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• Catalina 1003 (H3) 2026-02-02
• Catalina 1004 (H3) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18329 (CK6) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18330 (CK6) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18331 (CK6) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18332 (CVox3) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18333 (R3-5) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18337 (R3-6) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18338 (CV3) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18340 (Eucrite) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18341 (H3) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18343 (H3) 2026-02-02
• Northwest Africa 18344 (H3) 2026-02-02
• Akhiam (Eucrite) 2026-01-24
• Ganq 030 (L3.15) 2026-01-24
• Northeast Africa 122 (R3-5) 2026-01-24
• Northwest Africa 17282 (CV3) 2026-01-24
• Northwest Africa 17589 (CK6) 2026-01-24
• Northwest Africa 17725 (Iron, IIAB-an) 2026-01-24
• Northwest Africa 17931 (Eucrite-cm) 2026-01-24

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

• NASA chief flies over Artemis 2 moon rocket | Space photo of the day for Feb. 5, 2025
  2026-02-05
  NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman took Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for a ride over the Artemis 2 launch pad recently.
• Will a bright comet adorn our early spring sky? Why astronomers are getting excited about Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS)
  2026-02-05
  A new comet approaching the sun has caught the attention of astronomers, primarily because of its lineage. It appears to belong to a group of comets that in some cases have briefly become outstandingly bright objects.
• NASA had 3 years to fix fuel leaks on its Artemis moon rocket. Why are they still happening?
  2026-02-04
  NASA stopped short of completing a critical fuel test for its Artemis 2 SLS rocket because of hydrogen leaks that sound a lot like the problems they had during Artemis 1.
• See the March Lunar eclipse in more detail for under $50! These binoculars are now even cheaper than on Black Friday
  2026-02-03
  Our best family binoculars, the Celestron Cometron 7x50 binoculars, are now $13 cheaper on Amazon and are perfect for getting a better view of the night sky and all its wonders.
• NASA fuels up giant Artemis 2 moon rocket. Yes, it's a little leaky. So is it ready to fly?
  2026-02-03
  NASA fully fueled its Artemis 2 moon rocket during a crucial test today (Feb. 2) but had to pause the operation twice due to leaks. Will the agency still try to launch on Feb. 8?
• Bleached Martian rocks offer fresh evidence of a wetter and warmer Mars: 'But where did they come from?
  2026-02-03
  "You need so much water that we think these could be evidence of an ancient warmer and wetter climate where there was rain falling for millions of years."
• Comet visits stargazers on Kitt Peak | Space photo of the day for Feb. 2, 2026
  2026-02-02
  Arizona skywatchers got treated to both a beautiful sunset and a blazing comet streaking across the skies.

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.
• 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

• Neutron Scans Reveal Hidden Water in Famous Martian Meteorite
  2026-02-04
  New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's inevitable that planetary scientists will get their hands on it to test it on some meteorites. A new paper, available in pre-print on arXiv, by Estrid Naver of the Technical University ...
• Reading the Moon’s Diary, One Speck of Dust at a Time
  2026-02-03
  Magnetism on the Moon has always been a bit confusing. Remote sensing probes have noted there is some magnetic signature, but far from the strong cocoon that surrounds Earth itself. Previous attempts to detect it in returned regolith samples blended together all of the rocks in those samples, leading to ...
• For the First Time, Scientists Detect Molecule Critical to Life in Interstellar Space
  2026-01-31
  For the first time, a complex, ring-shaped molecule containing 13 atoms—including sulfur—has been detected in interstellar space, based on laboratory measurements. The discovery closes a critical gap by linking simple chemistry in space with the complex organic building blocks found in comets and meteorites. This represents a major step toward ...

EarthSky

• Spring fireball season is underway! Watch for them
  2026-02-06
  Spring fireball season is now! The rate of fireballs (bright meteors) often goes up in the Northern Hemisphere by as much as 30% from February through April. The post Spring fireball season is underway! Watch for them first appeared on EarthSky.
• Meteorite hunting? Here’s tips on how to find one
  2026-02-06
  Meteorite hunters look for rocks different from their surroundings. Later, they analyze the properties of unusual rocks to confirm it's a meteorite. The post Meteorite hunting? Here’s tips on how to find one first appeared on EarthSky.

The Planetary Society

• 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.
• 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.

Space Daily

• ExLabs taps SpacePilot autonomy for Apophis asteroid mission
  2026-02-06
  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 05, 2026 ExLabs has selected CUS-GNC's SpacePilot onboard autonomy software to provide guidance, navigation, and control for its planned Mission to Asteroid Apophis, a commercial deep-space campaign that will operate at distances exceeding 100 million kilometers from Earth. The company describes itself as a commercial deep-space ...
• Perseverance rover completes landmark AI guided trek across Jezero rim
  2026-02-06
  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first AI planned drives ever carried out on another planet, using a vision capable generative AI system to map out safe routes across the rim of Jezero Crater without human route planners intervening in the usual way. ...

Phys.org

• Neutron scans reveal hidden water in famous martian meteorite
  2026-02-04
  New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's inevitable that planetary scientists will get their hands on it to test it on some meteorites. A new paper, available on the arXiv preprint server, by Estrid Naver of the Technical ...
• How brick-building bacteria react to toxic chemical in Martian soil
  2026-01-30
  Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space missions.
• Ancient Martian beach discovered, providing new clues to red planet's habitability
  2026-01-27
  New findings from NASA's Perseverance rover have revealed evidence of wave-formed beaches and rocks altered by subsurface water in a Martian crater that once held a vast lake—considerably expanding the timeline for potential habitability at this ancient site. In an international study led by Imperial College London, researchers uncovered that ...
• A new study of lunar rocks suggests Earth's water might not have come from meteorites
  2026-01-25
  For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a period when planets and bodies in the solar system experienced a much higher rate of impacts.

• A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?
  2026-02-05
  A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely operated telescope in the Atacama desert on January 13.
• As Rubin's survey gets underway, simulations suggest it could find about six lunar-origin asteroids per year
  2026-02-02
  Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an Earth quasi-satellite whose reported spectrum resembles lunar material and which is a target of China's Tianwen-2 ...
• New fear unlocked: Runaway black holes
  2026-01-29
  Last year, astronomers were fascinated by a runaway asteroid passing through our solar system from somewhere far beyond. It was moving at around 68 kilometers per second, just over double Earth's speed around the sun.

• A new comet was just discovered. Will it be visible in broad daylight?
  2026-02-05
  A newly discovered comet has astronomers excited, with the potential to be a spectacular sight in early April. C/2026 A1 (MAPS) was spotted by a team of four amateur astronomers with a remotely operated telescope in the Atacama desert on January 13.
• Neutron scans reveal hidden water in famous martian meteorite
  2026-02-04
  New tools unlock new discoveries in science. So when a new type of non-destructive technology becomes widely available, it's inevitable that planetary scientists will get their hands on it to test it on some meteorites. A new paper, available on the arXiv preprint server, by Estrid Naver of the Technical ...
• An unusual dust storm on Mars reveals how the red planet lost some of its water
  2026-02-04
  The current image of Mars as an arid and hostile desert contrasts sharply with the history revealed by its surface. Channels, minerals altered by water, and other geological traces indicate that the red planet was, in its early days, a much wetter and more dynamic world. Reconstructing how this water-rich ...
• Reading the moon's diary, one speck of dust at a time
  2026-02-04
  Magnetism on the moon has always been a bit confusing. Remote sensing probes have noted there is some magnetic signature, but far from the strong cocoon that surrounds Earth itself. Previous attempts to detect it in returned regolith samples blended together all of the rocks in those samples, leading to ...
• As Rubin's survey gets underway, simulations suggest it could find about six lunar-origin asteroids per year
  2026-02-02
  Most near-Earth asteroids are thought to drift in from the main asteroid belt. But a small subset may have a much closer origin: the moon. One intriguing example is 469219 Kamoʻoalewa (2016 HO3), an Earth quasi-satellite whose reported spectrum resembles lunar material and which is a target of China's Tianwen-2 ...
• How brick-building bacteria react to toxic chemical in Martian soil
  2026-01-30
  Bacteria that thrive on Earth may not make it in the alien lands of Mars. A potential deterrent is perchlorate, a toxic chlorine-containing chemical discovered in Martian soil during various space missions.
• Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a 4% chance of hitting the moon. Here's why that's a scientific goldmine
  2026-01-28
  There's a bright side to every situation. In 2032, the moon itself might have a particularly bright side if it is blasted by a 60-meter-wide asteroid. The chances of such an event are still relatively small (only around 4%) but are non-negligible. And scientists are starting to prepare both for ...
• The HWO must be picometer perfect to observe Earth 2.0
  2026-01-28
  Lately we've been reporting about a series of studies on the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's flagship telescope mission for the 2040s. These studies have looked at the type of data they need to collect, and what the types of worlds they would expect to find would look like.

• NASA targets a March launch of the moon rocket after test run reveals fuel leaks
  2026-02-03
  NASA said Tuesday it will now target a March launch of its new moon rocket after running into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test a day earlier.
• NASA hit by fuel leaks during a practice countdown of the moon rocket that will fly with astronauts
  2026-02-03
  NASA ran into exasperating fuel leaks during a make-or-break test of its new moon rocket Monday, calling into question how soon astronauts could take off for a trip around the moon.
• NASA fuels its moon rocket in a crucial test to decide when Artemis astronauts will launch
  2026-02-02
  NASA fueled its new moon rocket in one final make-or-break test Monday, with hopes of sending astronauts on a lunar fly-around as soon as this coming weekend.
• NASA begins a practice countdown for its first moonshot with astronauts in more than 50 years
  2026-02-01
  NASA began a two-day practice countdown Saturday leading up to the fueling of its new moon rocket, a crucial test that will determine when four astronauts blast off on a lunar flyby.

Science Daily

• Mars’ water mystery may have a simple ice answer
  2026-02-06
  Scientists have found that ancient Martian lakes could have survived for decades despite freezing air temperatures. Using a newly adapted climate model, researchers showed that thin, seasonal ice could trap heat and protect liquid water beneath. These lakes may have gently melted and refrozen each year without ever freezing solid. ...
• NASA’s Perseverance rover completes the first AI-planned drive on Mars
  2026-01-31
  NASA’s Perseverance rover has just made history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A vision-capable AI analyzed the same images and terrain data normally used by rover planners, identified hazards like rocks and sand ripples, and charted a safe path across the ...
• Strange white rocks on Mars hint at millions of years of rain
  2026-01-27
  Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These aluminum-rich clays, called kaolinite, usually form on Earth only after millions of years of heavy rainfall in warm, humid environments—conditions similar to tropical rainforests. Their presence on today’s cold, dry Mars ...
• James Webb catches an exoplanet losing its atmosphere in real time
  2026-01-20
  Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP-121b for an entire orbit with the James Webb Space Telescope. Instead of a single stream of escaping gas, the planet is wrapped in two colossal helium tails—one trailing behind like ...

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.
• 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.
• 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.

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