11 March 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12MAR2021 Early Edition

Vermont Bolide Meteor -Meteorite Search
Meteor over Vermont exploded so “violently,” it shook buildings
WSGW
NASA said on Facebook that over 100 eyewitnesses reported details of the meteor in Vermont around 5:38 p.m. ET. It first appeared about 52 miles ...

The Cosmos Offered Vermont Residents Quite The Show On Sunday
New Hampshire Public Radio
On Sunday, a meteor the size of a bowling ball streaked across the sky over the state, appearing like a giant fireball. Atmospheric pressure combined ..

NASA says the meteor rattled the building and caused a big boom - Ohio News Time
Ohio News Time
Witnesses reported seeing a fireball around 5:38 pm in the northeastern United States. According to NASA, the meteorite generated a pressure wave ...

Meteor traveling at 42000mph rattles Vermont buildings as it explodes with the force of 440lbs of TNT
The US Sun
The Sunday night meteor - dubbed by NASA Meteor Watch as "a nice little firework, courtesy of Mother Nature" - shot through the sky over northern ...

NASA: Meteor over earth 'rattled buildings'
WGN-TV
(NEXSTAR) – “A nice little firework, courtesy of Mother Nature,” said NASA of a meteor that streaked across New England skies Monday night, shaking ...

Gerogia, USA Fireball Meteor
A bright meteor over Georgia Some... - NASA Meteor Watch | Facebook
Facebook
This event was within range of a couple of our meteor cameras, and the video data from these shows that this meteor was not quite a fireball - at its peak, ...

UK-Winchcombe Carbonaceous Meteorite Fall
Where did we come from? The answer may lie in Winchcombe
Telegraph.co.uk
But while meteorites are not necessarily rare - we know of around 65,000 of them on Earth - one landing somewhere that scientists can get to easily ...

Western fireball trackers play key role in important meteorite discovery
Space Ref
Footage of the meteor from the UK Fireball Alliance and Global Meteor Network (GMN) captured on February 28, 2021 helped locate the meteorite and ...

Extremely rare meteorite found in wake of spectacular UK fireball may contain the “building blocks ...
Barrie 360
An extremely rare meteorite — found on an unassuming driveway of a house in Gloucestershire — marks the first piece of space rock discovered in ...

How first meteor in 30 years to land in UK is 'dream come true' for scientists
Daily Express
A METEORITE that landed in a Cotswolds town last month is the first space rock found in the UK in 30 years. · Meteor spotted in night sky over UK.

Astonishingly rare' fireball meteorite found in UK driveway
CNET UK
One of the larger meteorite pieces was found in a driveway in the town of Winchcombe in the UK. UK Meteor Network. The rare meteorite left Natural ...

British Museum Collects First Meteorite Fragments in UK in 30 Years | Voice of America - English
Voice of America
No fragments from a meteorite — what a meteor is called once it lands on Earth — had been recovered in the nation since 1991. Museum researchers ...

Where did we come from? The answer may lie in Winchcombe
Telegraph.co.uk
Those who were lucky enough to witness the fireball meteorite last month got to see an amazing show - albeit for only about seven seconds. But they ..

Extremely rare meteorite found in wake of spectacular UK fireball may contain the “building blocks ...
Barrie 360
An extremely rare meteorite — found on an unassuming driveway of a house in Gloucestershire — marks the first piece of space rock discovered in ...

Scientists Traced a Rare Meteorite Chunk on UK Driveway; Does It Contain Solar System's ...
Science Times
Famously caught by a number of video cameras, the meteorite fell to earth February 15, 2013 and caused a large amount of damage in the city of ...

A 'Relic of The Early Solar System' Was Just Found on a Driveway in England
ScienceAlert
Noticing a black, sooty splotch on their driveway, the house's occupants bagged up bits of the meteorite and quickly alerted the UK Meteor Observation ...



Fireball Hunters Find Meteorite In British Countryside
Forbes
Then came the find of a meteorite. UK Meteor Network. After several days of careful searches, an international team has found about 300 grams of an ...

British Museum Collects First Meteorite Fragments in UK in 30 Years
Big News Network
No fragments from a meteorite - what a meteor is called once it lands on Earth - had been recovered in the nation since 1991. Museum researchers ...

How scientists found rare fireball meteorite pieces on a driveway—and what they can teach us
Phys.Org
Working with colleagues in France and Australia, the meteor-watchers worked out the fireball's trajectory and determined where the meteorite pieces ...

A 'Relic of The Early Solar System' Was Just Found on a Driveway in England
ScienceAlert
A meteorite found in the UK contains an extremely rare combination of minerals that could give scientists a glimpse into how the Solar System formed ...

Winchcombe meteorite: 'I want schoolchildren to be inspired'
BBC News
The Winchcombe Meteorite, as it's now known, is a carbonaceous chondrite - left-over material from the formation of the planets billions of years ago.

'We thought it was a BBQ!' Family who had meteorite land outside their Cotswolds house thought ...
Daily Mail
The meteorite is some of the most valuable space rock ever to fall on the UK and has had metal detectorists scouring fields in Gloucestershire for the ...

Tech Digest daily round up: Security camera hack investigated
Tech Digest
More than 300 grams of meteorite fragments have been found in and around the English town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, after a dazzling ...

First Recovered Meteorite in UK for 30 years
Cheddar
March 10, 2021. 30m ago. By Associated Press. One small piece of rock, but a giant discovery for scientists. This is one of the first pieces of meteorite ...

Erg Chech , Algeria Anomalous Achrondrite 4.6 Billion Years Old
Oldest meteorite ever found: 4.6 BILLION-year-old space rock discovered in the Sahara could shed ...
Daily Mail
Experts analyzed a meteorite discovered last year in the Sahara desert · The rock weighs 70 pounds and is tan in color with green spots throughout ...

4.6-Billion-Year-Old Chunk of an Ancient Baby Planet Found in Africa
Interesting Engineering
Back in 2020, a chunk of a meteorite landed in the Sahara Desert. Now, scientists have announced that they think it is older than Earth. An in-depth ...

4.6-Billion-Year-Old Sahara Meteorite Is Oldest Example Of Volcanic Rock In The Solar System
IFLScience
This region is well known for its meteorites. Back in 2007, 100 kilograms (220 pounds) of meteorites were discovered there. Erg Chech 002 weighs in at ...

4.6-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Is The Oldest Magmatic Rock Ever Found
Forbes
The Erg Chech 002 meteorite's large crystals suggest that the rock cooled slowly. Darryl Pitt/Maine Mineral and Gem Museum. Erg Chech 002 ( ...

Scientists Discover Chunk of Protoplanet Older Than Earth In Sahara Desert
VICE
Known as Erg Chech 002 (EC 002), the meteorite was forged within the crust of an ancient protoplanet, a small celestial body that serves as a building ...

Rock Found In Sahara Desert Is Older Than Earth, It's 4.6 Billion Years Old
India Times
The meteorite which has been named Erg Chech 002 or EC 002, according to researchers was created within the crust of an ancient protoplanet ...

An Older than Earth Meteor found in Sahara to open the cosmic secrets
The Indian Wire
Now a lonely meteorite has landed in the Sahara Desert that is known to be older than Earth. And according to a new study, its age and mineral ...

The oldest meteorite ever found is older than the Earth itself
ZME Science
The meteorite, which was discovered in the Algerian part of the Sahara Desert, dates from 4.6 billion year ago — before the Earth was truly formed.

Rarissime : une météorite, fragment d'une protoplanète plus vieille que la Terre
Futura-Sciences
La météorite Erg Chech 002 vient de battre un record. C'est la lave la plus ancienne du Système solaire connue à ce jour et elle s'est formée avec la ...

Lot-et-Garonne, France Meteor Search
A la recherche de la météorite dans le Lot-et-Garonne
Paris Match
Samedi 27 février, une météorite noire de 150 grammes, grosse comme un abricot, s'est écrasée à 22H43 vers Aiguillon, à 30 km d'Agen. Depuis, des ...

Croatia Fireball Meteor
Meteorite cade in Dalmazia. Korlević: Può valere un tesoro
LaVoce del popolo
Korlević ha aggiunto che il meteorite è grande come un pallone di calcio ed è entrato nell'atmosfera terrestre dopo essere passato vicino a Giove e ...

*Zimbabwe
Rock weighing 40kg 'flies' into Bindura maize field
ZIM LATEST NEWS
Residents allege the rock dropped as if it were a meteor from from space and heavily landed into a maize field. The rock is said to have come from ...*Zimbabwe The photo shows a rock that does NOT look like a meteorite!-LMH

Fact check: NASA did not discover THC on meteorite fragment
USA TODAY
The claim: NASA discovered traces of THC on a meteorite fragment. A viral hoax making the rounds on social media claims a team of astrophysicists at ...

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