26 February 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26FEB2014

Radar Images of near-Earth Asteroid 2006 DP14
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- February 25, 2014
This image is one frame from a collage of radar images taken on Feb.
11, 2014, of near-Earth asteroid 2006 DP 14, which is about 1,300 feet
(400 meters) long. The imaging used the 230-foot (70-meter) Deep Space
Network antenna at Goldstone, Calif., while the asteroid was about 11
times farther from Earth than the moon is.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSSR ...

The power of the Chelyabinsk meteor - Phys.org
Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories
Looking at the power of the Chelyabinsk meteor (which struck a year ago and is visible starting around 1:15 in the video above) is still terrifying all ...

Meteorite May Harbor Evidence of Mars Life: Study
By Mike Wall- space.com -February 25, 2014
Have signs of ancient Martian life been found inside a Red Planet meteorite?
A team of scientists says that microscopic tunnels and carbon-rich spherules
that stud the interior of a Martian meteorite known as Yamato 000593 may
have been formed by Red Planet organisms long ago, NBC News reported today
(Feb. 25). ...

Martian "Blueberries" Really Pieces of Meteorites?
Joseph Bennington Castro- for National Geographic- February 24, 2014
The famed "blueberries" of Mars discovered by NASA rovers might just be
asteroid impact debris.
Scientists have proposed a number of theories to explain the countless
gray-blue spherical rocks on Mars. ...

Tiny Blobs and Tunnels in Meteorite Revive Debate Over Life on Mars
NBCNews.com
Eighteen years after a Martian meteorite sparked a debate over alien-looking "nanofossils," researchers are reporting that different structures inside an ...

It's not a meteor-wrong, it's a meteorite
Post-Bulletin
Alexander told the Lilienthals he is almost certain that the meteorite is a piece of the Arlington meteoritefound in 1894 by Joseph Barry. That meteorite ...

Scientist Says Russian Meteorite Being Stored Incorrectly
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, February 25 (RIA Novosti) – The largest surviving fragment of a meteor that entered Earth's atmosphere in a fiery blaze over Russia last ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: MD NJ NY PA RI Fireball Meteor24FEB2014
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24FEB2014 becca elkton, maryland, us 920 pm 15 sec west orange fire ball with large tail fire not sure would really like to no if it was a meteor or what ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: Manitoba Canada Fireball Meteor24FEB2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-. 24FEB2014 Monica Poplar Point Manitoba Canada apx 19:00 CST apx 10 sec in my awareness flying left to right at ...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: CO MT Fireball Meteor 23FEB2014
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Report your meteor sightings please- http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.jp/2000/11/meteor-fireball-report-form.html. Please help get the word about ...

If you saw a fireball in the sky Sunday night in Central New York you're not alone
The Post-Standard
Ethan Rogati.JPG Ethan Rogati captured this stunning view of the meteor from Milton, V.T.. It was reportedly seen as far south as Albany, and as far ...

It's not a meteor-wrong, it's a meteorite
Agri News
The Arlington II rock, as their find has been dubbed, likely is 4.6 billion years old and hailed from the main meteor belt on the other side of Mars.

If you saw a fireball in the sky Sunday night in Central New York you're not alone
The Post-Standard
"I looked and saw a green fireball that appeared in my quick glance to be sparking red. It disappeared shortly thereafter." A man in Oswego reported ...

Delaware Fireball | American Meteor Society
amsmeteors.org
A large and bright fireball was seen and reported by approx. 100 witnesses across Northern US East Coast (February 24th 2014, 9:11pm EST ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 90 reports about a fireball seen over CT, DE, MD, NJ, NY and PA on February 25th 2014 around 02:13 (UTC)

Bay Area Team in $30000 Tech Scavenger Hunt
NBC Bay Area
How about track down a piece of a meteor (especially tough if you're nowhere near Russia), or change the top names of 2013 (because, really, Liam?

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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