21 December 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21DEC2011

Geology research in Lund receives SEK 40 million
uniprotokolle Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:41 AM PST
Within the space of a week, Lund Universitys geology researchers have raked in SEK 40 million. Professor Birger Schmitz has received SEK 25 million for his ground breaking research on the meteorite flux to earth that has been taking place for billions of years...



Heart of Louisiana: Meteor Crater - New Orleans News, Breaking ...
A few miles south of Greensburg, there is a noticeable dip in the road as you drive along Louisiana Highway 37. But it doesn't seem out of place among the ...
www.fox8live.com/.../98ps60GxR0qRXLvaIcAvMw.cspx



The bizarre case of meteors with two identities
PhysOrg.com
“To reconcile things, we improved our model to predict meteor rates and took into account how radars are able to see meteors. And things worked!” The new model showed that radars are nearly blind to slow meteors, but pick up just the right collection ...



The mystery of the Bethlehem star
Tri City Voice
Of the most plausible possibilities, there are many to choose from: typical new star, a planet,meteor, comet, a nova, or any miscellaneous documented celestial event. Great astronomers like Brahe, Galileo, and Kepler among others spent hours using ...



Volcano, not meteor, killed Deccan dinosaurs
Deccan Chronicle
By Syed Akbar It was not a meteor strike that wiped out dinosaurs from the earth, but intense volcanic activities in the Deccan region. Marine sediment from the Krishna-Godavari basin near Rajahmundry has helped scientists solve the age-old mystery of ...



Meteorites trigger avalanches on Mars: scientists
Times of India
WASHINGTON: Meteorites trigger avalanches on Mars before they even hit the ground of the Red Planet, finds a new study. Researchers at the University of Arizona found that space rocks flying towards the Martian surface can travel at several times the ...



Meteorite crashes into doctor's office | Video ...
2 min
pubId=29913744001 Meteorite crashes into doctor's office Dr. Frank Ciampi is counting his ...
wbir.com