04 February 2010

4FEB2010

Space rock proves an atmospheric fireball

Irish Times
Apparently it was a meteorite that lit up sections of the sky last evening. Astronomy Ireland said it was inundated with reports of a fireball in the sky ...

With video: Fireball across Ireland as meteorite crashes to earth
Irish Central Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:41 PM PST
A meteorite traveling with the force of a small nuclear weapon blazed across the sky in Ireland Wednesday and crashed inland. Astronomy Ireland says the fireball was spotted at about 6 p.m.


Meteorites: Who owns what now?

Discovery News
By Robert Lamb | Wed Feb 3, 2010 04:53 PM ET Behold the mighty Lorton meteorite! (AP Photo/Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, ...
Giant Meteorites Slammed Earth Around AD 500?

National Geographic
... University in Sydney not involved with the rock-art work, recently demonstrated that Aboriginal stories can be used to locate meteorite craters. ...
Lanlord, tenant battle over meteorite

KGO-TV
A Virginia doctor and the landlord of his office building are fighting over who owns a meteorite that landed in the doctor's office last month. ...

The 'X' marks the meteor in the sky

The Inquisitr
An unusual comet called P/2010 A2 by astronomers has got the star-gazing community all a buzz. As you can see from the photographs taken by Hubble the ...

Doctors act to keep hold of meteor

The Press Association
The tennis ball-sized meteorite came through the roof of a medical office in Virginia just after dusk on January 18, the same time people reported seeing a ...

Science Channel Rockets Out of the Gate for January with Metorite Men, How ...

TVbytheNumbers
Shows fueling that growth are new series Meteorite Men, How It's Made, Mantracker, Factory Made Science registered slight-to-double digit gains in Prime ...

Meteorite yields carbon crystals harder than diamond

PhysOrg.com
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two new types of ultra-hard carbon crystals have been found by researchers investigating the ureilite class Haverö meteorite that crashed ...

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