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Metal Probe Web Code

Interesting addition to the Psyche mission’s web site: psyche.ssl.berkeley.edu/gallery/psyche-interactive/Abhigyaan Deep  Psyche Interactive,  Mar 3rd, 2026 Go to the above link, then click “View Site”. This interactive site is part of a broader outreach program, featuring Psyche-inspired fan art. Nice link… Read More »Metal Probe Web Code

New Scientist Views Flying Risk

Just out in the pop mag New Scientist: www.newscientist.com/article/2517120-how-worried-should-you-be-about-an-asteroid-smashing-into-earth/Leah Crane, 27 February 2026  3585  How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth? For the moment, the answer is not that worried. The true “extinction level” hazardous asteroids… Read More »New Scientist Views Flying Risk

Sky Flying Bio Hindsight

Some quasi-appropriate goodies from Sky & Tel, March (vol. 151 #3): skyandtelescope.org/sky-and-telescope-magazine/inside-the-march-2026-issue/Christopher M. Graney, Dennis Danielson  Lord Kelvin and Space Seeds  p. 28 In short, a writeup on the panspermia theory. Longer version: starting way back in the history of… Read More »Sky Flying Bio Hindsight

Batchelor Asteroid Patter

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Special guest appearance by our local retrieval principal: The John Batchelor Show  S8  Ep463  15 Feb 2026 The show is not a science show. And yet, John’s guest for this episode is Dante Lauretta. You know, Dr. Lauretta, principal investigator… Read More »Batchelor Asteroid Patter

Astronomers Combatting ATLAS Pap

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Just up on the IAU (International Astronomical Union) home page: www.iau.org/IAU/News/Ann2026/Comet-3IAtlas.aspx -,  23 Feb 2026  IAU Combats Misinformation on Interstellar Object Comet 3I/Atlas Not very fast-reacting, those IAU media specialists. Still, it’s quite good and handy to have our highest,… Read More »Astronomers Combatting ATLAS Pap

Vera Rubin Redux

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Just out in Nature Astronomy (vol. 10)… not really news, but: Maltagliati, L.  Rubin’s rich first reaping  177  s41550-026-02801-0 Paywalled as usual, but there’s an introductory snippet that’s accessible. In this “research highlight”, a Nature editor sings the praises of… Read More »Vera Rubin Redux

Vera Rubin Upscrolling

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A bit self-promoting, but we’ll take it: www.ox.ac.uk/pulse/nature-climate-universe/rubin-observatory-, Feb 2026  Oxford and the Rubin Observatory A fairly in-depth piece. There’s next to no asteroid content per se, but… the Rubin Observatory will spot asteroids without even trying. So publicity on… Read More »Vera Rubin Upscrolling

Telescope Top-Honor Spot

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Almost missed this one again… maybe I should give Astronomy magazine more credit: www.astronomy.com/issues/2026/february-2026/www.astronomy.com/science/top-10-space-stories-of-2025/8. An interstellar comet comes to visit6. Bennu and Ryugu may be siblings1. Vera Rubin Observatory begins its surveyHonorable mention: 7. Solar Orbiter, PUNCH, and Proba-3 show… Read More »Telescope Top-Honor Spot