ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS - March 21st to 31st, 2026

[Saulo Machado]

ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS

March 21st to 31st, 2026

 

 

Dear global community,

 

Here is a periodic compilation of recent news in some languages for the production of lectures, conferences, podcasts/videocasts, reading circles, conversations, and comparisons:

 

(ENG)

3/30 - We Could Be Hit By Five Building-sized Asteroids By The End Of The Century - So What Are We Going To Do About It?

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/we-could-be-hit-by-five-building-sized-asteroids-by-the-end-of-the-century-so-what-are-we-going-to-d

 

3/30 - Hera aces a massive engine burn on its way to Didymos

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-hera-aces-massive-didymos.html

 

3/28 - Giant craters may reveal if Psyche is a lost planetary core

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-giant-craters-reveal-psyche-lost.html

 

3/27 - A flurry of fireballs! Is there a reason for the uptick?

https://earthsky.org/space/flurry-of-fireballs-march-2026-reason-ams/

 

3/25 - Life’s genetic code just discovered in asteroid samples

https://earthsky.org/space/lifes-genetic-code-just-discovered-in-an-asteroid-sample/

 

3/25 - Green fireball captured on dashcam video as a meteor streaks across the Pacific Northwest sky

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-green-fireball-captured-dashcam-video.html

 

3/25 - Dedicated Amateur Beats All-Sky Surveys to Asteroid Discovery

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/dedicated-amateur-beats-all-sky-surveys-to-asteroid-discovery

 

3/25 - Like 'accelerating from stationary to supersonic flight': Europe's Hera probe boosts speed, stays on course for November asteroid rendez-vous

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/like-accelerating-from-stationary-to-supersonic-flight-europes-hera-probe-boosts-speed-stays-on-course-for-november-asteroid-rendezvous

 

3/23 - NASA Has Cracked the Mystery of Asteroid Bennu’s Boulders

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/nasa-has-cracked-the-mystery-of-asteroid-bennus-boulders/

 

3/22 - All 5 fundamental units of life's genetic code were just discovered in an asteroid sample

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-fundamental-life-genetic-code-asteroid.html

 

(DUT)  -  X  -

 

(ESP)  -  X  -

 

(FRE)

3/26 - On a découvert les briques de l’ADN sur l’astéroïde Ryugu, et alors?

https://www.cieletespace.fr/article/on-a-decouvert-les-briques-de-l-adn-sur-l-asteroide-ryugu-et-alors

 

(GER)

3/24 - Am Mond entstand 2024 ein großer Krater – und fast niemand hat es bemerkt

https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000313912/am-mond-entstand-2024-ein-grosser-krater-und-fast-niemand-hat-es-bemerkt

 

(ITA)

3/26 - Difesa planetaria, l’astrofisico Gianluca Masi: “L’approccio da Armageddon contro gli asteroidi è tramontato”

https://www.fanpage.it/innovazione/scienze/difesa-planetaria-lastrofisico-gianluca-masi-lapproccio-da-armageddon-contro-gli-asteroidi-e-tramontato/

 

(POR)

3/29 - Ciência no Rádio aborda a descoberta da matéria-prima do DNA e do RNA em asteroide

https://www.gov.br/observatorio/pt-br/assuntos/noticias/ciencia-no-radio-fala-da-descoberta-da-materia-prima-do-dna-e-do-rna-em-asteoide

 

3/29 - 'Caçadora de Asteroides': conheça a paraense que já identificou mais de 500

https://dol.com.br/noticias/para/937916/cacadora-de-asteroides-conheca-a-paraense-que-ja-identificou-mais-de-500?d=1

 

3/24 - Suposto meteorito atingiu uma casa no Texas, como se alega no X? Verdadeiro

https://www.publico.pt/2026/03/24/ciencia/noticia/suposto-meteorito-atingiu-casa-texas-alega-x-verdadeiro-2168947

 

 

Asteroid missions schedule:

- June/26 – Tianwen arrives in Kamoʻoalewa

- December/26 – Hera spacecraft arrives in Dimorphos.

- April/28 – Ramses launch to Apophis (planned)

- April/29 – OSIRIS-APEX arrives in Apophis

- August/29 – Psyche spacecraft arrives in Psyche

 

Keep your audience informed about asteroids and planetary defense, always guarding them against misinformation and sensationalist news.

 

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Best regards,

 

Saulo Machado

Global Event Coordinator