ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS - June 1st to 10th, 2026

[Saulo Machado]

ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS

June 1st to 10th, 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)

6/9 - Dino-killing asteroid may have fueled underground life for 8 million years

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-dino-asteroid-fueled-underground-life.html

 

6/9 - Dino-killing asteroid may have sparked millions of years of hydrothermal life

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-asteroid-that-killed-the-dinosaurs-may-have-sparked-millions-of-years-of-hydrothermal-life/

 

6/8 - Why does one side of the Moon have a lot of craters, while the other does not?

https://www.astronomy.com/science/why-do-the-moons-two-sides-look-different/

 

6/4 - Meteors are 'extremely common.' What makes the one over New England 'rare'?

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-meteors-extremely-common-england-rare.html

 

6/3 - Rare meteorite hints at giant early planet

https://earthsky.org/space/rare-meteorite-giant-early-planet-nwa-12774/

 

6/3 - Asteroid dirt is 'fluffier' than we thought

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-asteroid-dirt-fluffier-thought.html

 

6/2 - Rare meteorite provides evidence of giant early planet

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-rare-meteorite-evidence-giant-early.html

 

6/2 - Kamo'oalewa asteroid's lunar origin challenged ahead of Tianwen-2 arrival

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-kamooalewa-asteroid-lunar-tianwen.html

 

6/2 - Meteor as heavy as an elephant causes widespread speculation across New England

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-meteor-heavy-elephant-widespread-speculation.html

 

6/2 - Ceres' surface is much more complex than previously thought

https://phys.org/news/2026-06-ceres-surface-complex-previously-thought.html

 

6/2 - Meteorite Found in Africa Preserves Evidence of Long-Lost Massive Protoplanet

https://www.sci.news/space/angrite-meteorite-nwa-12774-14814.html

 

(DUT)

6/8 - Gevonden meteoriet in de Sahara kan het eerste bewijs zijn van een verdwenen planeet uit het zonnestelsel

https://www.spacepage.be/nieuws/heelal-zonnestelsel/zonnestelsel/gevonden-meteoriet-in-de-sahara-kan-het-eerste-bewijs-zijn-van-een-verdwenen-planeet-uit-het-zonnestelsel.html

 

(ESP)  

6/9 - Hayabusa2 se prepara para un nuevo hito con el sobrevuelo del asteroide Torifune

https://actualidadaeroespacial.com/hayabusa2-se-prepara-para-un-nuevo-hito-con-el-sobrevuelo-del-asteroide-torifune/

 

6/8 - Un raro meteorito demuestra que existió otro planeta en nuestro sistema solar

https://noticiasdelaciencia.com/art/57121/un-raro-meteorito-demuestra-que-existio-otro-planeta-en-nuestro-sistema-solar

 

(FRE)

6/4 - Cette météorite est la preuve d’une planète disparue : « C’est incroyable de penser qu’un monde si grand a un jour existé »

https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/actualites/meteorite-cette-meteorite-etre-preuve-planete-disparue-cest-incroyable-penser-quun-monde-si-grand-jour-existe-135044/

 

6/2 - Explosion d’un météore au-dessus des États-Unis : la Nasa révèle la puissance spectaculaire du phénomène

https://www.futura-sciences.com/sciences/actualites/meteorite-explosion-meteore-dessus-etats-unis-nasa-revele-puissance-spectaculaire-phenomene-134962/

 

(GER)

8/6 - Meteorit liefert Hinweise auf verschwundenen Protoplaneten

https://www.wissenschaft.de/astronomie-physik/meteorit-liefert-hinweise-auf-verschwundenen-protoplaneten/

 

(ITA)

6/9 - L’impatto del meteorite di Chicxulub che ha cancellato i dinosauri ha creato una culla per la vita durata milioni di anni

https://www.meteoweb.eu/2026/06/limpatto-del-meteorite-di-chicxulub-ha-cancellato-i-dinosauri-ha-creato-una-culla-per-la-vita-durata-milioni-di-anni/1001942441/

 

6/7 - In un meteorite trovato nel Sahara gli indizi di un pianeta perduto

https://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza/notizie/spazio_astronomia/2026/06/07/in-un-meteorite-gli-indizi-di-un-pianeta-perduto_95e9283d-a833-4080-a505-2903a966f40f.html

 

6/5 - Un meteorite caduto nel Sahara svela un gigantesco mondo perduto nel nostro Sistema Solare

https://www.meteoweb.eu/2026/06/un-meteorite-caduto-nel-sahara-svela-un-gigantesco-mondo-perduto-nel-nostro-sistema-solare/1001941475/

 

6/2 - Dopo l'asteroide dei dinosauri questa forma di vita si nutrì delle loro carcasse

https://tech.everyeye.it/notizie/asteroide-dinosauri-forma-nutri-carcasse-881664.html

 

(POR)

6/9 - Asteroide que matou os dinossauros pode ter ajudado a criar vida na Terra

https://exame.com/ciencia/asteroide-que-matou-os-dinossauros-pode-ter-ajudado-a-criar-vida-na-terra/

 

6/7 - Experimento revela que o solo dos asteroides fica “fofo” e se expande no espaço

https://revistaoeste.com/oestegeral/2026/06/06/experimento-revela-que-o-solo-dos-asteroides-fica-fofo-e-se-expande-no-espaco/

 

 

 

 

Asteroid missions schedule:

- July/26 – Tianwen arrives in Kamoʻoalewa

- July/26 – Hayabusa-2 Extended Mission - Flyby of 2001 CC21 (Torifune) - scheduled

- December/26 – Hera spacecraft arrives in Dimorphos.

- September/2027 – NEO Surveyor Telescope launch (planned)

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

- April/29 – OSIRIS-APEX arrives in Apophis

- August/29 – Psyche spacecraft arrives in Psyche

- July/31 - Hayabusa-2 Extended Mission - Rendezvous with 1998 KY26 - scheduled

 

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