The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02MAR2024

Fireballs in the Desert, Brighter Than Oppenheimer's Trinity | by Avi Loeb
Medium
The lack of a crater can be explained by a meteor trajectory that is nearly tangential to Earth's surface. The authors' hope to find a large iron ...

Bounty from space: Africa's meteorite riches on show - Nature
Nature
Africa's mineral wealth is well documented, but the continent is also a site of significant meteorite recovery, according to African Meteorites, which ...

The World's Largest Meteorite Seemed to Vanish in 1916. Why Can't We Find It?
ScienceAlert
The story of the Chinguetti meteorite is a very compelling mystery.

How To Tell The Difference Between Comets And Asteroids | IFLScience
IFLScience
Phaethon makes trouble. Another feature of comets is that they often cause meteor showers in their wake. The dust particles that stream off comets as ...

Physicists suggest a possible way to confirm or deny the existence of the Chinguetti meteorite
Phys.org
Three physicists have taken a new look at the circumstances surrounding the mysterious Chinguetti meteorite and developed a means for confirming ...

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

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01MAR2024

Renewed Quest for Chinguetti: Scientists Probe Sahara for Earth's Largest Lost Meteorite
BNN Breaking
Explore the captivating search for the Chinguetti meteorite, a century-old mystery hidden beneath the Sahara sands, led by British researchers.

Libyan Desert's Yellow Glass: How We Discovered The Origin Of These Rare And Mysterious Shards
menafn
... meteorite crater . Now, thanks to advanced microscopy technology, we believe we have the answer. Along with colleagues from universities and ...

First observations from a new meteor radar at McMurdo station Antarctica (77.8°S, 166.7°E)
IEEE Xplore
First observations from a new meteor radar at McMurdo station Antarctica (77.8°S, 166.7°E). Abstract: A new 36.17 MHz all-sky meteor radar was ...

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say
ABC
... meteorite collision with Earth. ... The successful collision helped scientists who were working on preventing potential doomsday meteorite collisions ...

Humongous Meteor Captured Exploding Over Missouri Early Wednesday - 100.9 The Eagle
100.9 The Eagle
If you were awake bright and early Wednesday morning, you might have seen a spectacular sky sight over Missouri. It was a mammoth meteor that ...

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