11 December 2009

11DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Gem' of a meteor shower underway
msnbc.com
By Joe Rao If you missed out on last month's Leonid Meteor Shower, don't fret. What potentially will be the best meteor display of the year is just around ...

Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, find scientists
EurekAlert (press release)
"We found a clear meteorite signature in volcanic gases," said Dr Greg Holland the project's lead scientist. "From that we now know that the volcanic gases ...

Norway Spiral Video: Mysterious Norway Spiral Baffles Scientists, Possible ...
Gaea Times (blog)
There was initial speculation that it might be a bright meteor but that dismissed because the Norway Spiral lasted for too long to be a meteor. ...

Geminid Meteor Shower; Hubble Finds New Galaxies
AccuWeather.com (blog)
Today, as promised, I'll be going into more detail about the upcoming Geminid Meteor Shower, and there's some exciting news about Hubble's latest ...

Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy in Norway
Telegraph.co.uk
Rather than signalling the arrival of alien lifeforms or a meteorite in the Norwegian city of Tromso, the spectacular plume of light was produced in the ...

Inwood Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with Geminid Meteor ...
DNAinfo
The Geminids, debris from an extinct comet, are considered the most spectacular of the annual meteor showers, though they are often overshadowed by the ...


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Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bundle up and get ready to watch a fiery lightshow stirred up by dead comets in Earth's upper atmosphere during the cold of winter in the ...

Meteor-killed-mammoths theory doesn't add up, new study says
Ottawa Citizen
By Randy Boswell, Canwest News ServiceDecember 10, 2009 3:06 AM A team of researchers is casting doubt on the theory that a huge meteorite strike around ...

Sky Spy : Stay up late to view good meteor shower
Arizona Daily Star
By Tim Hunter Meteors, also known as shooting stars or falling stars, always catch us by surprise. They truly look like stars falling from the sky. ...

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