28 October 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27/28OCT2014

Newly discovered asteroid approaching Earth Monday
Examiner.com
Considering the explosion of the meteor over Chelyabinsk, Russia in February, 2013, it's obvious that even such a relatively small space rock is ...

Bavarian town of Nördlingen built in a 14 million year old meteorimpact crater
Imgur
Bavarian town of Nördlingen built in a 14 million year old meteor impact crater. (source) · 20 hours ago. 2,855 points. Image options. view album page.

First known Terrestrial Impact of a Binary Asteroid from a Main Belt Breakup Event
nature.com
Approximately 470 million years ago one of the largest cosmic catastrophes occurred in our solar system since the accretion of the planets. A 200-km large asteroid was disrupted by a collision in the Main Asteroid Belt, which spawned fragments into Earth crossing orbits.

Astronomers image the exploding fireball stage of a nova
Phys.Org
Astronomers at Georgia State University's Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) have observed the expanding thermonuclear ...

Early-Stage Fireball in Nova's Thermonuclear Explosion Captured for Rare Observation Opportunity
University Herald
Supernova (Photo : Reuters) Pictured is an X-ray and infrared image of a supernova explosion, not the one from the latest study. For the first time, ...

The First Look At An Exploding Fireball From A White Dwarf Star Going Nova
MSN.com
Scientists have for the first time observed a huge thermonuclear fireball exploding from a white dwarf going nova about 14,800 light years from Earth.

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