01 January 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JAN2021

Balls of fire: A look at Alberta's meteor events in 2020
Globalnews.ca
A map of possible meteor and meteorite sightings over and near Alberta in 2020 provided by the American Meteor Society. Alberta's contribution to that ...

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire: A look at Alberta's meteorite activity in 2020
Globalnews.ca
Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire: A look at Alberta's meteorite activity in 2020. There were dozens of meteor events reported across Alberta this ...

U of A scientists hunting for meteorite that likely fell near Camrose
Globalnews.ca
Chris Herd, University of Alberta Faculty of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor, talks about the search for meteorites from a fireball that lit up ...

Experts Spot A Giant Fireball Falling From The Sky And Smashing Into Chinese Province
Chemical Market Reports
Most meteorites are forbidding as per the Chinese traditional culture. The videos of meteorite crash on social media platforms have created panic and ...

Mysterious dwarf planet-sized asteroid is hidden in our solar system, study suggests
The Independent
Meteors and meteorites can provide a key way of understanding more about our solar system, since they come from asteroids that are left over from the ...

Mars Express Spots Chaotic Terrain near Valles Marineris
Sci-News.com
Ice can be triggered to melt by heating events such as volcanic lava flows, subsurface magmatism, impacts by large meteorites, or changes in climate.

Meteor Showers in 2021 That Will Light Up Night Skies
The New York Times
For example, during the Perseid meteor shower you are seeing meteors ejected from when its parent comet, Comet Swift-Tuttle, visited in 1862 or earlier ...

Astro Bob: 2020 night-sky superlatives and what's coming in 2021
Duluth News Tribune
2-3 — Peak of the annual Quandrantid meteor shower. I'll provide more details on how to see it in an upcoming blog. March 10 — Lovely close ...

Global BC's top 10 videos of 2020
Globalnews.ca
In May, residents of Metro Vancouver were stunned to see what could have been a meteor falling from the sky in broad daylight. Turns out they're not as ...

First meteor shower of 2021 to light up Norfolk
Thetford & Brandon Times
The Quadrantid meteor shower is active from December 12 to January 12, but the peak is expected to happen on January 3. For Norfolk, the shower has ...

Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2021: When does it peak and how can I see it in the UK?
Metro
When does the Quadrantids Meteor Shower peak? A meteor passes across the north eastern sky above the West Kennet Long Barrow near Avebury.

Why is Meteor Crater so well preserved?
Study.com
Meteor crater is an impact crater located in Arizona, USA. It is also referred to as Barringer Crater, but the official name is Meteor Crater since the nearest ...

Meteorite Discovery: Key Building Block for Organic Molecules
SciTechDaily
Scientists from Japan and NASA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic molecule that may have been used to build other organic ...

Un astéroïde mystérieux de la taille d'une planète naine se cache dans notre système solaire
45 Secondes
La composition des autres météorites indique un réchauffement en ... La météorite abritait une suite inhabituelle de minéraux qui se forment à des ...

Un astéroïde de la taille d'une planète naine peut être caché dans le système solaire
NetCost & Security
2008 TC3 est une météorite carbonite chondrite, un type qui représente 4,6% des météorites trouvées sur Terre. Ils sont composés de roche noire, qui ...

Aztech, the first Mexican science fiction film, is almost ready to take off
AL DIA News
Arcane Aztec prophecies, meteorites, cosmic desolation, abductions, ... in different places and moments triggered by the fall of meteor fragments with ...

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Meteor News
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2021 The EIGHTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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