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By SHAHRA WALSH - The Press A fiery meteor blazed a trail through the skies this morning, with sightings reported from Christchurch to Rotorua. ...
Meteor lights up NZ sky
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:01a.m. If you thought you were experiencing a Close Encounters moment this morning, the bright light in the sky was not aliens - it was a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere.Residents of cities as far apart as Rotorua and Christchurch saw the display. ... (more)
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'Moon rock' in Dutch museum is just petrified wood
AMSTERDAM – It's not green cheese, but it might as well be.
The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.
Rijksmuseum spokeswoman Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation that proved the piece was a fake, said the museum will keep it anyway as a curiosity. ... http://enews.earthlink.net/article/top?guid=20090827/4a9612d0_3426_1335020090827-1890578962
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Providence Journal
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. The largest meteorite ever found on Mars, discovered by the Mars Rover Opportunity, has been dubbed Block Island. ...
EarthSky: Look for Sporadic Meteors any Clear Evening
Berthoud Recorder
There is so much you can observe in the sky even without a telescope, and of course meteors –– also called shooting stars –– are high on the list. ...
Meteors put on impressive show
NZ City
A witness says she saw a meteor land near South Eyre Rd in North Canterbury at around 6am. She initially thought the bright light was a flare but changed ...
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