Space age con men detained
Vietnam Net
Tue, 05 May 2009 16:06 PM PDT
VietNamNet Bridge - Ho Chi Minh City police Monday detained three men in custody pending filing of criminal charges in a fake meteorite deal supportably worth US$3 million.
related topic-
A previous meteorite scam in Vietnam (4NOV08):
http://www.thanhniennews.com/print.php?catid=3&newsid=43452
Study rejects dinosaur extinction theory
UPI Tue, 05 May 2009 07:44 AM PDT
PRINCETON, N.J., May 5 (UPI) -- U.S. geoscientist Gerta Keller says she's compiled conclusive evidence that a meteorite did not wipe out the dinosaurs.
Low-angle Collision With Earth: The Elliptical Impact Crater Matt Wilson, Northern Territory, Australia
Science Daily
Tue, 05 May 2009 05:18 AM PDT
Nearly all meteorite impact craters on Earth are circular. Elongated crater structures are expected only at impacts at angles lower than 12 degrees from the horizontal. Geologists document the first elliptical crater on Earth that provides insights into the mechanisms of crater formation at low angles.
New evidence suggests meteorite did not wipe out dinos
New Kerala
Tue, 05 May 2009 02:33 AM PDT
Washington, May 5 : A geoscientist and her research team from Princeton University have compiled new evidence disproving a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago.
Scientist praises meteorite donation
Saskatoon StarPhoenix
Tue, 05 May 2009 00:57 AM PDT
When Alex Mitchell received a volleyball-sized chunk of space rock, he took it to his local credit union for safekeeping. The 13-kilogram meteorite has since collected a lot of interest.
Farmer donates $400,000 meteorite to school
The Globe and Mail
Mon, 04 May 2009 23:57 PM PDT
An asteroid that streaked across the skies over Canada's Prairies last fall dropped a record number of fragments, including a bowling-ball sized chunk worth $400,000 that a selfless farmer has donated - for free - to the University of Calgary.
New Evidence That Meteorite Did Not Wipe Out Dinosaurs
SpaceDaily
Mon, 04 May 2009 19:02 PM PDT
by Staff Writers Princeton NJ (SPX) May 05, 2009
A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has compiled powerful new evidence asserting her position.
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