The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02MAR2012

LUND: Learning science
Yale Daily News
My first stop was a windowless office in KGL where I'd scheduled an appointment with meteoritearchivist Barbara Narendra. A meteorite is bit of rock or iron that flames through earth's atmosphere and is recoverable after its impact on the ground....

Out-of-this-world discovery
Seacoastonline.com
They are believed to have been caused by a meteor exploding.Courtesy photo/Michael McCormack By Aaron Sanborn EXETER — A town already known for its encounters with UFOs may have added another out-of-this-world chapter to its history Tuesday night. ... (Story seems dubious)

Earth formed from diverse meteorite mix, study suggests
msnbc.com
Earth's building blocks were more eclectic than once thought, according to a new study, suggesting our planet formed from collisions of many different types ofmeteorites. Our planet is thought to have formed around 4.5 billion years ago from a disk of ...

Not a meteor but Iridium Flare
This is Leicestershire
In answer to Valerie Noakes' meteor question and of the reply from RE Paris (Mailbox, February 22 and 25), I'm afraid neither are correct. The International Space Station is indeed a grand sight but would not be visible over the UK at the time of night ...

Stargazer with some big ideas
The National
After seeing the meteor, he started reading books on astronomy and studying the night sky through binoculars. "I remember the first time I looked at the moon. It changed my life forever," he says. He bought his first professional telescope in 1998.

Bright Meteor Streaks Across NH Sky - Video - WMUR New Hampshire
It was reddish-orange and only appeared in the sky for a moment or two, but it has a lot of people in the area asking questions.
www.wmur.com/video/30573166/detail.html

Earth Formed From Diverse Meteorite Mix, Study Suggests
Space.com
by Clara Moskowitz, SPACE.com Assistant Managing Editor Earth's building blocks were more eclectic than once thought, according to a new study suggesting our planet formed from collisions of many different types of meteorites. Our planet is thought to ...

What Are Asteroids Made Of?
Space.com
Meteorites found on Earth often come from asteroids, and so they help astronomers figure out what's in asteroids. An iron meteorite can be 91 percent iron and 8.5 percent nickel and might also contain cobalt. A stony meteorite can contain oxygen, ...

Was It a Meteor? A UFO?
Patch.com
Tiffany Nardino of the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord told the television station the object was most likely a fireball, a bright meteor about the size of a quarter that burned up in the atmosphere.

Green object reported in the sky over Newfoundland
CBC.ca
"I've read about a couple of natural phenomena now that could explain it ... something called a green fireball and a meteor —which can apparently be blue, white or green," said another one. Did you see it? If you have photos we'd love to see them ...

Earth Formed From Diverse Meteorite Mix, Study Suggests
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:30 AM PST
Earth's building blocks were more eclectic than once thought, according to a new study suggesting our planet formed from collisions of many different types of meteorites.

Meteorite discovery reported in Exeter
Portsmouth Herald Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:18 PM PST
EXETER A town already known for its encounters with UFOs may have added another out-of-this-world chapter to its history on Tuesday night. (Unlikely Story)