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NYT article on Kamo'oalewa

July 9, 2026 — Dr. Sabina Răducan comments on the upcoming challenging sampling mechanics of the Tianwen-2 asteroid mission.

The New York Times

July 7, 2026 — Dr. Sabina Răducan evaluates structural risks and defense kinetic impact profiles when deflecting two-lobed contact binary asteroids.

Prof. Erik Asphaug — PFL Lead, U. Oslo, U. Arizona, and Planetary Science Institute
Dr. Adeene Denton — NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Southwest Research Institute
Prof. Saverio Cambioni — Professor, Brown University
Namya Baijal — Doctoral Candidate, LPL, University of Arizona
Robert Melikyan — Doctoral Candidate, LPL, University of Arizona
Dr. Thomas Meier — Postgraduate Researcher, University of Oslo
Dr. Martin Jutzi — University of Bern