Yes, I know YouTube is a full-color sewer of mediocrity. Every so often, a reputable source puts up a reputable short. Here’s one that’s reputable, and not-so-short: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrD1bd_In4Dec 17, 2025 Deep Space Dialogues (Stefanie Milam) Planets, Asteroids, and Interstellar Interlopers, OH… Read More »JW Pub (Dubbed): 3I, YR4, etc.
Time for the Autumn meeting of the AGU (American Geophysical Union). The big meet is in New Orleans, Dec. 15-19: https://www.agu.org/annual-meeting As you might expect from the name “Geophysical”, it mostly deals with the Earth. It deals with the Earth… Read More »2025-Fall AGU Meeting
The November issue of Meteoritics & Planetary Science (vol. 60 #11) is finally up, on December 11. Oh well: Harrison, C. S. King, A. J. Jones, R. H. et al. Petrography of phosphates in CI and CY carbonaceous chondrites Pg… Read More »Note, Paper: Grain and Phosphate Explainer
New in PNAS (Pub. Natl. Acad. Scis.) as of Dec 9, 2025 (vol. 122 #49): Mojarro, A. Aponte, J. C. Dworkin, J. P. Prebiotic organic compounds in samples of asteroid Bennu indicate heterogeneous aqueous alteration e2512461122 pnas.2512461122 Organic compounds: yes, asteroids… Read More »Note, Paper: Bennu Stew New Amino
More lightcurves on our little visitor, but this time in millimeter-wave: Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2512.021061 Dec 2025Hinkle, J. T. Yang, B. Meech, K. J. et al. JCMT Constraints on the Early-Time HCN and CO Emission and HCN… Read More »ATLAS Maxwell-Tackled
Hit the jackpot… or would that be Natpoj? In the “latest issue” of Nature Astronomy (not even November… early web postings): Nguyen, A.N. Seifert, L.B. Shimizu, K. et al. Abundant supernova dust and heterogeneous aqueous alteration revealed by stardust in… Read More »Note, Paper: Sugar, Prespice, and Everything Ni(tro-)
At this moment in time (and space): www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17515Jehin, E. Hmiddouch, S. Aravind,K. et al. TRAPPIST first post-perihelion production rates of the Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ATel #17515, 1 Dec 2025; 09:00 UT The comet has passed perihelion, is still in the inner Solar System,… Read More »ATLAS Gas Snapshot
The Icarus issue for Dec (vol. 442) brings us: Tusberti, F. Pajola, M. Penasa, L. et al. Lithologies of Dimorphos revealed by boulder morphological classes Art. 116744 .2025.116744Rubino, S. Zambon, F. Brunetto, R. et al. Space weathering on Vesta: Ion bombardment… Read More »Note, Paper: Bombardment Assortment
Now, the second half of the Hayabusa 2025 meeting, or “12th Symposium of Solar System Materials” November 11–14 in JAXA’s Sagamihara campus: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/ (see also Part I). And now, the relevant, best of the meeting program: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/program/ Nov. 13 S31-01 … Read More »Hayabusa Symposium 2025- Pt. II
In Nature Communications– no, not Nature Astronomy, NatComms- just a week ago (vol. 16): Pilorget, C. Okada, T. Bibring, J. P. et al. Bennu and Ryugu constituents from samples IR analyses and potential source of terrestrial planets’ ingredients p. 9532 … Read More »Note, Paper: Rain in Space Falls Mainly…