Past Updates
May 2024
Tektites (Christian Koeberl)
April 2024
Dust Storms on Mars (Melinda Kahre)
January 2024
Mars Atmospheric Entry, Descent, and Landing: An Atmospheric Perspective (Michael Mischna)
December 2023
Terrestrial Planets: Interior Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution (Doris Breuer, Tilman Spohn)
August 2023
Liability and Patent Protection for Space Activities in China (Guoyu Wang, Xiao Ma)
June 2023
Landslides in the Solar System (Maria Teresa Brunetti, Silvia Peruccacci), revised
Large Volcanic Channels of the Inner Solar System (David W. Leverington)
May 2023
Industry and Agency Contracts and Procurement (Ingo Baumann, Jan Helge Mey, Erik Pellander)
State Responsibility and Commercial Space Activities (Danielle Ireland-Piper, Makaela Fehlhaber, Alana Bonenfant)
The Qaidam Basin as a Planetary Analog (Jiannan Zhao, Yutong Shi, Long Xiao)
April 2023
Infrared Remote Sensing of the Martian Atmosphere (Anna Fedorova, Oleg Korablev)
Planetary Spectroscopy (Alian Wang)
January 2023
December 2022
Legal Issues Related to Satellite Orbits (P.J. Blount)
October 2022
Martian Dust (Steven W. Ruff)
Terrestrial Analogs to Planetary Volcanic Phenomena (Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Lionel Wilson)
September 2022
Human-Robotic Cooperative Space Exploration (Anne-Sophie Martin)
Water ice permafrost on Mars and on the Moon (Maxim Litvak, Anton Sanin)
July 2022
Impact Crater Densities as a Tool for Dating Planetary Surfaces (William K. Hartmann)
June 2022
A Retrospective on Mars Polar Ice and Climate (Isaac B. Smith)
The Recognition of Meteorites and Ice Ages (Alan E. Rubin)
May 2022
Martian Paleoclimate (Robert M. Haberle)
The Atmosphere of Uranus (Leigh N. Fletcher)
April 2022
Technosignatures and Astrobiology (Jacob Haqq-Misra), summary
March 2022
Space Law & Policy: The UK Approach to the Regulation Of Space Activities (Christopher J. Newman)
The Planets in Alchemy and Astrology (Medieval and Renaissance) (Nicholas Campion)
February 2022
Formation, Composition, and Evolution of the Earth’s Core (Francis Nimmo)
Planetary Atmospheres: Chemistry and Composition (Channon Visscher)
Water Ice at Mid-Latitudes on Mars (Frances E. G. Butcher)
December 2021
Presolar Grains (Nan Liu), summary
Space Law: Overview (Francis Lyall)
Trans-Neptunian Dwarf Planets (Bryan J. Holler)
October 2021
Planetary Systems around White Dwarfs (Dimitri Veras)
September 2021
Cosmogenic Nuclides (Rainer Wieler)
Migration of Low-Mass Planets (Frédéric S. Masset)
Space Law Education and Capacity-Building (David Kuan-Wei Chen)
August 2021
Archaeoastronomy/Cultural Astronomy (Juan Antonio Belmonte)
Landslides in the Solar System (Maria Teresa Brunetti, Silvia Peruccacci), summary
Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling (N. Achilleos, L. C. Ray, J. N. Yates)
Saturn's Rings (Larry W. Esposito)
Terrestrial Analogs to Planetary Volcanic Processes (Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Lionel Wilson), summary
The Atmosphere of Titan (Athena Coustenis)
The Lunar Dust Puzzle (Alexander V. Zakharov)
June 2021
Planetary Aurorae (Steve Miller)
Space Resource Utilization (Angel Abbud-Madrid)
May 2021
Astrobiology (Overview) (Sean McMahon)
Condensation Calculations in Planetary Science and Cosmochemistry (Denton S. Ebel)
April 2021
Clouds in the Martian Atmosphere (A. Määttänen, F. Montmessin)
Telecommunication Law (Mahulena Hofmann)
February 2021
Hot Planetary Coronas (Valery I. Shematovich, Dmitry V. Bisikalo)
Human-Robotic Cooperative Space Exploration (Anne-Sophie Martin), summary
International Liability for Commercial Space Activities and Related Issues of Debris (Elina Morozova, Alena Laurenava)
Science and Exploration of the Moon: Overview (Bradley L. Jolliff)
January 2021
Austrian National Space Law (Cordula Steinkogler)
Brazilian Space Law (Olavo de O. Bittencourt Neto, Daniel Freire e Almeida)
Chelyabinsk Meteorite (Olga Popova)
Records of Planetary Observations in Ancient Japan Before the 11th Century (Kiyotaka Tanikawa, Mitsuru Sôma)
December 2020
Ethics of Planetary Science and Exploration (Jacques Arnould)
Solar Elemental Abundances (Katharina Lodders)
Steam Atmospheres and Magma Oceans on Planets (Keiko Hamano)
November 2020
Aurora in Planetary Atmospheres (Steve Miller), summary
Cosmogenic Nuclides (Rainer Wieler), summary
International Liability for Commercial Space Activities and Related Issues of Debris (Elina Morozova, Alena Laurenava), summary
Lunar Dust (Alexander V. Zakharov), summary
The Moon in Meso-America (Susan Milbrath)
October 2020
Cratering (Boris Ivanov)
Thermal Physics of Cometary Nuclei (Dina Prialnik)
September 2020
Iron Meteorites: Composition, Age, and Origin (Edward R. D. Scott)
Meteorite Mineralogy (Alan E. Rubin, Chi Ma)
Tidal Interactions Between Planets and Host Stars (Gordon Ogilvie)
August 2020
Detection and Characterization Methods of Exoplanets (Nuno C. Santos, Susana C.C. Barros, Olivier D.S. Demangeon, Jo˜ao P. Faria)
Sun, Moon and Planets in Medieval European Folk Tradition (Þorsteinn Vilhjálmsson)
The Moon and Planets Among the Incas and Other Pre-Hispanic Andean Peoples (Mariusz Ziółkowski)
The Moon and the Planets in Classical Greece and Rome (Robert Hannah)
July 2020
Isotopic Dating (Yuri Amelin)
The Moon and Planets in Ancient Mesopotamia (Mathieu Ossendrijver)
June 2020
A Selective History of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (James D. Burke, Erik M. Conway)
Registration of Space Objects (Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd, Alexander Soucek)
Solar Wind and Terrestrial Planets (Edik Dubinin, Janet G. Luhmann, James A. Slavin)
The Orbital Architecture of Exoplanetary Systems (John C. B. Papaloizou)
May 2020
Composition and Chemistry of the Neutral Atmosphere of Venus (Ann Carine Vandaele)
Vesta and Ceres (Kevin Righter)
April 2020
Interplanetary Dust Particles (George J. Flynn)
March 2020
Mantle Convection in Terrestrial Planets (Elvira Mulyukova, David Bercovici)
Registration Convention (Anja Nakarada Pečujlić)
The Formation of the Martian Moons (Pascal Rosenblatt, Ryuki Hyodo, Francesco Pignatale, Antony Trinh, Sebastien Charnoz, Kevin Dunseath, Mariko Dunseath-Terao, Hidenori Genda)
February 2020
Active Asteroids (Henry Hsieh)
Geological Characteristics of the Moon (Long Xiao, James W. Head)
Martian Ionospheric Observation and Modelling (Francisco González-Galindo)
January 2020
Extraterrestrial Resources (V.V. Shevchenko)
Public Impact of Planetary Science (Linda Billings)
Space Law and Hazardous Space Debris (Martha Mejía-Kaiser)
December 2019
International Space Law and Satellite Telecommunications (Elina Morozova, Yaroslav Vasyanin)
October 2019
Planetary Magnetic Fields and Dynamos (Ulrich R. Christensen)
The Planetary Boundary Layer of Mars (Aymeric Spiga)
August 2019
Chemical Weathering on Venus (Mikhail Zolotov)
The Surface Composition of Terrestrial Planets (Nicolas Mangold, Jessica Flahaut, Véronique Ansan)
July 2019
Petrology and Geochemistry of Mercury (Shoshana Z. Weider)
The Planets in Pawnee Culture (Von Del Chamberlain)
The Pluto-Charon System (Will Grundy)
June 2019
Agreement on the Rescue and Return of Astronauts and Objects Launched into Outer Space (Irmgard Marboe)
Depictions of the Moon in Western Visual Culture (Jay M. Pasachoff, Roberta J.M. Olson)
The Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn (Ravit Helled)
The Planets in Aztec Culture (Susan Milbrath)
The Structure and Dynamics of the Atmospheres of Pluto and Triton (Angela M. Zalucha, Jason Cook)
May 2019
Astrology in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (Nicholas Campion)
Dust Devils on Earth and Mars (Matthew R. Balme)
International Geopolitics and Space Regulation (Gianfranco Gabriele Nucera)
Space Law and Weapons in Space (Sa'id Mosteshar)
Tectonism of Mercury (Paul K. Byrne)
The Planets in Ancient Egypt (Joachim Friedrich Quack)
The Planets in Aztec Culture (Susan Milbrath)
April 2019
International Satellite Law (Frans von der Dunk)
Jets in Planetary Atmospheres (Timothy E. Dowling)
Meteorites (Kun Wang, Randy Korotev)
The Moon and Planets in Indigenous California (E.C. Krupp)
Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes (Martina Smuclerova)
March 2019
Atmospheric Circulation on Venus (Masaru Yamamoto)
Exoplanets: Atmospheres of Hot Jupiters (Dmitry V. Bisikalo, Pavel V. Kaygorodov, Valery I. Shematovich)
February 2019
Atmospheric Electricity in the Solar System (Karen Aplin, Georg Fischer)
Space Law and China (Fabio Tronchetti)
The Planets in Aboriginal Australia (Duane W. Hamacher, Kirsten Banks)
November 2018
Comets (Leonid V. Ksanfomality)
September 2018
Noble Gases (Mario Trieloff)
August 2018
Human Exploration and Development in the Solar System (Wendell Mendell)
International Space Law and Satellite Telecommunications (Elina Morozova), summary
Registration Convention (Anja Nakarada Pečujlić), summary
Space Governance (Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan)
The Magnetosphere of Saturn (Sarah Badman), summary
July 2018
Accretion Processes (Alessandro Morbidelli)
June 2018
Extraterrestrial Resources (V.V. Shevchenko), summary
Icy Satellites: Interior Structure, Dynamics, and Evolution (Francis Nimmo)
International Geopolitics and Space Regulation (Gianfranco Gabriele Nucera), summary
Space Security Law (P.J. Blount)
Tectonism of Mercury (Paul K. Byrne), summary
The Magnetosphere of Uranus (Xin Cao, Carol Paty), summary
Volcanism on Mercury (David A. Rothery)
May 2018
Jets in Planetary Atmospheres (Timothy E. Dowling), summary
Lunar and Planetary Geology (Alexander T. Basilevsky)
The Formation and Evolution of the Solar System (Mikhail Marov)
The Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn (Ravit Helled), summary
The Pluto-Charon System (Will Grundy), summary
April 2018
Astrology in Ancient Greek and Roman Culture (Nicholas Campion), summary
Petrology and Geochemistry of Mercury (Shoshana Z. Weider), summary
Planet Formation (Morris Podolak)
Vesta and Ceres (Kevin Righter), summary
March 2018
The Surface of Venus (M.A. Ivanov, J.W. Head)
February 2018
Atmospheric Circulation on Venus (Masaru Yamamoto), summary
Martian Ionospheric Observation and Modelling (Francisco González-Galindo), summary
Planets in Inuit Astronomy (John MacDonald)
Space and Planetary Resources (Angel Abbud-Madrid), summary
January 2018
Chemical Weathering on Venus (Mikhail Zolotov), summary
Clouds in the Martian Atmosphere (Anni Määttänen, Franck Montmessin), summary
The Outer Space Treaty (Christopher Daniel Johnson)
December 2017
Volcanism on Mercury (David A. Rothery), summary
November 2017
Venus in Mesoamerica (Ivan Šprajc), summary
September 2017
Planet Formation (Morris Podolak), summary
August 2017
Austrian National Space Law (Cordula Steinkogler), summary
Exoplanets: Atmospheres of Hot Jupiters (Dmitry V. Bisikalo, Pavel V. Kaygorodov, Valery I. Shematovich), summary
Hot Planetary Coronas (Valery I. Shematovich, Dmitry V. Bisikalo), summary
Space Law and China (Fabio Tronchetti), summary
July 2017
Evolution of the Martian Crust (John C. Bridges), summary
International Satellite Law (Frans von der Dunk), summary
Legal Consequences of the Pollution of Outer Space with Space Debris (Peter Stubbe), summary
Noble Gases (Mario Trieloff), summary
Registration of Space Objects (Bernhard Schmidt-Tedd), summary
Space Law and Weapons in Space (Sa'id Mosteshar), summary
