The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29JUN2024

Happy Asteroid Day! Schweickart Prize Spotlights Planetary Defense - Universe Today
Universe Today
... meteor airburst in 1908 that leveled hundreds of square miles of Siberian forest land. But a more recent meteor blast — and a new plan for getting ...

Fireball disintegrates over North Carolina - FOX8 WGHP
FOX8 WGHP
... Meteor Society website of a bright meteor seen last evening. NASA Meteor Watch said the event was also detected by a NASA meteor camera located at ...

Fireball soared at 32,000 mph over North Carolina, NASA says | Raleigh News & Observer
The News & Observer
... Meteor Society says. “Data places first visibility for the fireball at an altitude of 48 miles above the town of Allen Grove in northern North ...

American Meteor Society confirms reports of fireball over NC - YouTube
YouTube
... confirms reports of fireball over NC. American Meteor Society confirms reports of fireball over NC. 

Colorful fireball lights up Texas sky, makes houses shake - Laredo Morning Times
Laredo Morning Times
A bright green meteor spotted from four states, including Texas, disintegrates over state park. 21JUN2024

Bright green fireball vanishes over Texas city park: NASA | Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Star-Telegram
Screengrab of map by American Meteor Society. A bright green fireball zipping across the night sky at 58,000 mph was seen in four states before it ...

Large asteroid to pass between Earth and the moon on Saturday | CBC News
CBC
... meteor astronomy and a professor at Western University in London, Ont. "The last time we had an object this big or bigger pass this close to Earth ...

'Johnstown Meteorite' 100th anniversary celebration slated for July 6 - Greeley Tribune
Greeley Tribune
The Johnstown Historical Society and town officials will celebrate the 100th anniversary of a nearly 12-pound meteorite crashing outside of the ...

ESA - Week in images: 24-28 June 2024 - European Space Agency
European Space Agency
... Ahead of Asteroid Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater.

ESA - LUMIO – New CubeSat Illuminating Lunar Impacts - European Space Agency
European Space Agency
Will meteor showers affect rovers on the Moon? How much damage can these meteoroids cause to equipment in space? What defensive strategies are needed ...

Earth from space: Meteor Crater - Phys.org
Phys.org
Ahead of Asteroid Day (June 30), the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater.

Analysis of NASA InSight data suggests Mars hit by meteoroids more often than thought
Brown University
As part of the study, the research team used InSight's highly sensitive onboard seismometer to identify eight new impact craters from meteoroids not ...

Detected event - Swedish Allsky Meteor Network
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Swedish Allsky Meteor Network. This is an automatically generated page. For more information see the Wiki pages describing the network. event 2024 ...

New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes | ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
... meteorite impacts on Mars using seismic data. Their findings indicate between 280 to 360 meteorites strike the planet each year forming impact ...

New class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes - ETH Zürich
ETH Zürich
For the first time, researchers use seismic data to estimate a global meteorite impact rate showing meteoroids the size of a basketball impact Mars on ...

Meteorites strike Mars far more often than thought, probe finds | News
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)
PARIS, June 28, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Mars is bombarded with basketball-sized meteorites on a nearly daily basis, fives times more often...

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