I don’t post much about Aerospace, a relatively new journal. It’s clear that space is second, aero (i. e., Bernoulli’s Law, not Tsiolkovskiy’s) is first. Still, there’s some space content: Aerospace vol. 11 #6, JunFarina, D. Machrafi, H. Queeckers, P.… Read More »Note, Paper: Space, …aero
I gave an update on the Vera Rubin Observatory. Undeniably, VRO is (will be…) a game changer. Also noteworthy but less newsworthy: the SPHEREx spacecraft is built: spherex.caltech.edu SPHEREx, for Spectro-PHotometric ices and Epoch of Reionization Explorer, is a NASA… Read More »First Light (Flight) in Sight…
JUICE is running, Europa Clipper is built and in checkout for launch this year… and the small-body community is onboard. Space Science Reviews- no lightweights- had been running a “collection” (articles aligned in theme, but not date like in the… Read More »Note, Paper: E-Ticket!
I held out, but ultimately May is not a rich month for Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (vol. 530, #1): Aravind, K. et al. Optical spectroscopy of comets using Hanle Echelle Spectrograph (HESP) p. 393–404 stae666 We don’t… Read More »Note, Paper: Monthly, comet-y
I covered ApJ, here’s ApJL: …vol. 967, #1, May 20: Kareta, T. Noonan, J. W. Volk, K. et al. Jupiter Co-Orbital Comet P/2023 V6 (PANSTARRS): Orbital… L5 ad3dea Gomez Barrientos, J. de Kleer, K. Ehlmann, B. L. et al. Detection… Read More »Note, Paper: …more than a bit
Day 2: – The OSIRIS-REx information was specific, possibly a little too far into the weeds. Lots of slides and speech about curation, from lab equipment and handling procedures to particle-request applications and allocation committees. Granted, the point of OSIRIS-REx,… Read More »…ExMAG Spring 2024, continued…
…before I continue with ExMAG, a recap of AbSciCon. The AGU‘s Astrobiology conference (“AbSciCon” for short) just took place, this time in Providence, Rhode Island. Dworkin, J. P. McLain, H. L. Parker, E. T. et al. A Search for Extraterrestrial… Read More »AbSciCon 2024 meeting
Can’t forget Icarus, the Solar-System-dedicated journal. Now, From June (v. 415): Tang, Y. Lauretta, D. S. Ballouz, R. L. et al. Characterization of a mass movement site in Ben… a 116056 .2024.116056Smirnov, E. A. A comparative analysis of machine learning… Read More »Note, Paper: Icarus (2)
Topical (or would that be subdural?) work in the May (v. 372) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta: Fowler, S. J. Sherman, D. M. Brodholt, J. P. et al. Mineral-water reactions in Earth’s mantle: Predictions from Born theory and … p. 111… Read More »Aqu-al-ways (Float paper)