New from Space Science Reviews (vol. 221): Prettyman, T. H. Mittlefehldt, D. W. Asphaug, E. I. et al. The Psyche Light Elements Investigation art. 110 s11214-025-01240-z A little into the weeds if you’re into instrument hardware. While many Space… Read More »Space Science Reviews Space Sidero-Solutes
It’s time for Hayabusa 2025, or properly, the “12th Symposium of Solar System Materials” (November 11–14) at JAXA’s Sagamihara campus: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/ This is the annual meeting of sample return science, first held to discuss the results of Hayabusa’s newly-available sample… Read More »Hayabusa Symposium 2025- Pt. I
Hey undergraduates, time to shape up those resumes: Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA), Lunar and Planetary Institute The LPI will hold a paid session for college students this coming Summer, Jun. 8-Aug. 15. As the title indicates, the emphasis is on… Read More »Call: Small-Body Opportunities
…and for the volatile lovers: also 2025 (vol. 221): Dickers, M. D. Mifsud, D. V. Mason, N. J. Multiscale Perspectives on Solid-Phase Astrochemistry: Laboratory, Computation, and Open Questions art. 106 s11214-025-01228-9 We see gas and dust in space. The gas… Read More »SpaceSciRev: Dawn Frost Post
The 6th COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Symposium is taking place in Nicosia, Cyprus (no, I didn’t fly there) this Nov 3-7: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/symposia/ COSPAR: a bit of a big deal. Therefore, their meeting is big. Maybe too big; I’ll try… Read More »2025 COSPAR Symposium, Nicosia
The latest (22 Oct 2025) Science Advances (vol. 11, #43) has: Srivastava, B. Izidoro, A. The late formation of chondrites as a consequence of Jupiter-induced gaps and rings ady4823 Given what we know about planet formation (including some meteoritic evidence,… Read More »Note, Paper: Jupiter Shooting-Star Scooper
Just in from JGR:Planets (Journal of Geophysical Research), vol. 130, #10: Onodera, K. Ino, Y. Tanaka, Satoshi et al. Elastic Properties of Returned Samples From Asteroid (162173) Ryugu Art. e2025JE008944 2025JE008944 Short version: the authors measured the stiffness of Ryugu grains, and… Read More »Note, Paper: Small-Bod Modulus Products
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
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