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01 December 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 1DEC09

Nasa: compelling evidence of life on Mars
Telegraph.co.uk
Nasa has found what it calls “strong evidence” that life once existed on Mars after re-examining a meteorite. By Jonathan Liew Close-up of the meteorite. ...

YouTube Meteor lights up sky in South Africa21st 2009
Meteor lights up sky in South Africa (21st 2009)CCTV: footage of a meteor spotted over the skies of Gauteng, South Africa on the 21st of November 2009Local ...

Astronomy minor a possibility for non-science majors
TCU Daily Skiff
Rhiannon Mayne, the curator of the Oscar E. Monnig Meteorite Collection and assistant professor of meteoritics and planetary science, said that along with ...

Signs of ancient life on Mars found
The Bay Area Citizen Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:18 AM PST
Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars.
...

Ancient Life Signs In Mars Meteorite
redOrbit Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:12 AM PST
Image Caption: This image features several layers of crack filling exposed when a chip of Nakhla was examined with the scanning electron microscope (SEM). One layer has a very bumpy surface, and these bumps resemble a fossilized colony of microbacteria. Some of the rounded bumps are preserved at the top of the surface and resemble individual spherical and ovoid-shaped microbes. Others are ...

Meteorite hunters find 13 space rocks in Grimsby
St. Catharines Standard Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:26 AM PST
Meteorite hunters now have a baker's dozen of space rocks that rained down on Grimsby two months ago. But the scientist leading the University of Western Ontario's search believes there are still plenty of out-of-this-world stones that have yet to be recovered.[...]

Remembering a first
The Daily Home Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:42 PM PST
Fifty-five years ago, on Nov. 30, 1954, the first and only meteorite to strike a human hit Ann Hodges while she was taking a nap on her couch in her home in Oak Grove, just outside Sylacauga. ...


Le Moyne visiting professor to talk astrobiology with Stephen Colbert tonight
The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com
Consolmagno is curator for the Vatican meteorite collection in Rome. He is also author and editor of “The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican,” ...



Czy meteoryt z Marsa zawiera ślady dawnego życia?
studentnews.pl - Poland
W Stanach Zjednoczonych z nową siłą rozgorzały ostatnio dyskusje na temat tego, czy meteoryt Allen Hills, który przyleciał z Marsa, zawiera ślady ...



Geminids meteors to impress under moonless skies
Scotsman
It was disappointing for Europe, but the Leonids meteor shower produced rates in excess of 100 meteors an hour over parts of Asia for just a few minutes ...

Meteorite hunters find 13 space rocks in Grimsby
St. Catharines Standard Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:20 PM PST
Meteorite hunters now have a baker's dozen of space rocks that rained down on Grimsby two months ago. But the scientist leading the University of Western Ontario's search believes there are still plenty of out-of-this-world stones that have yet to be recovered.[...]


New evidence for early life on Mars: NASA
CBC.ca Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:12 AM PST
A new NASA study of a Martian meteorite that made headlines 13 years ago strengthens the original claim that the rock contains evidence of life on ancient Mars.

Meteorite study revives life-on-Mars debate
MSNBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:33 AM PST
New analysis of a 13,000-year-old Mars meteorite, retrieved from Antarctica, has rekindled the debate about whether the ancient rock holds signs of past microbial Martian life.

New Study Adds to FInding of Ancient Life Signs In Mars Meteorite
SpaceRef Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:32 AM PST
Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has reexamined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars.

Mars Meteorite Reexamined for Signs of Life Using New Analysis
Environmental News Network Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:22 AM PST
A controversial Mars meteorite is once again in the spotlight as scientists use a new kind of analysis on the rock. The study is reminiscent of initial research, published in 1996, suggesting that tiny iron sulfide and iron oxide grains in the meteorite had biological origins, and that tiny, worm-shaped objects in the rock could be the fossilized remains of Martian microbes.

Signs of Life in Mars Meteorite?
Discovery Channel Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:45 AM PST
New analysis of a 13,000-year-old Mars meteorite has rekindled debate about whether the rock holds signs of Martian life.

Custody battle brews over meteorite
MalaysiaNews.net Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:51 PM PST
Tom King, 53, was caretaker at Rywanda Plainview, about 70km south of Cunnamulla, when he discovered the 25kg stony meteorite while riding his motorbike.Seven months later he decided to fetch the rock...

Queenslanders battle over meteorite
Northern Star Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:57 PM PST
A BITTER ownership battle has broken out over the discovery of Queensland's second-biggest stony meteorite.

ONU to hold public viewing of meteor shower
Ada Herald
Ohio Northern University's Astronomy Club will host a public viewing of the Geminid meteor shower in celebration of the International Year of Astronomy ...

The case for life on Mars keeps growing
Examiner.com
Recently, a controversial meteorite seems to both have vindicated itself - and those who believe that it proves that at least sometime in its past - Mars ...

Guy Consolmagno, SJ on Colbert
America Magazine (subscription)
One of the guests on "The Colbert Report" tonight will be Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, SJ, Ph.D., a planetary scientist and expert on meteorites (and ...

Bakterie prosto z Marsa
Rzeczpospolita - Warszawa,Mazowsze,Poland
Pierwsze badania meteorytu, przeprowadzone w 1993 roku, wykazały jedynie – co ... Trzy lata po znalezieniu meteorytu, w 1996 roku, badacze związani z NASA ...

SOUTH AFRICAN METEOR
Weekly World News (satire)
Luckily, the meteor disappeared without striking any heavily populated areas. Scientists are still trying to find where it landed. ...

Battle over meteorite ownership
Gladstone Observer
Gladstone Tondoon Botanical Gardens curator Brent Braddick at the site believed to be where the Gladstone meteorite landed. GLADSTONE could have been the ...

27 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News 27NOV09

Poor Sue may have starved to death

Toronto Star
It appears it wasn't only climate change or meteor impact that made the dinosaurs extinct. but another problem as well. Until recently, I believed that the ...

Życie na Marsie prawie pewne

Wirtualna Polska - Gdańsk,Poland
Według naukowców, marsjański meteoryt, znaleziony w 1984 roku w Antarktyce, ... Chodzi o znalezione w meteorycie kryształki magnetytu i maleńkie skamieliny ...

Mysterious 'fireball' sighting not science fiction

The Daily News of Newburyport
Referred to by astronomers as a "fireball," it is caused by a larger-than-average particle, perhaps from a Leonid meteor shower, shooting through the ...

ASA vindt 'overtuigend bewijs' van leven op Mars

Express.be - Antwerpen,Belgium
Volgens de wetenschappers werd de meteoriet van het Marsoppervlak gerukt door ... De wetenschappers slaagden erin de herkomst van de meteoriet naar Mars te ...

In Meteor, NASA Sees Best Evidence Yet of Life on Mars

Newser
By Jane Yager| Posted 3 minutes ago| Share (Newser) – A Martian meteorite that hit Antarctica 13000 years ago offers “very strong evidence of life on Mars,” ...

Американцы нашли жизнь на марсе

Росбалт.RU - Санкт-Петербург,Russia
Так называемые биоморфы, как выяснилось, присутствуют ниже поверхностного слоя метеорита, сообщает The Times. Этот факт означает, что они уже присутствовали ...

Evidence of life on Mars lurks beneath surface of meteorite, Nasa experts claim

Times Online
It showed that microscopic worm-like structures found in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13000 years ago are almost certainly fossilised bacteria. ...

Meteor explodes in blaze of colour | World News | Newscomau

VIDEO shows amazing footage of a meteor exploding, as experts try to locate the out-of-space visitor.

Над Южной Африкой сгорел метеорит

Интерфакс - Москва,Russia
RU - Метеорит едва не столкнулся с землей на Юге Африки. Как сообщило в четверг швейцарское издание "24 часа" со ссылкой на южноафриканского астронома, ...
translated in English, reads:
Above Southern Africa the meteorite has burned down
The Interfax - Moscow, Russia
RU - the Meteorite
Hardly has not collided with the ground in the south of Africa. As has informed on Thursday
The Swiss edition " 24 hours " referring to южноафриканского the astronomer, ...

Rock may contain 'space bugs'

Ireland Online
New evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in meteorite, it was revealed today. ...

Martians 'came to earth'
Perth Now Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:40 PM PST
NEW evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite, it was revealed today.

Evidence of life on Mars lurks beneath surface of meteorite, Nasa experts claim
MalaysiaNews.net Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:37 PM PST
END: Module - M24 Article Headline with landscape image (d) --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Nasa scientists have produced the most compelling evidence yet that bacterial life ex...

Rock may contain 'space bugs'
Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:32 AM PST
New evidence has made it more likely that remnants of Martian microbes were transported to Earth in a meteorite, it has been revealed.

TRAVEL : Fossils of Martian Bugs Found on Meteorite
Kompas Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:40 AM PST
The fossilised remains of Martian bugs have been discovered on a meteorite that crashed into the Antarctic 13,000 years ago

Bacteria from Mars found inside ancient meteorite
Daily Telegraph Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:34 AM PST
Martian bacteria arrived on Earth on a meteorite which smashed into the Antarctic 13,000 years ago, Nasa scientists believe.

Fossils of Martian bugs found on meteorite that landed on Earth 13,000 years ago
Daily Mail: World News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:21 AM PST
A study by scientists from the American space agency Nasa has found chemical signatures in the rock strongly associated with life.

Microscopic Martians may have arrived on Earth 13,000 years ago
New Kerala Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:02 PM PST
London, November 26 : A leaked NASA report has disclosed that microscopic Martians arrived on planet Earth about 13,000 years ago, hitching a ride on a meteorite that smashed into the wastes of the Antarctic.

26 November 2009

South Africa Bolide 21NOV09- Updates 26NOV09

Bright meteor over northern South Africa- Eyewitness Reports
by psychohistorian.org

http://www.psychohistorian.org/astronomy/news/2009/20091121-bright-meteor.php#latest-comments


Meteor explodes in blaze of colour

Herald Sun
By staff writers A METEOR has crashed in a blaze of colour in South Africa, but experts are unable to find where the out-of-space visitor landed. ...


South African meteor 'lights up the sky'

Ninemsn
By ninemsn staff A meteor that crashed in South Africa lit up the sky but despite the stunning event being caught on camera, astronomers can't find where it ...

South Africa meteor display caught on film

Telegraph.co.uk
Breathtaking CCTV footage of a meteor lighting up the night sky over South Africa has been posted online. By Matthew Moore The meteor was spotted by dozens ...

'Hot topic': meteor lights up SA skies

The Witness
JOHANNESBURG — The Johannesburg Planetarium has requested footage captured by members of the public of a meteor that sped over Gauteng, Mpumalanga, ...

25 November 2009

Meteor/Meteorite News- 25NOV09

Records de meteorits, eclipsis i cometes

Diario de Ibiza - Ibiza,Ilas Baleares,Spain
A un altre dels seus articles, per exemple, va explicar exactament què havia passat amn un meteorit que havia caigut al´illa l´octubre de 1923 i que va ...

Gauteng Meteor- Meteorite
Meteor belongs to the state

Primedia Broadcasting - Eyewitness News
“By law in this country any meteorite which hits the ground belongs to the state. So it will be given over to the universities to study its origins and its ...

http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articleprog.aspx?id=27202


Amazing meteor lights up sky

The Sun
By STAFF REPORTER A STUNNING meteor dazzled stargazers as it hurtled towards the Earth in a blaze of green light. The astronomical phenomena lit up the ...


Meteor lights up Joburg sky

Independent Online
This is CCTV footage of the meteor spotted in Gauteng on November 21, 2009, after 11pm, according to Eyewitness News. Earlier, the Johannesburg Planetarium ...

Martian meteorite surrenders new secrets of possible life

Spaceflight Now
BY CRAIG COVAULT Compelling new data that chemical and fossil evidence of ancient microbial life on Mars was carried to Earth in a Martian meteorite is ...


Priority nickel targets identified at Yarrabubba JV Project

SteelGuru
The Yarrabubba Project covers a large diameter meteorite impact structure that has similar geological features to those at the large Sudbury mining camp in ...

Dec. skywatch: Meteor shower, blue moon

AZ Central.com
One of the best and most reliable meteor showers takes place in mid-December, when the Geminid meteors make their annual appearance. ...


Colorado-Grand Junction Police Officer-Video Camera Sights Utah Meteor
WATCH: Dash cam captures meteor over GJ
A meteor was visible over the Grand Valley just after midnight Wednesday (18NOV09). A Grand Junction police officer was driving near Sam's Club when out of the night ... http://www.kjct8.com/Global/story.asp?S=11560356


Smoke trail left by brilliant meteor

Astronomy Magazine
Observers in Tucson, Las Vegas, Santa Fe, and Los Angeles also observed light from the meteor. At the University of Utah, seismometers picked up a slight ...

Is case finally closed on 1965 'UFO' mystery?

msnbc.com
A meteorite? A wayward classified aircraft? Reentering space hardware of Earthly origin? An alien craft from afar? Whatever took place in Kecksburg, ...

Video of meteor over Gauteng 21 November | Marc Forrest.com

By Marc
I have also just come across a 2nd video of the Gauteng meteor from a building somewhere in Johannesburg. This one is really cool as you get a full view of the horizon, and it is also slowed down. ...
Marc Forrest.com - http://www.marcforrest.com/

South Africa Meteor/Meteorite News- Gauteng Meteor Videos 21NOV09 24NOV09

The video of the Gauteng Meteor from the Mustek building can be seen here:


This Gauteng Meteor video was taken from a building somewhere in Johannesburg with a full view of the horizon, and it is slowed down: