New Clue to Whether Phaeton Is Asteroid or Comet
Space Ref (press release)
Asteroid 3200 Phaethon sometimes acts like a comet, lighting up the Earth's night sky with meteor showers. Sometimes it's like an asteroid, a hunk of rock ...
Space Weather News for Oct. 8, 2010
DRACONID METEORS: Every year around Oct. 8th, Earth passes through a minefield of dusty debris from Comet Giacobini-Zinner, source of the annual Draconid meteor shower. This year, forecasters expect Earth to narrowly miss several of the debris streams ...
Toms River man learns mysterious rock that landed in his yard is not a meteorite
Asbury Park Press Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:12 PM PDT
TOMS RIVER â The mysterious rock that almost conked township resident Salvadore D'Addario on the head a year ago is still that: a mystery. ...
Draconids Meteor Shower Tonight
National Geographic
Against a backdrop of blurred stars, the comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, source of the Draconids meteor shower, is seen. Photograph courtesy NASA JPL. ...
Opportunity Finishes Studying Oileán Ruaidh
Softpedia
Officials at the American space agency say that the Martian rover Opportunity has just finished studying the sixth meteorite it found on the Red Planet, ...
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