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• Lut 023 (Eucrite-pmict) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18451 (Diogenite) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18473 (LL7) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18474 (Diogenite) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18476 (Howardite-melt breccia) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18478 (Mesosiderite-A3) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18484 (Eucrite-mmict) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18485 (Eucrite) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18495 (CM2) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18496 (CK6) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18497 (CVox3) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18500 (CO3) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18517 (Lunar (feldsp. breccia)) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18519 (H3) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18528 (CM2) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18529 (LL3) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18531 (LL3) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18534 (LL3) 2026-03-27
• Northwest Africa 18536 (Ureilite) 2026-03-27
• Oued en-Nahia 001 (LL3) 2026-03-27

NASA CNEOS

• SpaceDev Places JPL On Contract To Support NEAP Mission Planning
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  2026-03-31
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• NASA’s DART Mission Changed Orbit of Asteroid Didymos Around Sun
  2026-03-06
  The DART impact not only altered Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos but also produced a measurable shift in the entire binary system’s orbit around the Sun.
• New NASA Asteroid Observations Eliminate Chance of 2032 Lunar Impact
  2026-03-05
  Observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope observations on Feb. 18 and 26, 2026, refine near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4's orbit and rule out a chance of lunar impact on Dec. 22, 2032.
• 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.

Space.com

• Comet MAPS faces a make-or-break moment as it dives toward the sun on April 4 — could it shine in the daytime sky?
  2026-03-31
  Comet MAPS is about to face its ultimate test as it sweeps just 101,000 miles above the sun's surface.
• Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be nearly 12 billion years old — so ancient its star system may no longer exist
  2026-03-30
  Our solar system's famous "invader" might be as old as the Milky Way itself.
• Sun rises on Artemis 2 launch pad | Space photo of the day for March 30, 2026
  2026-03-30
  NASA's SLS moon rocket casts a striking silhouette against the rising sun ahead of the agency's Artemis 2 mission, currently scheduled for April 1.
• Fireball sightings are surging across the US — here's what's really going on
  2026-03-27
  With bright meteors sighted over Ohio, Texas, and Europe, you might wonder what's going on. Is meteor activity really increasing, or is there just a surge in reporting?

Astronomy Now

• Potentially bright ‘sungrazing’ comet discovered
  2026-01-16
  A potentially large member of the Kreutz family comets is speeding its way to a perihelion encounter during the first week of April this year. The object was discovered on 13 January 2026.

Univere Today

• Tales of Two Comets: A1 MAPS and R3 Pan-STARRS Both Make a Showing in April
  2026-03-31
  All eyes are on the inner solar system in April 2026, as two comets reach perihelion. One, Comet R3 Pan-STARRS we’ve known about since last year. Another, sungrazer A1 MAPS was just found as the first comet of 2026 and presents us with a big question: will it survive its ...
• We Could Be Hit By Five Building-sized Asteroids By The End Of The Century - So What Are We Going To Do About It?
  2026-03-30
  It’s amazing how much one movie can act as a cultural touchpoint for an entire topic - even a topic as serious as defense of a planet. Popular media consistently use the 1998 movie Armageddon as a reference when talking about how we would destroy a civilization-ending asteroid. That’s despite ...
• Bennu’s Rugged Rocks Explained by Deep Internal Cracks
  2026-03-29
  Asteroids don’t get the love they deserve. They don’t get “cool points” because they’re not a planet or a potential life-harboring moon. They’re “just a bunch of rocks”. But asteroids are so much more, as they are time capsules of the early solar system that have survived billions of years ...

EarthSky

• Rubies on Mars? Rover finds fluorescent gems for 1st time
  2026-03-29
  Are there rubies on Mars? NASA's Perseverance rover has found tiny fluorescent gems in pebbles that appear to be rubies or sapphires. The post Rubies on Mars? Rover finds fluorescent gems for 1st time first appeared on EarthSky.

The Planetary Society

• Messengers of ice and time
  2026-03-16
  Comets are ancient relics from the Solar System's formation that may have delivered water and the building blocks of life to early Earth.
• Why do some planets have rings and others don't?
  2026-03-11
  The giant planets of our Solar System all have rings, as do some dwarf planets and even asteroids. So why don’t Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars?
• Better together
  2026-01-30
  Martian travel buddies, synchronized Sun science, and a proven leadership team.
• 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.

Phys.org

• Impacts from meteors may have helped start life on Earth by creating hydrothermal vents
  2026-03-31
  Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells could take shape, according to research integrated by a recent Rutgers University graduate. Shea Cinquemani, who earned her bachelor's degree from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in May 2025, has ...

• Impacts from meteors may have helped start life on Earth by creating hydrothermal vents
  2026-03-31
  Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells could take shape, according to research integrated by a recent Rutgers University graduate. Shea Cinquemani, who earned her bachelor's degree from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in May 2025, has ...
• All 5 fundamental units of life's genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample
  2026-03-22
  A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu.
• A self-sufficient Mars garden? How cyanobacteria-based fertilizer could grow edible biomass
  2026-03-20
  A research team from the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM), the Department of Environmental Process Engineering (UVT) at the University of Bremen and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has made significant progress toward a self-sufficient Mars mission: a fertilizer, which can be produced solely with Martian resources, ...
• The discovery of a buried delta on Mars could boost the search for life
  2026-03-19
  There's more evidence that water once flowed on Mars with the discovery of an ancient river delta deep below the surface. NASA's Perseverance rover found it more than 35 meters beneath Jezero Crater using ground-penetrating radar. Perseverance was launched in 2020 to search for signs of ancient life on the ...
• Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks, bolstering origin-of-life theories
  2026-03-16
  All the essential ingredients to make the DNA and RNA underpinning life on Earth have been discovered in samples collected from the asteroid Ryugu, scientists said Monday.
• How do we know what asteroids are made out of?
  2026-03-10
  Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling from dust and rock. They're time capsules, preserving clues about what the early solar system was like, and, ultimately, what the building blocks of planets are.
• Can we grow life on Mars? Experiments show potential in simulated extraterrestrial soil
  2026-03-07
  Life's capacity to survive in simulated lunar and Martian soils has been explored in two papers published in Scientific Reports. Treating simulated lunar soil with both symbiotic fungi and worm-produced compost can significantly improve the likelihood of reproduction for chickpea plants growing in the soil, indicates one study. A separate ...

• Impacts from meteors may have helped start life on Earth by creating hydrothermal vents
  2026-03-31
  Meteor impacts may have helped spark life on Earth, creating hot, chemical-rich environments where the first living cells could take shape, according to research integrated by a recent Rutgers University graduate. Shea Cinquemani, who earned her bachelor's degree from the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences in May 2025, has ...
• Giant craters may reveal if Psyche is a lost planetary core
  2026-03-28
  When we think of asteroids, we almost immediately think of giant rocks bouncing around like the iconic chase scene in "The Empire Strikes Back," and we often hear how they are remnants from the birth of the solar system. While the asteroids that comprise the Main Asteroid Belt of our ...
• Hubble detects first-ever spin reversal of tiny comet
  2026-03-26
  Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found evidence that the spinning of a small comet slowed and then reversed its direction of rotation, offering a dramatic example of how volatile activity can affect the spin and physical evolution of small bodies in the solar system. This is the first ...

• Hera aces a massive engine burn on its way to Didymos
  2026-03-30
  In September 2022, humanity crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid—on purpose. The objective of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was to see if we could intentionally modify the orbit of Dimorphos, the small moonlet orbiting the larger asteroid Didymos. According to all accounts, the mission worked spectacularly, but it ...
• Limiting space junk's threat by predicting its mess in the Earth-moon neighborhood
  2026-03-26
  Debris from moonbound spacecraft has left craters on the lunar surface since the U.S. Apollo missions. But the moon is not used to being surrounded by debris. With an expected resurgence in lunar missions in the coming years, such as the U.S. Artemis II test flight, Purdue University engineer Carolin ...
• Green fireball captured on dashcam video as a meteor streaks across the Pacific Northwest sky
  2026-03-25
  Jason Jenkins was driving to work before dawn when a bright green streak beamed across the sky.

SciTechDaily

• New Research Reveals Ancient Mars May Have Been Warm, Wet – and Possibly Alive
  2026-03-31
  Analysis of Martian clay minerals suggests early Mars had sustained rainfall and potentially habitable conditions billions of years ago. New evidence suggests that Mars may once have had a warm and wet climate billions of years ago, offering a very different picture from the long-standing view that the planet was ...
• NASA Just Found Something Strange Inside Asteroid Bennu Sample
  2026-03-30
  Scientists studying samples from the asteroid Bennu have uncovered a surprisingly complex chemical landscape at the tiniest scales. A new study shows that, at an extremely small scale, organic material and minerals inside the asteroid Bennu are organized into three clearly different chemical groupings. These patterns provide important clues about ...

Science Daily

• NASA’s Hubble accidentally caught a comet breaking apart in real time
  2026-03-21
  In an incredibly lucky cosmic accident, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured a comet breaking apart in real time—something astronomers have long tried and failed to observe. The comet, C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), wasn’t even the original target, but when researchers pivoted to it, they unknowingly caught it mid-disintegration into multiple pieces.
• Scientists solve 12,800-year-old climate mystery hidden in Greenland ice
  2026-03-20
  A mysterious spike of platinum buried deep in Greenland’s ice has long fueled theories of a catastrophic comet or asteroid strike 12,800 years ago—possibly triggering a sudden return to icy conditions known as the Younger Dryas. But new research points to a far less dramatic, yet still powerful culprit: volcanic ...
• This massive crater could expose the heart of a lost planet
  2026-03-17
  A mysterious metal-rich asteroid called Psyche has been baffling scientists for over two centuries, and its true origin remains one of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. Is it the exposed core of a failed planet, or a chaotic mix of rock and metal forged through countless violent collisions? ...
• Scientists discover hidden water beneath Mars that could have supported life
  2026-03-15
  New research suggests Mars may have remained habitable much longer than scientists once thought. Ancient sand dunes in Gale Crater appear to have been soaked by underground water billions of years ago, leaving behind minerals that can preserve signs of life. Even after surface water disappeared, subsurface flows may have ...

BBC Science

• Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad for Artemis II mission
  2026-01-18
  Final preparations now get underway for the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

wired.com

• Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas Has Another Surprise: It’s Full of Alcohol
  2026-03-10
  Analysis of the tail of 3I/Atlas reveals that it contains an anomalous proportion of methanol, a class of alcohol used in fuels.

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