30 April 2013

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30APR2013

Lyrid Meteor Shower Photos for 2013 | Space.com
See amazing photos by stargazers of the Lyrid meteor shower of 2013 in this SPACE.com gallery.
www.space.com/20763-lyrid-meteor-shower-photos-2013.html

"Comet of the century" might cause a meteor shower - CBS News
Comet ISON is estimated to graze by the Sun in November and now scientists predict it might bring meteors with it.
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Meteor Lights up Night Sky Over Argentina: Video ...
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Bloomberg's Sara Eisen reports on today's "Top Headlines." She speaks on Bloomberg ...
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驚見隕石! - YouTube
隕石襲俄千人傷駭人畫面首曝光by ttvnewsview 82 views; 1:52. Watch Later ...全球第一顆摩洛哥隕石疑 ...
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Comet ISON Could Create Meteor Shower | Space.com
Comet ISON's trail of dust could create an odd meteor shower when the Earth passes through ...
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The charms of Charlevoix
Mon, 29 Apr, 2013 10:11 AM PDT
Thank a catastrophic meteorite crash, 350 million years ago, for giving us Canada’s Charlevoix — a spellbinding, 35-mile-wide inhabited crater that is unlike any landscape I’ve seen in the lower 48. From New York by car, it takes roughly 12 hours to get to this ecological treasure along the...Continue reading

'Comet of the Century' Could Create a Strange 'Meteor Shower' with Cosmic Dust
Science World Report
The "comet of the century" is coming closer, and it could create a strange kind ofmeteor shower as scientists gear up to observe the phenomenon. Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) is highly unusual in that it comes to the inner solar system for the first time and...


NASA's Cassini Discovers Hurricane on Saturn, Meteor Strikes at the Rings
Yahoo! News
There is also an indication of a particularly large meteor strike upon Saturn's innermost ring that occurred in 1983, over 20 years before Cassini arrived in the Saturn system. The Cassini mission. NASA notes that Cassini entered orbit around Saturn in ...

Death Valley Dreamlapse - Part 2!
EarthSky (blog)
EarthSky had the pleasure to talk with Gavin Heffernan about filming the Geminid meteor shower in the original Death Valley Dreamlapse. Listen to the EarthSky 22 to hear more about what Gavin Heffernan had to say. Also, if you want more awesomeness, ...

'Comet of the Century' Could Create New Meteor Shower
Space.com
An incoming comet that may well turn out to be the "comet of the century" could create an unusual kind of meteor shower, scientists say. When Comet ISON passes by the Earth this year, it is possible that the dust sloughed off by the comet's tail will ...

NASA Cassini probe captures new images of meteors impacting Saturn's rings
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The new images show the meteor impacts against Saturn's rings, with the space bodies themselves ranging from one centimeter to several meters across, impacting to create clouds of dust with the debris eventually subsumed into the rings themselves as ...


Rare Meteorite Grains May be from...
Sun, 28 Apr, 2013 07:26 AM PDT
Two surprising grains of sand in a pair of meteorites that landed on Earth suggest they were ...Continue reading

Environmental Almanac: When a meteorite hit Indiana
Sun, 28 Apr, 2013 07:15 AM PDT
Scientists studying the meteor that streaked across the Russian sky and exploded back in February have enormous amounts of evidence to sort through as they seek to answer questions about it. As you may know, that includes video of the event from multiple sources, along with pieces of the meteorite itse...Continue reading

VIDEO: Suspected meteor in Argentina lights up the ...
A suspected meteor lit up the skies in northern Argentina early Sunday morning.
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Suspected meteor lights up sky in Argentina - CBS News Video
CBS News video: Suspected meteor lights up sky in Argentina - CBS News Raw: Residents in ...
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Argentina meteor: 130,000km per hour meteor turns night to day as ...
A music fan filming a festival in Santiago del Estero captured the fireball as it shot across the sky, momentarily illuminating the whole area.
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Meteorite crashes through roof of Connecticut home ...
An expert confirmed today that an object that sailed through the roof of a Connecticut home was ...
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سقوط نيزك أمام جمهور حفلة غنائية في الأرجنتين‎ - YouTube
سقوط نيزك امام جمهور حفلة غنائية في الارجنتينby RTarabic 20,922 views; 3:02. Watch Later العيساوي على موعد من الحريةby ...
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Meteor in Argentina Lights Up the Sky: Video - Bloomberg
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On "Hot Shots" Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton reports on today's most compelling images ...
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