Beresheet crashed.Vikram crashed.Hakuto-R crashed.Luna-25 crashed.Peregrine crashed.Resilience crashed. Hayabusa bounced. It then continued its mission, and… returned to Earth. Almost 20 years ago. The gravity of Earth’s natural satellite is one-sixth Earth’s gravity… and that of Ceres, the largest asteroid, is… Read More »“Low Gravity” Indeed
Is something happening at Nature Group, something positive? Three days, four items in NatAstronomy: Pilorget, C. Baklouti, D. Bibring, J.-P. et al. 25 September 2024 Phosphorus-rich grains in Ryugu samples with major biochemical potential s41550-024-02366-w Bennu (via the OSIRIS-REx sample)… Read More »Note, Paper: Nature AWESOMY
Catching up with Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 382, for Oct: Sugawara, S. Fujiya, W. Kawasaki, N. et al. Update on the 53Mn-53Cr ages of dolomite in the Ivuna CI chondrite and asteroid Ryugu sample p. 40 .08.013Anand, A. Spitzer, F.… Read More »Note, Paper: Chimica et Atomica
The Astrophysical Journal doesn’t usually fall in my purview, except today. From vol. 973, September 20: Shoji, D. Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Micrometeoroid Bombardment for Space Weathering of Asteroid (162173) Ryugu art. 13 ad70b0 Ground telescopes had classed Ryugu… Read More »Note, Paper: Aquaphysical J
First, some meta-posting: how often is an article in Nature (or even Nature-family of journals) anything other than biochem, molecular bio, or related chem-tech (including genetics)? Well, here’s an astro-article, even though there’s still a bio angle in it. From… Read More »Note, Paper: The Nature of Ryugu
The tech media has gotten hold of this, but I’ll add my own context. The International Planetary Probe Workshop was held this week, hosted by Langley Research Center, in nearby Williamsburg, VA. The press makes much of OSIRIS-REx being an… Read More »IPPW ’24- Planetary Probes