Meteor/Meteorite News 26JUN09

• Milestone birthday approaches for Wetumpka

  Prattville Progress - Cortez Strickland - ‎Jun 24, 2009‎
  ... over 80 million years ago by a large meteor that struck the area -- it remains the lone confirmed meteorite crater in the entire state of Alabama. ...
• Space shuttle exhaust hints comet caused Tunguska blast

  The cause of the Tunguska explosion of 1908 has long been debated – a new study based on the behaviour of the space shuttle's exhaust suggests a comet was to blame

  New Scientist - Jun 25 9:39 AM
• What can astronauts learn from Earth rocks?

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  Washington City Paper - Jun 24 3:12 PM
  

• Volcanoes and Meteoroids Make Materials Harder Than Diamond

  Discover Magazine - Adam Hadhazy - ‎Jun 24, 2009‎
  Lonsdaleite forms only under the extreme pressure and heat accompanying meteorite impacts, while wurtzite boron nitride is a by-product of intense volcanic ...

• A library of the world's most unusual compounds

  Financial Times - George Pendle - ‎Jun 19, 2009‎
  He wants to travel to a remote village in northern Bosnia-Herzegovina to recover a meteorite that smashed through the roof of a farmhouse there, ...