Meteor/Meteorite News 29APR2010

posted on YouTube by WiscTvChannel3000 —(3 views) 2010年04月28日
— Nearly two weeks after a meteorite was spotted over southwestern Wisconsin, the search for potentially valuable fragments continues. But concern is growing over possible scams associated with pieces of the meteor. Marc Lovicott reports.

WISC Madison

Meteorite Hunters Could Be Targets For Scammers

WISC Madison
Nearly two weeks after a meteorite was spotted over southwestern Wisconsin, the search for potentially valuable fragments continues. ...

ZMAN.com - Новости и видео

На крупном астероиде впервые обнаружены вода и органика

Би-би-си - ‎2 時間前‎

... расположенном в поясе астероидов между орбитами Марса и Юпитера, с помощью инфракрасного телескопа на Гавайях обнаружено большое количество водяного льда. Это подтверждает теорию о том, что жизнь на Земле могла зародиться миллиарды лет назад за счет падения на нее комет и метеоритов, ...

Vesti.kz

Астрономы обнаружили воду на астероиде 24 Фемида

Vesti.kz - ‎7 分前‎

При попадании мелких метеоритов на Фемиду скрытая вода постепенно испаряется и образует корку льда на всей поверхности астероида. Напомним, ранее молекулы воды нашли на Луне. Больше всего воды было обнаружено на полюсах естественного спутника Земли, где образовались глыбы льда.

沈阳网

沈城南郊古陨石山遭盗采 挖石头竟为铺路？

沈阳网 - ‎14 時間前‎

近日，有市民投诉称，苏家屯区刘千户村的台子山遭到盗挖，现场破坏比较严重，台子山是沈阳古陨石三处重要景观之一。4月28日，记者现场采访时，看到了台子山被盗采山 ...

小行星发现霜 可能解释地球水分来源

大纪元 - ‎5 時間前‎

长久以来一直有人推测，太阳系成形后，撞击地球的太空陨石含有结冻的水，不过这两份发表于 “自然”（Nature）科学杂志的研究，首次提供确切的证据。 ...

小惑星で水と炭素の存在を初めて確認

ナショナルジオグラフィック 公式日本語サイト - ‎1 時間前‎

NASAでは、テミスに似た小惑星をさらに詳しく調査する計画が検討されており、これが実現すれば、われわれが普段飲んでいる水や生命の構成要素である物 質が隕石の衝突によって地球に運ばれてきたとする仮説の検証に役立つだろう。 小惑星は惑星が形成された後の残骸で、 ...

沈城南郊古隕石山遭盜採

新華網遼寧頻道 - ‎9 時間前‎

近日，有市民投訴稱，蘇家屯區劉千戶村的臺子山遭到盜挖，現場破壞比較嚴重，臺子山是沈陽古隕石三處重要景觀之一。4月28日，記者現場採訪時，看到了臺子山被盜採山土、石頭的破壞現場。據村民 講，很多盜採的石頭被用來鋪設公路路基。 投訴者說，在臺子山周圍有多處被人採 ...

AstroNews

Asteroid mit Eiskruste

Wissenschaft aktuell Nachrichtendienst - ‎31 分前‎

So lieferten sowohl spektroskopische Untersuchungen als auch Analysen von Meteoriten Hinweise auf den Einfluss von Wasser in der Entstehungsphase der ...

Als Gießen noch ein tropisches Korallenmeer war

Gießener Anzeiger - ‎6 時間前‎

"Der Einschlag eines riesigen Meteoriten in den Golf von Mexiko sorgte dafür, dass eine Aschewolke für viele Jahre auf der ganzen Welt den Himmel ...

Descubren agua y restos de materia orgánica en un asteroide

ABC.es - ‎16 時間前‎

En esta línea, sospechan que el hielo se ha formado a partir del escape de gases del interior del meteorito tras el choque con otros escombros espaciales. ...

Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks May 6

Astronomy Magazine - ‎13 時間前‎

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks before dawn May 6. Although a Last Quarter Moon interferes with the view, observers with clear skies still can expect to ...

K Zemi míří kosmický vrak se vzorkem z asteroidu

Týden.cz - ‎3 時間前‎

Pokud ano, bude to od dob Apolla první vzorek z cizího kosmického tělesa, který se na Zemi dostal zásluhou lidského důvtipu, ne jako meteorit, ...

Ingrediencie života na vesmírnom "nosiči"

OrangePortal - ‎2 時間前‎

Puklinami by sa v plynnej podobe mohla dostávať na povrch, buď pomaly, alebo rýchlo, keď na planétku narazí veľký meteorit. Za zdroj pozemskej vody boli ...

Tellus Museum to display meteorite that hit Bartow home last year
Finding a meteorite is rare, and finding a meteorite after it crashes through your roof is rarer still. In fact, there has been only one documented case of a meteorite striking a house in Georgia … Read more on Rome News-Tribune

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Pressemitteilung)

Ausgezeichnete Werkstatt für molekulare Fußbälle

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Pressemitteilung) - ‎3 時間前‎

Anfänglich befasste er sich mit der Zusammensetzung der kosmischen Strahlung und war an der Untersuchung von Mondgesteinsproben und Meteoriten beteiligt. ... C60 Fullerines...

Did Earth's Water Arrive on a Meteor?

PlanetSave.com (blog)
Scientists believe that the discovery of ice and organic molecules on an asteroid lingering in orbit between Mars and Jupiter hints at the origin of Earth's ...

Unbekanntes Eisobjekt: Ein Gruß aus dem Flugzeug-Klo?

Abendzeitung - ‎16 分前‎

Ist es ein Meteorit aus einer anderen Galaxie? Oder hat die Bordtoilette eines Linienflugzeugs ein Leck? Vieles spricht für letztere Theorie. ...

Győztek a dinók, fölgyújtják a tengert!

Kultúrpart - ‎2 時間前‎

Hát nem különös fintora a sorsnak, hogy az evolúciós zsákutca, vagy a meteorit becsapódás miatt kipusztult dinók vére: a kőolaj lett az emberiség halálos ...

Falling stars: Northeast Astronomy Forum 2010 recap

Astronomy Magazine (blog) - ‎21 時間前‎

Steve Arnold (left) and Geoffrey Notkin, from the Science Channel's program Meteorite Men, presented a talk at NEAF and later signed autographs. Mike ...

Unbekanntes Flugobjekt 20-Kilo-Eisklumpen in Vorgarten eingeschlagen

WELT ONLINE - ‎4 時間前‎

„Es gibt keine Eis-Meteorite“, sagte er. Rebekka Krampitz vom Bochumer Wetterdienst Meteomedia ergänzte:„Es gibt keine rein meteorologische Erklärung dafür ...

Descubren agua y restos de materia orgánica en un asteroide

ABC.es - ‎37 分前‎

En esta línea, sospechan que el hielo se ha formado a partir del escape de gases del interior del meteorito tras el choque con otros escombros espaciales. ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 22APR2010

Meteor scorches the sky over Platteville,Wisc

Exponent Online
According to police, what Mikulecky saw was a meteor, and he was by no means the only one to see it. Platteville Police reported that the meteor streaked ...

Berthoud Recorder

Earthsky Tonight — April 22, Lyrid meteors may still be flying before dawn

Berthoud Recorder
This constellation rises over your north-northeastern horizon around 10 to 11 pm tonight and marks the radiant point of the Lyrid meteor shower. ...

Marvel at the Meteors Thursday Morning

KPSP Local 2
The Lyrid Meteor Shower will decorate the skies just before dawn on Thursday. Every year near the end of April, the earth passes through debris from Comet ...

Meteor Hunters Follow the Trail to Southwestern Wisconsin

WBAY
They report seeing license plates from as far away as Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico as people hunt for fragments from the meteor. ...

Meteorite capsule to crash
thewest.com.au Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:56 PM PDT
A basketball-size capsule containing the first meteorite sample taken from space will crash to Earth at Woomera in mid-June after a journey of more than two billion kilometres.

Search Continues For Meteorite Pieces In Livingston

WISC Madison
Searchers are continue to look for pieces of the meteorite that lit up the sky over parts of Wisconsin on April 14. The latest fragments were found on ...

Wisconsin's meteor: 'They're going to tell their grandchildren about this' Wisconsin State Journal Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:35 PM PDT The meteorite fragments that fell in southwestern Wisconsin April 14 have brought meteorite hunters to the area and provided a science lesson from the heavens for local students.

Searchers traipse through farm fields in search of meteorite fragments Norwalk Reflector Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:12 PM PDT LINDEN, Wis. â Billions of years before April 14, two asteroids collided somewhere in outer space, sending a rock on a path that ultimately led to Kevin Wasleyâs farm field.

Meteorite hunters flock to southwest Wisconsin The Sauk Prairie Eagle Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:29 AM PDT When Ruben Garcia saw video of the meteorite that streaked across the Wisconsin sky on Wednesday night, it might as well have been the Bat-Signal.

Meteorite crashes through North Georgia home WRCB Chattanooga Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:56 AM PDT A meteorite older than Earth itself, traveling millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia, was unveiled Tuesday morning at the Tellus Science Museum.

Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite Fond du Lac Reporter Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:41 AM PDT A Howard family may have discovered a meteorite from last week's fireball that could be worth thousands.

Scientists discover true age of meteor The Daily Cougar Wed, 21 Apr 2010 07:24 AM PDT The UH Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, in collaboration with NASA, has made recent discoveries that mark the oldest and most well known Martian meteorite as younger than previously presumed. After 15 months of continuous study of meteorite ALH84001, assistant professor of Geology and Isotope Geochemistry, Thomas Lapen and his team determined that the meteorâs [...]

News : Campus The Badger Herald Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:28 AM PDT Wisconsin residents saw a spectacular display of color and light in the sky when a meteor blazed through the atmosphere the night of April 14. Days later, individuals from Livingston, Wis., where the meteorite landed, loaned the six fragments to the UW Geology Museum for display.

Meteorite hunters descend on Iowa County farms
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:48 PM PDT
Billions of years before last Wednesday night, two asteroids collided somewhere in outer space, sending a rock on a path that ultimately led to Kevin Wasley's farm field. It took much less time to nudge the orbits of meteorite hunters careening to southwestern Wisconsin.

Norwalk Reflector

Searchers traipse through farm fields in search of meteorite fragments

Norwalk Reflector
Ruben Garcia holds a 21-gram meteorite found by a member of his group, April 20, 2010 in Iowa County near Livingston, Wisconsin. ...


Rocking out, meteorite hunters make rare find in Wisconsin ...

LIVINGSTON, Wis. — As dozens of meteorite hunters converged on southwest Wisconsin on Friday, a Lake Forest man and his two teenage sons stumbled upon what ...

Meteorite Hunters Comb Wisconsin Farms

MyStateline.com
(Linden, WI) -- Last week's fireball in the skies over southwestern Wisconsin is proving quite a draw for meteorite hunters from around the country. ...

Tellus Museum to Display Cartersville Meteorite

Coosa Valley News
A meteorite that hit a home in Cartersville will be displayed at the Tellus Science Museum. The meteorite hit the home in March of last year with what a ...

Scientists discover true age of meteor The Daily Cougar After 15 months of continuous study of meteorite ALH84001, assistant professor of Geology and Isotope Geochemistry, Thomas Lapen and his team determined ...

Meteorite hunters descend on Iowa County farms

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Visitors to the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Geology Museum on Tuesday view fragments of the meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week. ...

Howard man finds potentially valuable meteorite

Green Bay Press Gazette
A Howard family may have discovered a meteorite from last week's fireball that could be worth thousands. Shea Gorzelanczyk was fascinated after he saw video ...

Meteor/Meteorite News 21APR2010

These Rocks Are No Space Junk Meteorite Hunters, Scientists Jockey to Find ...

Wall Street Journal
Mr. Farmer is among hundreds of professional and amateur meteorite hunters who have converged here seeking the charred remnants of a meteor that burst ...

Tellus Museum to display meteorite that hit Bartow home last year
Rome News-Tribune Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:55 PM PDT
Finding a meteorite is rare, and finding a meteorite after it crashes through your roof is rarer still. In fact, there has been only one documented case of a meteorite striking a house in Georgia â...

Meteorite That Hit Cartersville House to be on Display at Tellus Science Museum PR Newswire via Yahoo! News Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:29 AM PDT CARTERSVILLE, Ga., April 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A meteorite recently discovered in Georgia has a new home at Tellus Science Museum. Meteor shower lights up night sky in Iowa A meteoroid the size of a Volkswagen streaked across the Midwest Wednesday. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News) msnbc.msn.com

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled Chattanooga Times Free Press Tue, 20 Apr 2010 09:23 AM PDT A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff at the Tellus Science Museum this morning.

Illinois teens may have found pieces of last week's meteorite KSDK St. Louis Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:55 AM PDT Illinois teens may have found pieces of last week's meteorite

Possible meteorite discoveries popping up in Illinois, Wisconsin WREX-TV Rockford Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:54 AM PDT Claims of meteorite discoveries are starting to surface, just days after the spectacular light show that raced across the Midwest.

Meteorite fragments on display in museum CBS 5 Green Bay Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:48 AM PDT At least 5 fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will go on display today.

Search continues for meteorites; farmers losing patience Chicago Tribune Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:37 AM PDT To protect landowners' privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: Farmer No. 1. Farmer No. 2. Farmer No. 3. The Wisconsin farmers were happy to oblige when the Lake Forest collector and others began asking to wade through their cornfields Thursday. But by Monday, after four days of searching, some farmers were losing patience with the scientists and amateur ...

Meteor Chunks to be Displayed at Museum 620 WTMJ Milwaukee Tue, 20 Apr 2010 02:58 AM PDT At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be displayed for several days at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.

Farmers not happy with meteor hunts
Times Leader Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:14 PM PDT
CHICAGO â To protect landownersâ privacy, meteorite hunters like Terry Boudreaux simply refer to them by number: Farmer No. 1. Farmer No. 2. Farmer No. 3.

UW-Madison Showing Meteor Fragments Through Sunday

WTAQ
At least 5 fragments from last week's meteor will be shown Tuesday through Sunday at the UW Geology Museum. Folks throughout the Upper Midwest saw the big ...

WOOD-TV

Dad and teen sons find meteor fragments

WOOD-TV
CHICAGO (NBC/WMAQ) - Two Illinois teens and a man from Southwestern Wisconsin said they believe they've recovered fragments from a meteor that lit up ...


Odd Wisconsin: Previous meteors amazed Wisconsinites

Madison.com
Last Wednesday night a dramatic meteor crashed in southwestern Wisconsin, igniting the wonder of everyone who watched it pass overhead. ...

Meteorite pieces on display Fox11online.com MADISON - Five pieces of the meteorite that fell in Wisconsin last week are on display in Madison. UW-Madison's Geology Museum is open for extended hours ...

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled Chattanooga Times Free Press A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff ...

Astro Bob blog: Brix the dog finds his first meteorite Duluth News Tribune It's true -- dogs can be trained to find meteorites. Space station flyover photos from Lyle Anderson plus what's to see in tonight's sky. ...

Grad student wins national award for meteorite research Arizona State University Greg Brennecka, a graduate student in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration, has been awarded the prestigious 2009 Nininger Meteorite Award, ... WREX.com – Rockford's News LeaderPossible meteorite discoveries popping up in ... WREX-TV AP News UNDATED (WREX) - Claims of meteorite discoveries are starting to surface, just days after the spectacular light show that raced across the Midwest. ... Midwest meteorite fragments to be shown at University of Wisconsin Geology Museum Green Bay Press Gazette AP • April 19, 2010 MADISON — At least five fragments of a meteorite that fell in southwestern Wisconsin last week will be dipslayed for several days at ...

Georgia Meteorite 1MAR2009 Fall Found

Meteorite that hit Northwest Georgia unveiled

Chattanooga Times Free Press
A 4.6 billion year old meteorite that traveled millions of miles through space before blowing through an attic in Northwest Georgia was unveilled by staff ... "Experts estimate the the half-pound, peach sized space rock was traveling between 50,000 and 70,000 miles per hour when it entered the atmosphere on March 1, 2009. They estimate it was still moving at 200 to 300 miles per hour when it punctured a roof, bounced off of a joist, punched through a sheet rock ceiling and landed in a bedroom in a Cartesville home around 11 p.m. that night."