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 ...

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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 ...

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A meteorite has been lost in the Sahara since 1916—here's how we might find it | Ars Technica
Ars Technica
There's new evidence for location of “lost” Chinguetti meteorite. A tale of "sand dunes, a guy named Gaston, secret aeromagnetic surveys, and camel ...

Away Team Idea: New Evidence On The Lost Giant Chinguetti Meteorite - Astrobiology
astrobiology.com
The giant Chinguetti meteorite that Gaston Ripert reported seeing in 1916 has never been found. A radionuclide analysis by Welten et al (2001) of ...

Massive fireball lights up night sky across large swath of U.S. - WDEF
WDEF
Most people who spotted the meteor Wednesday night reported seeing it between 6:45 and 7 p.m. EST, the data shows, and most individual sightings ...

Fireball seen in Massachusetts crosses 11 states - YouTube
YouTube
Comments1 · Nightly News Full Broadcast - Feb. 22 · Security camera captures meteor fireball shoot through the sky near Washington, D.C. · A meteor is ...

Fireball seen in Massachusetts crossed 11 states - WWLP
WWLP
The American Meteor Society received 225 reports of a bright fireball in 11 states, including Massachusetts.

Video: Enormous Fireball in Night Sky Reported by Witnesses in a Dozen States
Coast to Coast AM
Almost certainly created by a meteor burning up as it entered the Earth's atmosphere, the remarkable moment reportedly occurred shortly before 7 PM ...

Friday News Brief - WBTA
WBTA
The American Meteor Society characterized it as a 'fireball', which some people reported appeared to explode at one point. The show didn't last ...

Fireball seen streaking across Pittsburgh sky Wednesday night - Audacy
Audacy
The meteor burned up in the atmosphere before being able to land on the ground. NASA says that nearly 48.5 tons of “meteoritic material” hits the ...

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