ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS - February 21st to 28th, 2026

[Saulo Machado]

ASTEROIDS AND SIMILAR BODIES RECENT NEWS

February 21st to 28th, 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)

2/27 - 6 Million Years Ago Something Slammed Into Modern-Day Brazil

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/6-million-years-ago-something-slammed-into-modern-day-brazil

 

2/24 - The Legal Void of the Asteroid Gold Rush

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/the-legal-void-of-the-asteroid-gold-rush

 

2/24 - A new field of tektites discovered in Brazil

https://www.astronomy.com/science/a-new-field-of-tektites-in-brazil/

 

2/24 - Why is the snowman shape so common in the Kuiper Belt?

https://earthsky.org/space/snowman-shape-common-in-the-kuiper-belt/

 

(DUT)

2/23 - Waarom de Kuipergordel vol ‘ruimtesneeuwpoppen’ zit

https://scientias.nl/waarom-de-kuipergordel-vol-ruimtesneeuwpoppen-zit/

 

(ESP) -  X  -

 

(FRE)  

2/21 - L'astéroïde Bennu contient tous les éléments de base du vivant

https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/espace/univers/l-asteroide-bennu-contient-tous-les-elements-de-base-du-vivant_190607

 

(GER)  

2/21 - Wie die „Schneemann“-Brocken im Kuipergürtel entstanden

https://www.wissenschaft.de/astronomie-physik/wie-die-schneemann-brocken-im-kuiperguertel-entstanden/

 

(ITA)

2/27 - "Pupazzi di neve" nello Spazio: svelato il mistero della loro formazione

https://www.focus.it/scienza/spazio/pupazzi-di-neve-nello-spazio-svelato-il-mistero-della-loro-formazione

 

(POR)

2/24 - ‘Caçadores de meteoritos’: atividade que rende bem na Mauritânia

https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/webstories/flipar/2026/02/7360853-cacadores-de-meteoritos-atividade-que-rende-bem-na-mauritania.html

 

 

 

 

Asteroid missions schedule:

- June/26 – Tianwen arrives in Kamoʻoalewa

- December/26 – Hera spacecraft arrives in Dimorphos.

- 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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