Just posted by JAXA: a polite but thorough debunking of a conspiracy theory. In Japanese culture, a rumor/viral media suggested a catastrophe, to occur on July 5. Admittedly, Japanese culture is marked by catastrophes (ask any geologist… or tropical-cyclone meteorologist).… Read More »JAXA Lays Down the Landscape
In the current issue of MIT Technology Review (Sep/Oct, vol. 128 #5): Tereza Pultarova p. 12 Job titles of the future: Satellite Streak AstronomerRobin George Andrews p. 42 Inside the hunt for the most dangerous asteroid ever Yes, we have… Read More »MIT Tech Review Times Two
It’s September again, time for the 26th AMOS Conference- Sep 16-19, in Wailea, Maui. “AMOS” referred to Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance, an Air Force telescope asset and tracking program located in- you guessed it- Maui, Hawaii. From that… Read More »26th AMOS Conference, 2025
The ATLAS papers haven’t stopped- plenty are rushing to get observations in before the comet goes behind the Sun as seen from Earth next month: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2509.07678[Submitted on 9 Sep 2025]Pérez-Couto, X. Torres, S. Villaver, E. et… Read More »ATLAS Pre-Pre-PRE-Covery
The Europlanet-AAS Division for Planetary Science meeting for Friday, Sep. 12 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme MITM10Laboratory experiments in support of ground observations and space missions (sample return, analogs, analytical workflow etc.) Low-temperature reflectance spectra of meteorites:… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, V
The meeting for Thursday, Sep. 11 (see also Mon, Tue, Wed): https://www.epsc-dps2025.eu/ https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2025/meetingprogramme MITM8Imagery, photometry, and spectroscopy of small bodies and planetary surfaces The potential of in-situ THz-spectroscopy to resolve the subsurface structure of Comets – Linus Stoeckli et al.… Read More »2025 Joint EPSC-DPS Meeting, IV
In a few days, the Astronomical Society of Japan will hold its annual meeting, starting Sep 9: www.asj.or.jp/en/activities/nenkai/info/ Ordinarily, this might fall below one’s radar, including mine… except: Terai, T. Yoshikawa, E Yoshikawa, M. Emergency by the Subaru Telescope on asteroid 2024 YR4, which… Read More »2025 ASJ Annual Meeting
The observation/publication cycle is getting into a groove: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2509.02813[Submitted on 4 Sep 2025]Frincke, T. T. Yaginuma, A. Noonan, J. W. et al. Near-Discovery SOAR Photometry of the Third Interstellar Object: 3I/ATLAS arxiv.org/abs/2509.03361[Submitted on 4… Read More »3I/ATLAS Tracking
The latest Research Notes of the AAS is September (vol. 9 #9). In it: Petrov, D. Estimation of the Albedo and Diameter of the Asteroid (16960) 1998 QS52 Using the Polarimetric Method Art 233 ae01a5de la Fuente Marcos, C. de la… Read More »Note, Paper: Two New in View
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