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• Dalangtan 004 (H3) 2025-12-06
• Gadamis 010 (Angrite) 2025-12-06
• Ganq 027 (L3) 2025-12-06
• Hammadah al Hamra 348 (Ureilite) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18122 (Eucrite) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18163 (Winonaite) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18164 (CK3) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18180 (H3) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18181 (L3) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18183 (Eucrite-melt breccia) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18184 (CV3) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18188 (LL3) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18205 (H3) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18206 (Eucrite-melt breccia) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18222 (Ureilite) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18223 (Eucrite) 2025-12-06
• Northwest Africa 18237 (Ureilite) 2025-12-06
• Oued El Hamim 003 (Eucrite) 2025-12-06
• Sabkhat Arryd 002 (Eucrite-pmict) 2025-12-06
• Yagan 003 (LL3) 2025-12-06

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

• Could the Star of Bethlehem have actually been a comet?
  2025-12-16
  The direction, distance and motion of the comet through the sky during its closest approach could have made it seem like it was hovering over Bethlehem when Jesus was said to have been born.
• Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes its closest approach to Earth on Dec. 19: Here's what you need to know
  2025-12-15
  The interstellar comet will pass safely by Earth, giving astronomers their best chance to study it up close.
• Geminid meteor shower 2025 thrills skywatchers with an end-of-year celestial firework show (photos)
  2025-12-15
  The Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight on Dec. 13.
• Why interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS' close Earth approach is an early Christmas gift for astronomers
  2025-12-15
  When 3I/ATLAS is closest to the Earth on Dec. 19, all the features that we are looking for will be easier to detect with our telescopes.
• December's overlooked meteor shower peaks next week — will the Ursids surprise us?
  2025-12-14
  December's faint Ursid meteor shower returns under dark skies, offering a small chance of unexpected activity.
• Watch the Geminid meteor shower peak tonight from the comfort of home with this free livestream
  2025-12-13
  The Geminid meteor shower occurs as Earth passes through the debris from asteroid (3200) Phaethon
• Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight — here’s what to expect from one of the best shooting star shows of the year
  2025-12-13
  Up to 150 shooting stars may brighten the night sky each hour during the Dec. 13 peak.
• When is the best time to watch the Geminid meteor shower tonight?
  2025-12-12
  The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight tonight. Here's when to look for the most shooting stars — and where to aim your gaze.
• Geminid meteor shower forecast: Will skies be clear across the US on Dec. 13–14?
  2025-12-12
  The Geminid meteor shower peaks Dec. 13–14, and the U.S. weather forecast will play a key role in what you'll see.

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.

EarthSky

• Interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS passes Earth on Friday
  2025-12-16
  Interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS will make it closest pass by Earth on December 19, 2025. Also, what do scientists mean by non-gravitational acceleration? The post Interstellar object Comet 3I/ATLAS passes Earth on Friday first appeared on EarthSky.

The Planetary Society

• 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.
• All space rocks great and small
  2025-08-15
  From large comets to tiny meteorites and all the asteroids in between, it’s worth finding all sizes of space rocks.
• Supporting asteroid defense: The 2025 Shoemaker NEO Grant winners
  2025-08-14
  Meet the latest winners of The Planetary Society's Shoemaker NEO Grant program.

Space Daily

• Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like
  2025-12-16
  Atlanta GA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found something astonishing. Dust and rock collected from the asteroid Bennu contained many of life's building blocks, including all five nucleobases used in DNA and RNA, 14 ...
• GoMars model simulates Martian dust storms to improve mission safety
  2025-12-16
  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Researchers in China have used a Mars general circulation model to simulate 50 years of Martian dust activity, aiming to improve forecasts of global dust storms that can disrupt exploration missions. Mars is dominated by a dry, dusty desert landscape where winds and rotating columns ...
• Gemini North tracks changing glow of interstellar Comet 3IATLAS
  2025-12-16
  Tucson AZ (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Gemini North has obtained new color images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after the interstellar object emerged from behind the Sun on its outbound trajectory from the Solar System. Using the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope at Maunakea in Hawaii, scientists observed the ...
• Micro X ray method reads ancient meteorite impact scars
  2025-12-16
  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Researchers from China, Canada, and Japan have established a quantitative method to read the impact histories recorded in enstatite chondrites using micro X ray diffraction measurements. Enstatite chondrites are rare meteorites that formed in highly reducing conditions close to the young Sun and are chemically ...

Phys.org

• 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 ...

• 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.
• Meteorite crater hosts methane-making microbes—a clue to life on Mars?
  2025-11-26
  Scientists have discovered living microbes producing methane in the fractured rocks deep inside Sweden's Siljan impact crater, offering insights into Earth's earliest life and the search for life beyond our planet.

• 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 ...
• XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light
  2025-12-15
  The European Space Agency's X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 3 December for around 20 hours. During that time, the comet was about 282–285 million km from the spacecraft.

• 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 ...
• 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.
• XMM-Newton sees comet 3I/ATLAS in X-ray light
  2025-12-15
  The European Space Agency's X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 3 December for around 20 hours. During that time, the comet was about 282–285 million km from the spacecraft.
• Interstellar comet keeps its distance as it makes its closest approach to Earth
  2025-12-15
  A stray comet from another star swings past Earth this week in one last hurrah before racing back toward interstellar space.
• Comet 3I/ATLAS displays greenish hue in new Gemini North telescope images
  2025-12-12
  Gemini North captured new images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after it reemerged from behind the sun on its path out of the solar system. The data were collected during a Shadow the Scientists session—a unique outreach initiative that invites students around the world to join researchers as they observe the universe ...
• A pioneering study on the feasibility of asteroid mining
  2025-12-10
  Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a geochemical record of their parent bodies makes them promising candidates for future use of space resources.

• A pioneering study on the feasibility of asteroid mining
  2025-12-10
  Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a geochemical record of their parent bodies makes them promising candidates for future use of space resources.
• Video: How to see the Geminid meteor shower
  2025-12-10
  One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year reaches its peak this week—giving skywatchers the chance to see up to 100 "shooting stars" an hour under perfect conditions.
• How to watch one of the year's best meteor showers, the Geminids
  2025-12-09
  It's time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year.

Science Daily

• SPHERE’s stunning space images reveal where new planets are forming
  2025-12-06
  SPHERE’s detailed images of dusty rings around young stars offer a rare glimpse into the hidden machinery of planet formation. These bright arcs and faint clouds reveal where tiny planet-building bodies collide, break apart, and reshape their systems. Some disks contain sharp edges or unusual patterns that hint at massive ...
• New moonquake discovery could change NASA’s Moon plans
  2025-12-07
  Scientists have discovered that moonquakes, not meteoroids, are responsible for shifting terrain near the Apollo 17 landing site. Their analysis points to a still-active fault that has been generating quakes for millions of years. While the danger to short missions is low, long-term lunar bases could face increasing risk. The ...
• The solar mission that survived disaster and found 5,000 comets
  2025-12-03
  For thirty years, SOHO has watched the Sun from a stable perch in space, revealing the inner workings of our star and surviving crises that nearly ended the mission. Its long-term observations uncovered a single global plasma conveyor belt inside the Sun, detailed how solar brightness subtly shifts over the ...
• New Mars images reveal hidden traces of a recent ice age
  2025-11-26
  Mars’s Coloe Fossae reveals a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, with deep valleys, cratered terrain, and frozen debris flows preserved from a time when the planet’s climate dramatically shifted.
• Scientists may have found the planet that made the Moon
  2025-11-23
  About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across space rocks. By examining subtle isotopic fingerprints in Earth and Moon samples, scientists have reconstructed Theia’s possible composition and birthplace.

BBC Science

• Geminid meteor shower set to light up sky during weekend peak
  2025-12-12
  The meteor shower peaks this weekend with dark skies giving the UK a good chance of seeing them, weather-permitting
• 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.
• Life on Mars? 'Leopard-spot' rocks could be biggest clue yet
  2025-09-10
  Unusual mudstones found on the Red Planet are potentially associated with ancient Martian microbes.

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