Time for the Oct. Astronomical Journal (vol. 170 #4): Wang, B. Duan, X. Huang, F. et al. Simulation Analysis of Kinetic Impact Effects on Near-Earth Asteroid Defense Mission Using Precise Orbit Determination 224 adfc5cIngebretsen, C. Bolin, B. T. Jedicke, R. Apache… Read More »Note, Paper: Impact Track/Facts
No less than Nature Astronomy has just published (17 September 2025): Egal, A. Vida, D. Colas, F. et al. Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence s41550-025-02659-8 Asteroid 2023 CX1 was discovered in- yes, 2023- and… Read More »Note, Paper: Nut Dropper
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
It’s an odd-numbered year. Therefore, the American Astronomical Society’s meeting of their Division for Planetary Sciences will be a joint meeting (in Helsinki, FI) with the Europlanet Science Congress, on September 8-12: https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ Of course, next year will be two… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, I
Wow, good issue of Astronomical Journal for Sep (vol. 170 #3): Peña-Asensio, E. Ferrari, F. Meteoroid Stream Identification with HDBSCAN Unsupervised Clustering Algorithm 140 adec8cJewitt, D. Li, J. Jaeger, M. et al. Down But Not Out: The Case of Long-period… Read More »Note, Paper: Hotshot Spots
The academic year has started, yet there are conferences. This coming Monday (a holiday in the US/Canada) will be the first of many, highly applicable to this site: IMPACTS AND THEIR ROLE IN THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE CONFERENCE The meeting… Read More »Impacts and Life Conference, 1 Sep
New coverage by, not Science, but a sister title, Science Advances (this is becoming a pattern). For 22 Aug (vol. 11, #34): Courville, S. W. Castillo-Rogez, J. C. Melwani Daswani, M. et al. Core metamorphism controls the dynamic habitability of… Read More »Note, Paper: Pelt Melt… Cells?
(see also Day 1, Day 2, Day 3) My picks (biased, clearly) from the 2025 MetSoc: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2025/technical_program/ Thursday, July 17, 2025 Carbonaceous Chondrites and Chondritic Components 2 Swain S. et al.Mineralogy of C1, C2 and CM-Like Clasts in Chondrite and Achondrite… Read More »Meteoritical Society Meeting 2025, Day 4
It’s MetSoc time, though slightly early for 2025- the meeting is in the Southern Hemisphere this year, Perth AU. No, I am not flying there. I’ll just have to content myself online. https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2025/technical_program/Monday, July 14, 2025 Day one, and what… Read More »Meteoritical Society Meeting 2025, Day 1
…before the big Meteoritical Society meeting (87th MetSoc, 2025), there will be a smaller meeting, on meteor activity per se. Meteoroids 2025 is also being held now in Perth, but at Curtin University, not the Perth Convention Center. Note that… Read More »Meteoroids 2025 meeting