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News feed for newly approved meteorites:

• Ardakan 008 (Pallasite, PMG) 2026-01-01
• Gheriat 006 (Diogenite-an) 2026-01-01
• Limón Verde 070 (Iron, IAB-ung) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 17727 (EL6) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 17730 (H3.10) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 18139 (Martian (shergottite)) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 18142 (Mesosiderite-B2) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 18143 (Howardite) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 18145 (Howardite) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 18146 (Diogenite) 2026-01-01
• Northwest Africa 18147 (Diogenite) 2026-01-01
• Dar al Gani 1072 (Martian (shergottite)) 2025-12-23
• Ksar Ghilane 024 (Diogenite-olivine) 2025-12-23
• Northwest Africa 6892 (L(LL)3) 2025-12-23
• Northwest Africa 16741 (LL3-4) 2025-12-23
• Northwest Africa 16744 (Ureilite) 2025-12-23
• Northwest Africa 17521 (R3) 2025-12-23
• Northwest Africa 17590 (C3-ung) 2025-12-23
• Northwest Africa 17597 (Howardite) 2025-12-23
• Northwest Africa 17922 (Eucrite-melt breccia) 2025-12-23

NASA CNEOS

• NASA Discovers Interstellar Comet Moving Through Solar System
  2025-07-02
  On July 1, the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations of a comet that originated from interstellar space.
• Latest Calculations Conclude Asteroid 2024 YR4 Now Poses No Significant Threat to Earth in 2032 and Beyond
  2025-02-24
  NASA has significantly lowered the risk of near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 as an impact threat to Earth for the foreseeable future.
• Asteroid 2024 YR4 reaches level 3 on the Torino Scale
  2025-01-31
  NASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a small chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032.
• NASA Study: Asteroid’s Orbit, Shape Changed After DART Impact
  2024-03-19
  After NASA’s historic Double Asteroid Redirection Test, a JPL-led study has shown that the shape of asteroid Dimorphos has changed and its orbit has shrunk.
• NASA System Predicts Impact of a Very Small Asteroid Over Germany
  2024-01-24
  The Scout impact assessment system calculated where and when the asteroid 2024 BX1 would impact Earth’s atmosphere, providing a useful demonstration of planetary defense capability.
• CNEOS Predicts Another Small Asteroid Impact, This One over Northwestern France
  2023-02-14
  Another tiny asteroid on a collision course with Earth was detected over the weekend, and JPL’s CNEOS Scout system accurately predicted where and when the impact would happen, well before it actually occurred.
• NASA System Predicts Small Asteroid to Pass Close by Earth This Week
  2023-01-25
  On Thursday, Jan. 26, a small near-Earth asteroid will have a very close encounter with our planet. Designated 2023 BU, the asteroid will zoom over the southern tip of South America at about 4:27 p.m. PST (7:27 p.m. EST) only 2,200 miles (3,600 kilometers) above the planet’s surface and well ...
• NASA Program Predicted Impact of Small Asteroid Over Ontario, Canada
  2022-11-22
  In the early hours of Saturday, Nov. 19, the skies over southern Ontario, Canada, lit up as a tiny asteroid harmlessly streaked across the sky high in Earth’s atmosphere, broke up, and likely scattered small meteorites over the southern coastline of Lake Ontario. The fireball wasn’t a surprise. Roughly 1 ...
• US Space Force Releases Decades of Bolide Data to NASA for Planetary Defense Studies
  2022-04-07
  Hosted by JPL’s Center for Near Earth Object Studies, the data can be used by the science community to better understand how asteroids break up when entering the atmosphere.
• Updated Calculations Refine the Impact Probability for (29075) 1950 DA
  2022-03-29
  (29075) 1950 DA is a kilometer-sized asteroid that will make a close approach to Earth in 2880 and, because of the corresponding impact probability and size, has ranked at the top of the Sentry risk list since 2014.

Space.com

• Will Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) be the 'great comet' of 2026?
  2026-01-02
  In late April 2026, a long-period comet will swing through the inner solar system. It will likely be visible with binoculars, and there's a small chance it could be seen with the naked eye.
• One of the best meteor showers of the year peaks at the worst possible time this week
  2026-01-02
  A daylight peak and a full moon combine to sabotage the powerful Quadrantid meteor shower in 2026.
• Moon landings, asteroid missions and new telescopes: Here are the top spaceflight moments to look forward to in 2026
  2026-01-01
  From astronauts looping around the moon to spacecraft reaching Mercury and asteroids near Earth, 2026 is shaping up to be a landmark year for space exploration.
• Our 10 favorite Space.com reader astronomy photos of 2025
  2025-12-30
  From auroras at 36,000 feet to comet flybys and eclipses, these are the standout images our readers shared with Space.com in 2025.

Astronomy Now

• Meteor shower calendar
  2025-11-14
  There are many meteor showers throughout the year. Here are the most prominent.
• How to observe meteor showers
  2025-11-14
  Everything you need to know to get started with observing meteors.
• How to see Comet Lemmon
  2025-10-29
  Don't miss the chance to see Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as it races towards its closest approach of the Sun on 8 November.

Univere Today

• The Interstellar Comet That’s Spilling Its Secrets
  2026-01-01
  Astronomers have measured water streaming from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS for the first time since it passed closest to the Sun. Using a spacecraft that’s been watching the Sun for nearly three decades, scientists detected hydrogen glowing around the comet and calculated that it was producing water at extraordinary rates. These ...
• Europa Clipper Reveals a New Perspective on Comet 3I/ATLAS
  2025-12-30
  Researchers have been trying to look at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from every conceivable angle. That includes very unconventional ones. Recently, while 3I/ATLAS passed out of view of the Earth, it moved into a great vantage point for one of our interplanetary probes. Europa Clipper, whose main mission is to explore ...
• A Pioneering Study Assesses the Likelihood of Asteroid Mining
  2025-12-30
  A team led by the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE-CSIC) analyzed samples of C-type asteroids in a recent study. Their findings support the idea that these asteroids can serve as a crucial source of materials if and when asteroid mining is realized.

EarthSky

• Dwarf planet Ceres discovered 225 years ago today
  2026-01-01
  Dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi on January 1, 1801. That was 225 years ago. It was 1st considered an asteroid. The post Dwarf planet Ceres discovered 225 years ago today first appeared on EarthSky.

The Planetary Society

• Pictures, pixels, and picks
  2025-12-19
  Great pictures of a planet and a comet, and great picks from a year of our virtual book club.
• What is comet 3I/ATLAS?
  2025-10-07
  A roundup of key facts and surprising discoveries about the third known interstellar object.
• Mars rock and roll
  2025-10-03
  A Mars rock may hold answers in the search for life, and spacecraft might roll along its surface. Plus, meet the red planet’s Rolling Stones Rock.
• Don’t stare at the Sun (unless you’re SOHO)
  2025-09-19
  The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory isn’t just a powerful tool for studying the Sun; it’s one of the best comet hunters in existence.
• NASA: Perseverance found possible biosignatures in Martian rock
  2025-09-11
  NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified a potential sign of past life on Mars — not a definitive detection, but perhaps the most compelling hint yet.

Space Daily

• Hubble pinpoints asteroid smash ups in nearby Fomalhaut system
  2026-01-02
  Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2026 In a historical milestone, catastrophic collisions in a nearby planetary system were witnessed for the first time by astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. As they observed the bright star Fomalhaut, the scientists saw the impact of massive objects around the star. The Fomalhaut ...

Phys.org

• The interstellar comet that's spilling its secrets
  2026-01-02
  When 3I/ATLAS swept past the sun in late October 2025, it became only the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space ever detected. Unlike the mysterious 'Oumuamua, which revealed almost nothing about itself during its brief flyby in 2017, or even 2I/Borisov which appeared in 2019, this latest interstellar traveler arrived ...
• Curiosity sends holiday postcard from Mars
  2026-01-02
  Team members working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover created this "postcard" by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning periods that occurred on both the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission.

• Are we the Martians? The intriguing idea that life on Earth began on the red planet
  2025-12-29
  How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology, or when the first primitive life forms appeared.
• Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way
  2025-12-15
  When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing.
• Sugars, 'gum,' stardust found in NASA's asteroid Bennu samples
  2025-12-02
  The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth by NASA's OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft, three ...
• Evidence of rain-driven climate on Mars found in bleached rocks scattered in Jezero crater
  2025-12-01
  Rocks that stood out as light-colored dots on the reddish-orange surface of Mars now are the latest evidence that areas of the small planet may have once supported wet oases with humid climates and heavy rainfall comparable to tropical climates on Earth.
• Scientists map Mars' large river drainage systems for first time
  2025-12-01
  Billions of years ago, it rained on Mars. The water collected in valleys and rivers, filled and spilled over the rims of craters, and was funneled into canyons, perhaps even making its way to a large Martian ocean.
• What seven decades of hunting for aliens tells us
  2025-11-29
  Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after decades of space probes, meteorite analysis, radio telescopes, and UFO investigations, what have we actually found? A new piece of analysis by a team led by Seyed Sina Seyedpour Layalestani from the Islamic Azad ...
• Asteroid loaded with amino acids offers new clues about the origin of life on Earth
  2025-11-29
  One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer space. This idea suggests that prebiotic molecules—the building blocks of life—were transported here by asteroids or other celestial bodies. While these molecules have been found in ...
• Meteorite samples are time capsules from the early solar system
  2025-11-27
  When a meteor streaks across the sky, it's not just beautiful. It's nature's way of delivering a time capsule to Earth. Contained within are hints about the very beginning of the solar system and how planets, including our own, formed.

• Curiosity sends holiday postcard from Mars
  2026-01-02
  Team members working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover created this "postcard" by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning periods that occurred on both the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission.
• The Star of Bethlehem might have actually been a comet described in an ancient Chinese text
  2025-12-29
  Many researchers have spent decades attempting to decode biblical descriptions and link them to verifiable historical events. One such description is that of the Star of Bethlehem—a bright astronomical body that was said to lead the Magi to Jesus shortly after his birth.
• Webb spots the 'smoke' from crashing exocomets around a nearby star
  2025-12-23
  The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was involved in yet another first discovery recently available in pre-print form on arXiv from Cicero Lu at the Gemini Observatory and his co-authors. This time, humanity's most advanced space telescope found UV-fluorescent carbon monoxide in a protoplanetary debris disk for the first time ...

• The interstellar comet that's spilling its secrets
  2026-01-02
  When 3I/ATLAS swept past the sun in late October 2025, it became only the third confirmed visitor from interstellar space ever detected. Unlike the mysterious 'Oumuamua, which revealed almost nothing about itself during its brief flyby in 2017, or even 2I/Borisov which appeared in 2019, this latest interstellar traveler arrived ...
• Webb spots the 'smoke' from crashing exocomets around a nearby star
  2025-12-23
  The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was involved in yet another first discovery recently available in pre-print form on arXiv from Cicero Lu at the Gemini Observatory and his co-authors. This time, humanity's most advanced space telescope found UV-fluorescent carbon monoxide in a protoplanetary debris disk for the first time ...
• Wind-sculpted landscapes: Investigating the Martian megaripple 'Hazyview'
  2025-12-22
  While much of Perseverance's work focuses on ancient rocks that record Mars' long-lost rivers and lakes, megaripples offer a rare opportunity to examine processes that are still shaping the surface today. Megaripples are sand ripples up to 2 meters (about 6.5 feet) tall that are mainly built and modified by ...
• Comet 3I/ATLAS: Europa Clipper captures rare ultraviolet view
  2025-12-18
  The Southwest Research Institute-led Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft has made valuable observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which in July became the third officially recognized interstellar object to cross into our solar system. UVS had a unique view of the object during a period when Mars- ...
• GoMars model simulates 50-year Martian dust cycle
  2025-12-17
  Mars is a dusty planet dominated by vast, dry deserts, with no easily accessible sources of liquid water. Much like on Earth, dust is lifted from Mars's surface by wind and rotating air columns, transported through the atmosphere, and deposited back onto the planet's surface via sedimentation. The Martian dust ...
• One of NASA's key cameras orbiting Mars takes 100,000th image
  2025-12-16
  After nearly 20 years on the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has snapped its 100,000th image of the surface with its HiRISE camera. Short for High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, HiRISE is the instrument the mission relies on for high-resolution images of features ranging from impact craters, sand ...
• PUNCH mission spacecraft producing unprecedented images of Sun
  2025-12-16
  After less than a year in orbit, the Southwest Research Institute-built PUNCH spacecraft have made major accomplishments, imaging the sun in context while tracking comets and enormous space weather events as they traveled through the inner solar system. SwRI's Dr. Craig DeForest discussed the achievements of NASA's PUNCH (Polarimeter to ...

• The year's first meteor shower and supermoon clash in January skies
  2025-12-30
  The year's first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other.
• Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas
  2025-12-18
  The last major meteor shower of the year, known as the Ursids, peaks soon, bringing glowing streaks to nighttime and early morning skies. Compared to other meteor showers, it's more subdued, but experts say it's still worth a glimpse.
• GoMars model simulates 50-year Martian dust cycle
  2025-12-17
  Mars is a dusty planet dominated by vast, dry deserts, with no easily accessible sources of liquid water. Much like on Earth, dust is lifted from Mars's surface by wind and rotating air columns, transported through the atmosphere, and deposited back onto the planet's surface via sedimentation. The Martian dust ...

SciTechDaily

• Astronomers Witness Massive Cosmic Collisions Around a Nearby Star
  2025-12-31
  While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing objects colliding within a nearby star system. In the early life of a star system, space can be a chaotic crash zone. Pieces of rock and ice such as comets and asteroids frequently collide, ...

Science Daily

• Time runs faster on Mars and scientists just proved it
  2025-12-30
  Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that Mars clocks tick slightly faster—and fluctuate over the Martian year. These microsecond shifts could play a big role in future Mars navigation, communications, and even a solar-system-wide internet. ...
• Large Hadron Collider finally explains how fragile matter forms
  2025-12-27
  In collisions at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, hotter than the Sun’s core by a staggering margin, scientists have finally solved a long-standing mystery: how delicate particles like deuterons and their antimatter twins can exist at all. Instead of forming in the initial chaos, these fragile nuclei are born later, when ...
• Scientists just found the best places to look for ancient life on Mars
  2025-12-31
  Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the first time. Researchers mapped 16 massive drainage basins where water likely flowed long enough to support life. Even though these areas cover just 5% of ancient Martian terrain, ...
• Did an exploding comet wipe out the mammoths?
  2026-01-02
  Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At major Clovis-era sites, researchers found shocked quartz—evidence of intense heat and pressure consistent with a comet airburst rather than volcanism or human activity. The event could have sparked ...
• A planet just vanished. NASA’s Hubble reveals a violent cosmic secret
  2026-01-02
  Astronomers tracking a nearby star system thought they had spotted an exoplanet reflecting light from its star. Then it vanished. Even stranger, another bright object appeared nearby. After studying years of Hubble Space Telescope data, scientists realized they were not seeing planets at all, but the glowing debris left behind ...
• What are asteroids really made of? New analysis brings space mining closer to reality
  2025-12-25
  Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be mined for valuable resources. By analyzing rare meteorites that naturally fall to Earth, researchers have uncovered clues about the chemistry, history, and potential usefulness of these ancient space ...
• NASA just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet
  2025-12-20
  An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the Sun. The spacecraft’s unique position provided an unprecedented look at the comet’s dust and plasma tails from an unusual angle. Scientists detected hydrogen, oxygen, and signs of intense ...
• Earth may have been ravaged by “invisible” explosions from space
  2025-12-19
  Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and destructive than previously thought, according to new research. Unlike crater-forming impacts, these events unleash extreme heat and pressure without leaving obvious scars, making them harder to detect.

BBC Science

• Asteroid contains building blocks of life, say scientists
  2025-01-29
  Bennu contains minerals and thousands of organic molecules, including the chemical components that make up DNA.

CNET.com

• The Quadrantids Meteor Shower Peaks Just After New Year's. Here's How to See It
  2026-01-01
  This meteor shower has one of the most active peaks but it won't last very long.

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