The hunt for the lunar core Credit: Tom Story/ASU Caption: Patty Lin, a postdoctoral candidate in ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration, holds Northwest Africa 5000, a lunar meteorite in the collection of the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies. Lin and her adviser professor Ed Garnero use seismology to study inaccessible regions of Earth's interior, a technique they are now applying on the moon to learn more about Earth's natural satellite. ... Baltimore Sun (blog) Mike Hankey, an amateur astrophotographer in north-central Maryland, set up his camera Tuesday morning to capture images of some of the Quadrantid meteors. ... Meteor Activity Outlook for January 1-7, 2011 | American Meteor ... This will be the best time of the month to view meteor activity as the moon will not interfere plus themeteor rates will be at their highest. ... 2011 Quadrantid Meteors: See What You May Have Missed National Geographic This year the Quadrantids peak featured rates of more than a hundred meteors an hour. The peak coincided with the dark new moon in Tuesday's predawn hours, ... By رئيس التحرير في وكالة الفضاء الأميركية "ناسا" من أن نيزكا يتجاوز عرضه الميل يتجه نحو الأرض، حاليا ويشكل أكبر خطر تواجهه في تاريخها. وقالت صحيفة "إندبندنت" البريطانية، في...
Himachal: Space scientist to resolve Khaziyar Lake mystery in Chamba Northern Voices Online (blog) ... district in Himachal as he have the evidences that the lake was created due to the striking of meteor from the space around thousands of years back. ... (unreliable report about an alleged crater in India) Reports from Readers of Meteor/Meteorite News: 6JAN2011 Guest657 (guest): I live in southern california and I just witnessed the strangest sight I have ever seen. I saw what I thought was a huge meteor coming down toward the pacific ocean. Then the fireball split into 3 separate lights and continued at equal distance from each other, like fighter jets in a formation. |
I live in Menifee , CA i saw at about 730pm PST.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-01/asu-thf010611.php