16 August 2009

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News- For 16AUG09

Rover sniffing out clues from watermelon-size meteorite on Mars

Pasadena Star-News
By Alfred Lee, Staff Writer PASADENA - The Mars Rover Opportunity is investigating a metallic meteorite the size of a large watermelon that could provide ...

Baltimore Sun
Bill chasing Ana across the Atlantic

Baltimore Sun
The drier air could allow for some late Perseid meteor watching tonight. It was 88 downtown and here on the WeatherDeck in Cockeysville. ...

Meteor shower august 14th, 15th

Khabrein.info
New Delhi, Aug 15, 2009: Meteor shower august 14th, 15th. For those of you who missed the Perseids meteor shower during the last few days, I will say you ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Perseids meteor shower: what are shooting stars?

Telegraph.co.uk
The Northern Hemisphere has been witnessing the Perseids meteor shower since mid-July, but what are are shooting stars? By Rupert Howland-Jackson A shooting ...


High-powered telescope seeking home on Long Island

Newsday
Meanwhile, the observatory will wheel out the telescope on Saturday during a meteor shower. The park has been designated a "dark sky" area — meaning it's a ...


guardian.co.uk
The Northerner: Meteor gazing, a celebrity hen dies and lucky-dip art

guardian.co.uk
I know that you can't really be once-bitten by a meteor shower, but if you could be, I'd be a twice-shy victim. That's why I'm sleeping through current ...

Watch this space: rare Irish meteorites put up for sale

Irish Independent
By Dick Barton Now fragments from these two rare 4.5-billion-year-old meteorites which fell from the sky in Carlow and and Tipperary almost 200 years apart ...


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