In November 1’s issue (vol. 993 #1) of Astrophysical Journal Letters: Farnocchia, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. Santana-Ros, T. et al. Radiation Forces and Trajectory of Hayabusa2# Target 1998 KY26 L9 ae10b8Salazar Manzano, L. E. Lin, H-W. Taylor, A. G. et al.… Read More »Note, Paper: Non-Pusher
Wow, what an Icarus issue for 15 Nov (vol. 441): Wesołowski, M. Bober, Z. Ożóg, Ł. et al. Is it possible to create a realistic structure of a cometary nucleus analog in the laboratory? Art. 116646Michikami, T. Hagermann, A. Statistical… Read More »Note, Paper: Stats And Smatterings Chatterings
Starting tomorrow: the 3rd Texas Area Planetary Science (TAPS) Meeting https://sites.google.com/view/tapsmeeting/home , October 23-24, UTSA, San Antonio Once again, my winnowing of the program, per the patch of this blog: https://sites.google.com/view/tapsmeeting/meeting-program Detailed Conference Schedule Poster Session 1Schmitz et al., From 25… Read More »Texas Area Planetary Science Meeting
The 2025 GSA Connects meeting (Geological Society of America) is next week, Oct 19-22, San Antonio: https://connects.geosociety.org/ Some of my (biased) highlights from the agenda (admittedly, mostly terrestrial as you might guess): Pardee Keynote Symposia…Wednesday, 22 October-Impact Cratering and EvolutionP4.… Read More »GSA Connects meeting, 2025
The characterization continues. With the trajectory well-determined over a long arc, we check and recheck spectral bands and lines (therefore, compositions): Astrophysics > Earth and Planetary Astrophysics arxiv.org/abs/2510.02817[Submitted on 7 Oct 2025]Coulson, I. M. Kuan, Y-J. Charnley, S. B. JCMT… Read More »3I Cyanide Multi-Time Described
The journal Vacuum takes us from pure science towards engineering for Dec (vol. 242): Wang, J. Zhang, R. Li, W. Study of sealing effect about the Shape Memory Alloy-based Knife-edge Seal System in extraterrestrial soil sample return mission 114731 .2025.114731… Read More »Note, Paper: Sample Capsule Trap Caps
This week: a seminar/conference on the returned samples from Ryugu and Bennu, and their implications: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/bennuryugu2025/ Bennu and Ryugu: Samples from the Early Solar System WorkshopOctober 7–9, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston On the (very rich) agenda (www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/bennuryugu2025/technical_program/): Tuesday, October… Read More »Bennu and Ryugu Samples Workshop
Today, in Space Science Reviews (vol. 221): Bannister, M., Pfalzner, S., Pearce, T. et al. The Origins & Reservoirs of Exocomets 90 s11214-025-01219-w Coming on the heels of the Solar System in Context meeting (noirlab.edu/science/events/websites/solar-system-in-context-2025), we have a ‘comets in… Read More »Space Science Reviews Exocomets
Briefly: The Astronomer’s Telegram posts quick, short, straightforward notices… like telegrams! ATel#17416 www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=17416Farnham, T. L. Feaga, L. M. Ye, Q. et al. Observations of an Asymmetric CN Coma in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS 23 Sep 2025; 19:02 UT Cyanide and cyano-compounds… Read More »3I Cyan-Active ATLAS
September’s Meteoritics & Planetary Science (vol. 60 #9) is now up, plus a supplemental issue: Lee, M. R. Salge, T. Maclaren, I. Magnesium phosphate in the Cold Bokkeveld (CM2) carbonaceous chondrite P. 2017 maps.70018Vacher, L. G. Phan, V. T. H.… Read More »Note, Paper: Phos-Fact Post