Space Science Reviews delivers another Hera-based paper. In vol. 221 (dated 5 Nov.): Okada, T. Tanaka, S. Sakatani, N. et al. The Thermal InfraRed Imager on Hera art. 104 s11214-025-01227-w The journal had already posted not one but two papers… Read More »SpaceSciRev: Hera-TIRI Queries
The 6th COSPAR (Committee on Space Research) Symposium is taking place in Nicosia, Cyprus (no, I didn’t fly there) this Nov 3-7: https://www.cospar-assembly.org/symposia/ COSPAR: a bit of a big deal. Therefore, their meeting is big. Maybe too big; I’ll try… Read More »2025 COSPAR Symposium, Nicosia
Don’t dismiss the Canadian space effort, official or unofficial. The website New Space Economy is… not above leading headlines and trolling questions, but otherwise it’s a fairly informed and up-to-date operation. Up to last week: newspaceeconomy.ca/2025/10/29/a-history-of-planetary-defense/-, Oct. 29 A History of… Read More »“History of Planetary Defense” Post
Happy Samhain, All Saints Day, etc. to all who celebrate. Speaking of things coming from Europe, good Astronomy & Astrophysics for October (vol. 702): Santana-Ros, T. Ivanova, O. Mykhailova, S. et al. Temporal evolution of the third interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS:… Read More »Note, Paper: You Shed Some, You Accrete Some
Everybody’s getting in on planetary science; LPSC was the first but is no longer the only game in ‘town’. The Planetary Science Conference 2025 starts tomorrow, Krakow, Poland, until Oct 25: https://mars.uj.edu.pl/index.php/planetary-science-conference/planetary-scienceconference-2025/ As per this blog, my pick of relevant… Read More »Polish Planetary Science Conference
In lesser news: NewSpace startup Fleet Space announced that their payload- a science instrument- will join the ApophisExL mission to the eponymous asteroid in 2029. www.fleetspace.com/newsroom/fleet-space-targets-apophis-for-off-world-exploration-missionSeptember 23, 2025Fleet Space Targets Apophis For Off-World Exploration Mission The ApophisExL mission is a… Read More »Got It On Apophis Mission (Fleet Space)
A bit light for this blog, but… ESA has posted an explainer video for the RAMSES mission: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/10/Ramses_ESA_s_mission_to_rendezvous_with_asteroid_ApophisRamses: ESA’s mission to rendezvous with asteroid Apophis 13/10/2025 This week marks three and a half years until the Apophis flyby of Earth;… Read More »See RAMSES Teaser
Still time to apply for the Schweickart Prize. For early-career workers in planetary defense, there’s a nice award, with money: UPCOMING SCHWEICKART PRIZE STUDENT WEBINARS ON OCTOBER 15 & 16 “The winner will receive a $10,000 USD cash award, a… Read More »Schweickart Prize Online Guide Next Week
Not news, but ESA’s Hera mission to Didymos/Dimorphos after the DART impact has launched and is on track. Based on good performances from all propulsion systems, mission managers expect to encounter the target asteroids earlier than first planned. Arrival is… Read More »Hera Update, Oct 2025
No, not the singular small body- ATLAS the network of telescopes. Javier Licandro, well-known in small-body/Solar System science, gave a talk last week on ATLAS Teide, the fifth and newest node of the ATLAS network of asteroid-search observatories. This ATLAS… Read More »ATLAS Canarias Expansion, Unpacked