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…
It’s time for Hayabusa 2025, or properly, the “12th Symposium of Solar System Materials” (November 11–14) at JAXA’s Sagamihara campus: https://curation.isas.jaxa.jp/symposium/ This is the annual meeting of sample return science, first held to discuss the results of Hayabusa’s newly-available sample… Read More »Hayabusa Symposium 2025- Pt. I
Hey undergraduates, time to shape up those resumes: Extraterrestrial Materials Academy (ETMA), Lunar and Planetary Institute The LPI will hold a paid session for college students this coming Summer, Jun. 8-Aug. 15. As the title indicates, the emphasis is on… Read More »Call: Small-Body Opportunities
The digital journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science doesn’t even bother with “issues” anymore. Oh well, just posted in vol. 12, is: Ulamec, S. Michel, P. Murdoch, N, et al. Science operation of IDEFIX, the MMX Phobos rover art.… Read More »Note, Paper: Red Rover Covered
Now out from JGR:Plan (Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets) vol. 52, #21: Elder, C.M. Boulders on Bennu: Low Apparent Thermal Inertia Caused by Thermal FatigueFractures art. e2025GL116256 2025GL116256 We have samples returned from Bennu, but… grain sizes are mostly pebbles… Read More »Note, Paper: Geophysical NEO Fissure Vals
Just in from JGR:Planets (Journal of Geophysical Research), vol. 130, #10: Onodera, K. Ino, Y. Tanaka, Satoshi et al. Elastic Properties of Returned Samples From Asteroid (162173) Ryugu Art. e2025JE008944 2025JE008944 Short version: the authors measured the stiffness of Ryugu grains, and… Read More »Note, Paper: Small-Bod Modulus Products
How did I (almost) miss this one. An entire issue of Elements has the theme of sample return: Elements, October 2025- vol. 21, #5 -, From the Editors p. 316 .21.5.316Barnes, J. J. Davidson, J. To See a World in… Read More »Sample Return Special Issue of Elements
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”
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