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Houston Chronicle
Photo: Lisa Warren, NASA/JPL / AP Robert Ward displays one of two pieces of a meteorite he found at a park in Lotus, Calif., Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Ward found the pieces from a meteor that was probably about the size of a minivan when it entered ...
California fireball drops rare meteorites | Astro Bob
The daylight fireball that streaked over California and Nevada around 8 a.m. this past Sunday. It broke up as it traveled, dropping meteorites onto the foothills of .
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Meteorite Collectors Flock to El Dorado CountyWSBT-TV
A mother from the small Sierra community of Rescue has discovered the largest meteorite yet in connection with a specific search at a park in nearby Lotus. Over the weekend, a meteor could be seen and heard over the skies of northern California
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Meteorite Collectors Flock to El Dorado CountyWSBT-TV
A mother from the small Sierra community of Rescue has discovered the largest meteorite yet in connection with a specific search at a park in nearby Lotus. Over the weekend, a meteor could be seen and heard over the skies of northern California
Space Rocks Discovered Along Path of Fireball
Sci-Tech Today
By Scott Sonner Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of Northern California likely were part of a giant fireball that exploded in daylight with about one-third the explosive force of the atomic bomb. A space rock hunter discovered two ...
Daylight Fireball Over California-Nevada, April 22, 2012 | American ...
A fireball is a meteor that is larger than normal. Most meteors are only the size of tiny pebbles. A meteor the size of a softball can produce light equivalent to the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../daylight-fireball-over-california-neva...
APNewsBreak: Fireball remnants likely in Calif. - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of northern California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over the weekend with about ...
news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-fireball-remnants-likely-calif-1...
Meteorite Pieces Found in Coloma, Lotus -- KTXL
Meteorite Hunting with Robert Ward (03:53); American Idol: 7th Eliminated Finalist (06:35 ...
fox40.com
Sunday's minivan-sized meteor over Reno packed explosive power
Reno Gazette-Journal
Lisa Warren of Rancho Haven captured this photo of a meteor streaking across the sky while she and her husband, Rick, were walking their dogs in the Red Rock area. / Courtesy of Lisa Warren Associated Press Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills ...
Look to the northeast for meteor shower tonight
HeraldNet
CHICAGO -- Saturday night promises to be a great night to be outdoors, if you're a stargazer. From Saturday night to early Sunday morning will be prime time to observe the Lyrids, Earth's annual April shower of meteoroids from the tail of Comet ...
Space shuttle Enterprise lands in NYC atop jet
msnbc.com
More space news from msnbc.com Meteor streak adds to a cosmic canvas Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A spectacular photo from the Lyrid meteor shower serves as a visual celebration of National Park Week and Astronomy Day.
Prescott man a national 'rock star' after finding rare piece of meteorite ...
Prescott Daily Courier
Lisa Warren, NASA/JPL/AP Rich Pedroncelli/AP When Robert Ward spotted a meteorite along the side of a California road Tuesday morning, he instantly knew it was one of the rarest types that date back four to five billion years - as old as the solar ...
Rush to find meteor 'gold'
The Australian
PEOPLE are flooding to California in search of fragments of a meteor that hit the Earth's atmosphere last weekend with a sonic boom and an explosion a third of the size of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Scientists have identified the first fragments as ...
Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold - Yahoo! News
3 min
Watch the video 'Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold' on Yahoo! News.
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!
Sci-Tech Today
By Scott Sonner Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of Northern California likely were part of a giant fireball that exploded in daylight with about one-third the explosive force of the atomic bomb. A space rock hunter discovered two ...
Daylight Fireball Over California-Nevada, April 22, 2012 | American ...
A fireball is a meteor that is larger than normal. Most meteors are only the size of tiny pebbles. A meteor the size of a softball can produce light equivalent to the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../daylight-fireball-over-california-neva...
APNewsBreak: Fireball remnants likely in Calif. - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills of northern California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over the weekend with about ...
news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-fireball-remnants-likely-calif-1...
Meteorite Pieces Found in Coloma, Lotus -- KTXLMeteorite Hunting with Robert Ward (03:53); American Idol: 7th Eliminated Finalist (06:35 ...
fox40.com
Sunday's minivan-sized meteor over Reno packed explosive power
Reno Gazette-Journal
Lisa Warren of Rancho Haven captured this photo of a meteor streaking across the sky while she and her husband, Rick, were walking their dogs in the Red Rock area. / Courtesy of Lisa Warren Associated Press Tiny meteorites found in the Sierra foothills ...
Look to the northeast for meteor shower tonight
HeraldNet
CHICAGO -- Saturday night promises to be a great night to be outdoors, if you're a stargazer. From Saturday night to early Sunday morning will be prime time to observe the Lyrids, Earth's annual April shower of meteoroids from the tail of Comet ...
Space shuttle Enterprise lands in NYC atop jet
msnbc.com
More space news from msnbc.com Meteor streak adds to a cosmic canvas Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A spectacular photo from the Lyrid meteor shower serves as a visual celebration of National Park Week and Astronomy Day.
Prescott man a national 'rock star' after finding rare piece of meteorite ...
Prescott Daily Courier
Lisa Warren, NASA/JPL/AP Rich Pedroncelli/AP When Robert Ward spotted a meteorite along the side of a California road Tuesday morning, he instantly knew it was one of the rarest types that date back four to five billion years - as old as the solar ...
Rush to find meteor 'gold'
The Australian
PEOPLE are flooding to California in search of fragments of a meteor that hit the Earth's atmosphere last weekend with a sonic boom and an explosion a third of the size of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. Scientists have identified the first fragments as ...
Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold - Yahoo! News
3 min
Watch the video 'Meteorite Hunter Finds Solar Gold' on Yahoo! News.
news.yahoo.com
2012 THE Year of Meteors!
