We’ve got a new blog, tied to a new journal title. The open-access journal Planetary Research will post its first issue in 2026. Related, the title has just got its blog up and running: https://blog.planetary-research.org/2025/11/14/introducing-the-planetary-research-blog/Introducing: The Planetary Research Blog Of… Read More »New Blog: Planetary Research
Breaking: Dr. Bryce Bolin will give a talk today, on small bodies: asteroids, comets, and in particular extrasolar, interplanetary objects like 3I: https://griffithobservatory.org/event/all-space-considered-november-2025/ Dr. Bryce Bolin, Exploration of Interstellar Objects and Other Exotic Asteroids and Comets Dr. Bolin is a… Read More »Timely Topic Talk Today
They say any publicity is good publicity, but… we could use better publicity: interestingengineering.com/future-of-space/future-of-asteroid-mining-explainedKaif Shaikh, 5 Nov The future of asteroid mining: Missions, resources, and challenges explained Shaikh does a decent enough job- nothing we don’t already know in this… Read More »Asteroid Tri-Mining Tabloid?
We go meta. As our interstellar guest scoots through the inner Solar System, a journalist interviews guest scientists: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-interplanetary-race-to-study-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas/Meghan Bartels, Oct 31 2025 The Interplanetary Race to Study Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Pretty accurate. Not much hard sci, but more of… Read More »3I Scientists Plied
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
Andreas Kaufer has been appointed the new Director General of ESO (European Southern Observatory), replacing Xavier Barcons, who had served for ~8 years. Kaufer first joined ESO as the VLT (Very Large Telescope) was in preparation. Now he oversees final… Read More »Drift Into Field, Drift Out of Field (Al Nagler…)
This week’s Science (23 Oct 2025, vol. 390, #6771) proudly features: Andy Lawrence, Interstellar visitors: Smoking and nonsmoking aec2085 Not only was this editorial commissioned by the title (the flagship title of the Science family), but it was blurbed prominently… Read More »Billions and Billions of… Not-Stars
No less than Nature (actually Nature Astronomy, still within the Nature family) states: -, Big realities for small bodies 1407 s41550-025-02701-9 Couldn’t have put it better myself. This is an editorial introduction to the October issue (vol. 9), in which… Read More »“Big Realities for Small Bodies”
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