03 April 2024

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03APR2024

Exploding space junk puzzles California sky watchers - BBC
BBC
Many thought it was a meteor shower or a comet or a SpaceX launch misfire, but analysts say it was a Chinese rocket re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Florida man nearly hit by possible space junk that tore through roof of his home
New York Post
... son," Alejandro Otero said of the moment a metal object believed to be from space came crashing through his home. "I thought a meteorite."

Origin Of Fireballs That Blazed Across Los Angeles Sky Identified By Experts
Yahoo Finance
... meteorites or some … – Space debris or meteor shower? Lights streak over Southern ...

Wisconsin find (Vienna iron) announced
https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2024/04/02/wisconsins-largest-meteorite-on-display-at-uw-madison-geology-museum/73166872007/

Exceptional meteorite, plowed up from a Dane County field, finds new home in UW Geology Museum
UW–Madison News - University of Wisconsin–Madison
People sit around a table upon which sits a big rock. Farmers Jan Shepel (at near left) and Jim Koch (in wheelchair) flank a 110-pound iron meteorite ...

Australian 'bush glass' bears the fingerprints of a cosmic collision with an iron meteorite
The Conversation
Another option is to study space rocks that fall to Earth: meteorites. However, they are relatively rare, and the journey through our planet's ...

Curtin University discover rare dust particles in ancient extraterrestrial meteorites
Open Access Government
What are presolar grains? Tiny particles that originated long before our sun can appear in meteorites, although meteorites usually comprise materials ...

Meteorite on tour here before heading overseas - Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
University of Otago geologist Dr Marshall Palmer holds a meteorite that was recently collected near Tekapo. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON.

Space debris, meteors, aliens? Mysterious lights streak over Southern California - KTLA
KTLA
... meteor shower? Lights streak over … 3 hours ago. Demoted former Assistant LAPD Chief speaks out. 9 hours ago. USC comes up short against UConn ...

2024 The ELEVENTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

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