Astronomy Magazine
By Richard Talcott — Published: October 18, 2011 The Orionid meteor shower peaks before dawn October 22. With only a waning crescent Moon interfering, observers with dark skies can expect to see up to 20 meteors per hour. ...
Larry Johnston: Crater inspires awe in the dreary desert
Florida Today
Meteor Crater in Arizona is the site where a meteor is said to have struck about 50000 years ago. / Courtesy of Meteor Crater Enterprises, Inc Driving through the desert on Interstate 40 in Arizona can be boring. The smallest of events provide ...
| Geologists Assess Deep Impacts Of Near-Earth Object Strikes redOrbit Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:15 AM PDT Volcanologists from the Universities of Leicester and Durham have forensically reconstructed the impact of a meteorite on Earth and how debris was hurled from the crater to devastate the surrounding region. New research by Mike Branney, of the University of Leicester's Department of Geology, and Richard Brown, University of Durham, shows that some aspects of giant meteorite impacts onto Earth ... |
Los Angeles Times
Sky watchers, mark your calendars: The 2011 Orionid meteor shower is on its way, and scientists say it's expected to peak just before dawn on Oct. 21 and 22, otherwise known as Friday and Saturday of this week. The Orionids occur each October as the ...
All-Sky Camera Captures Mysterious Flashes
Universe Today
“They are not iridium flares because they are stationary,” said James Beauchamp, an amateur astronomer who hosts the meteor camera for Sandia National Labs and New Mexico State University, and who posted this video on You Tube. ...
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| Ancient Meteorite Blast Resembled Volcanic EruptionOur Amazing Planet By OurAmazingPlanet Staff A billion years ago, a meteorite slammed into the Earth along the coast of what is now Scotland. A forensic investigation by a team of volcanologists has pieced together exactly how the debris from the impact devastated the ... |
