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To Watch the Watchers?

Just in the latest Nature issue (vol 649 #8098): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00188-6Michael Eisenstein, 21 January 2026  Seven technologies to watch in 2026 “Scientists excel at discovering limits — and then pushing beyond them.” The illustrious journal Nature cites the pusher, Vera Rubin.… Read More »To Watch the Watchers?

Catalina Sky Survey Hiring

As I had briefly mentioned: the Catalina Sky Survey, one of Earth’s premiere asteroid detector systems, is hiring an observatory tech (or two): https://arizona.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/4/home/requisition/24868Survey Operations Specialist, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory (updated) One prerequisite: you’ll be on a mountaintop, in the… Read More »Catalina Sky Survey Hiring

2026 Winter SBAG Meeting, 1

Yes, it’s time again for SBAG (NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group), this time the Winter meeting: 34th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG)January 13–14, 2026 https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/sbagjan2026/technical_program/?session_no=101 Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 8:30 AM8:30 AM Darryl Seligman Early-Career Icebreaker9:25… Read More »2026 Winter SBAG Meeting, 1

AAS Winter 2026 Meeting, Three

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The Winter 2025 meeting of the AAS (American Astronomical Society), Jan 4-8, Phoenix, AZ, concludes soon: https://aas.org/meetings/aas247 Again, my cull of small-body-relevant agenda items. Most of the meeting is general astronomy, not small bodies or Solar System items: https://submissions.mirasmart.com/AAS247/Itinerary/EventsAAG.aspx See… Read More »AAS Winter 2026 Meeting, Three

3I’s Silent Sliding Findings

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Revisiting arXiv.org’s “archives”: Astrophysics > Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics  arxiv.org/abs/2512.19763[Submitted on 20 Dec 2025]Jacobson-Bell, B. Croft, S. White, E. et al.  Breakthrough Listen Observations of 3I/ATLAS with the Green Bank Telescope at 1-12 GHz Spoiler alert: “We report a… Read More »3I’s Silent Sliding Findings

Note, Paper: P-Defense, B

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The January Acta Astronautica was divided into Part A and B, don’t ask me why. Now, Part B (vol. 238, Jan 2026): Otsuki, M. Baba, M. Imada, T. et al.  Exhaustive evaluation of microgravity landing dynamics for small body exploration  Pg 1-12Ye,… Read More »Note, Paper: P-Defense, B