ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS - December 1st to 10th, 2025

[Saulo Machado]

ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS

December 1st to 10th, 2025

 

 

(ENG)

12/9 - How to watch one of the year's best meteor showers, the Geminids

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-year-meteor-showers-geminids.html

 

12/8 - This Weekend’s Geminids Meteor Shower Should Be Spectacular

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-weekends-geminids-meteor-shower-should-be-spectacular/

 

12/8 - Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14

https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/looks-like-a-wonderful-geminid-meteor-shower-ahead/

 

12/6 - Did Asteroids Invent Gum Billions of Years Ago?

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/did-asteroids-invent-gum-billions-of-years-ago

 

12/5 - Scientists and Senators are Excited About the Sugars Found in the OSIRIS-REx Samples

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/scientists-and-senators-are-excited-about-the-sugars-found-in-the-osiris-rex-samples

 

12/3 - NASA discovers 'space gum' and sugars 'crucial to life' in asteroid Bennu samples brought to Earth (video)

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/nasa-discovers-space-gum-and-sugars-crucial-to-life-in-asteroid-bennu-samples-brought-to-earth-video

 

12/3 - How we track near-Earth asteroids

https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-we-track-near-earth-asteroids/

 

12/3 - Scientists Find Extraterrestrial Bio-Essential Sugars in Samples from Asteroid Bennu

https://www.sci.news/space/bennu-sugars-14398.html

 

12/2 - Sugars, 'gum,' stardust found in NASA's asteroid Bennu samples

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-sugars-gum-stardust-nasa-asteroid.html

 

12/2 - A dying satellite could use its final moments to photograph the infamous asteroid Apophis in 2029

https://www.space.com/astronomy/asteroids/a-dying-satellite-could-use-its-final-moments-to-photograph-the-infamous-asteroid-apophis-in-2029

 

(DUT)  

12/8 - Veel meteoren bij Geminiden-sterrenregen in de nacht van 13 op 14 december

https://www.astronomie.nl/nieuws/veel-meteoren-bij-geminiden-sterrenregen-in-de-nacht-van-13-op-14-december-4762

 

12/4 - Planetoïde Bennu bevat alle ingrediënten voor leven

https://www.newscientist.nl/nieuws/planetoide-bennu-bevat-alle-ingredienten-voor-leven/

 

 

 

 

(ESP)

12/6 - El Complejo Astronómico de La Hita incorpora un sistema de ultra alta resolución para analizar la materia interplanetaria que alcanza la atmosfera

https://www.abc.es/espana/castilla-la-mancha/toledo/pueblos/complejo-astronomico-hita-incorpora-sistema-ultra-alta-20251206144116-nt.html

 

(FRE)

12/8 - 2025 SC79, l’étrange astéroïde qui orbite très près du Soleil

https://blogs.futura-sciences.com/feldmann/2025/12/08/2025-sc79-letrange-asteroide-qui-orbite-tres-pres-du-soleil/

 

(GER)

12/8 - Der Geminidenschwarm erscheint in diesem Jahr arbeitnehmerfreundlich

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/weltall/geminiden-in-der-adventszeit-sternschnuppen-erscheinen-in-diesem-jahr-arbeitnehmerfreundlich-a-ec3bd2d9-d5c4-4d1c-a403-96c4cf2ea04e

 

(ITA)

12/9 - Una palla di fuoco verde nei cieli italiani: il Bolide dell’Immacolata era un “frammento asteroidale”

https://www.meteoweb.eu/2025/12/una-palla-di-fuoco-verde-nei-cieli-italiani-il-bolide-dellimmacolata-era-un-frammento-asteroidale/1001869026/

 

12/9 - Il Bolide dell’Immacolata: spettacolare meteora squarcia il cielo d’Italia | VIDEO

https://www.meteoweb.eu/2025/12/il-bolide-dellimmacolata-spettacolare-meteora-squarcia-il-cielo-ditalia/1001868974/

 

12/9 - Sull’asteroide Bennu zuccheri, gomma e polvere di supernova VIDEO

https://www.ansa.it/canale_scienza/notizie/spazio_astronomia/2025/12/09/sullasteroide-bennu-zuccheri-gomma-e-polvere-di-supernova-video_b7c132a4-7e92-4d0f-8b55-b33028cd1a5a.html

 

12/9 - L'asteroide Bennu conteneva l'ultimo ingrediente per la vita

https://tech.everyeye.it/notizie/asteroide-bennu-conteneva-ingrediente-vita-846856.html

 

12/8 - L’incantesimo delle Geminidi: le stelle cadenti di dicembre sono l’evento astronomico dell’anno

https://www.meteoweb.eu/2025/12/lincantesimo-delle-geminidi-le-stelle-cadenti-di-dicembre-sono-levento-astronomico-dellanno/1001868740/

 

12/8 - Geminidi 2025: lo spettacolo delle meteore invernali illumina Santa Lucia

https://www.nextme.it/geminidi-2025-lo-spettacolo-delle-meteore-invernali-illumina-santa-lucia/

 

12/8 - Il sistema di difesa planetaria della Terra funziona: l'asteroide '2024 YR4' lo conferma

https://tech.everyeye.it/notizie/asteroide-2024-yr4-vero-test-difesa-planetaria-terra-846940.html

 

12/3 - Sull'asteroide Bennu sono davvero presenti tutti gli ingredienti per la vita (inclusi gli zuccheri)

https://www.focus.it/scienza/spazio/sull-asteroide-bennu-sono-davvero-presenti-tutti-gli-ingredienti-per-la-vita-inclusi-gli-zuccheri

 

12/3 - Scoperti precursori di ammoniaca e RNA nei campioni dell’asteroide Bennu: “presenti tutti gli ingredienti per la vita”

https://www.meteoweb.eu/2025/12/scoperti-precursori-di-ammoniaca-e-rna-nei-campioni-dellasteroide-bennu-presenti-tutti-gli-ingredienti-per-la-vita/1001867548/

 

(POR)

12/5 - Açúcares, "pastilha elástica" e poeira estelar encontrados nas amostras do asteroide Bennu

https://www.ccvalg.pt/astronomia/noticias/2025/12/5_bennu_osiris_rex.htm