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Posted on June 27, 2018

‘Oumuamua: possible cometary activity?

Interesting new study indicating that interstellar object ‘Oumuamua shows non-gravitational accelerations, most likely from cometary activity. A previous study stated an upper bound on dust ejection of ~1 gram/second based on an estimate of the coma detection limit.

Posted on June 26, 2018June 26, 2018

Hayabusa2 arrives at asteroid Ryugu

Amazing images as Hayabusa2 gets close to its target!

Our group looks forward to studying the Ryugu samples when they return to Earth in late 2020. In the meantime, we are analyzing meteorite analogs to the Hayabusa2 samples.

Posted on June 20, 2018February 13, 2020

New Website is Complete!

Hello!

We have just completed the new website. Enjoy!

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