’ve said… Read More »Space Science Reviews… Solar System Birth
Now posted, the Meteoritics & Planetary Science October (vol. 60 #10) issue: Rezes, D. Gyollai, I. Biri, S. et al. Comparison of three proton irradiated meteorite samples to better understand the solar wind-based space weathering Pgs 2297 maps.70038Suttle, M. D.… Read More »Note, Paper: Rock Blotter Waters
The issue of New Astronomy for December (vol. 121) includes: Borodin, V. I. Bubenchikov, M. A. Bubenchikov, A. M. et al. Complex rotations of the asteroid 45 Eugenia Art. 102458 .2025.102458 Binaries: once again, handy to have. The parent asteroid… Read More »Note, Paper: Triple System Blip
Not only are we characterizing interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, we’re going meta: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2510.13222[Submitted on 16 Oct 2025]Grant, S. R. Jones, G. H. Prospects for the Crossing of Comet 3I/ATLAS’s Ion Tail arxiv.org/abs/2510.11779[Submitted on 15 Oct… Read More »Chance ATLAS Plasma Catch?
A bit light for this blog, but… ESA has posted an explainer video for the RAMSES mission: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/10/Ramses_ESA_s_mission_to_rendezvous_with_asteroid_ApophisRamses: ESA’s mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis 13/10/2025 This week marks three and a half years until the Apophis flyby of Earth;… Read More »See RAMSES Teaser
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 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