New York Times
LOOTED A 60-gram fragment of the Gebel Kamil meteorite. The ads are for chunks of meteorites, bits of asteroids that have fallen from the sky and are as prized by scientists as they are by collectors. As more meteorites have been discovered in recent ...
Illegal Meteorite Trade Surges, Angering Geologists
Minyanville.com
Yet sadly, geologists the world over are lamenting the surge in illegal sales of asteroids andmeteorites on websites like eBay. The New York Times reports that “the black market has exploded in size mainly because of a rush of new meteorites arriving ...
Australian Aboriginal Astronomy: Meteors, Meteorites, and ...
By Aboriginal Astronomy Project
When it enters the earth's atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it survives its trip to the ground, we call it a meteorite. Most meteors are fragments of celestial bodies that have collided (such as asteroids), or debris from comets as ...
Australian Aboriginal Astronomy - http://aboriginalastronomy.blogspot.com/
meteor - National Geographic Education
A meteor is a streak of light in the sky caused by a meteoroid passing through Earth's atmosphere.
education.nationalgeographic.com/education/.../meteor/
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 2-8, 2011 « The Transient Sky ...
By Carl Hergenrother
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as two major showers are active during the month. The first of these, the Lyrids, are active from the 16th through the 25th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. ...
Alien Microbes Attack! Dangers Of Science News That Isn't Science Or News
NPR (blog)
The Journal of Cosmology where the meteor microbe article appears is not the place where major discoveries are usually announced in science. Just a little digging shows it's more than a little marginal. And while Richard Hoover is a reputable reseacher ...
NASA: Mysterious Fireball Season Set to Light Up Night Sky
Space.com
Spring has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere, which means that birds are chirping, flowers are blooming — and fireballs are lighting up the sky, NASA says. For some mysterious reason, the number of fireballs — dramatic meteors that blaze brighter ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 2-8, 2011 | International Meteor ...
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as two major showers are ... It must be remembered thatmeteor activity is rarely seen at the radiant position. ...
www.imo.net/node/1352
| NASA probe aims to unlock Mercury's secrets AFP Scientists believe enormous volcanic eruptions produced many of Mercury's expansive plains, which are littered with meteor craters, and say its strong magnetic field appears to be generated by a molten iron core. MESSENGER, a 1067-pound (485-kilogram) ... |
Lyrids meteor shower visible April 21
Philippine Star
By Helen Flores (The Philippine Star) Updated April 03, 2011 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Filipino sky gazers can watch out for the Lyrids, the oldest known meteor shower, this month, the state weather bureau said. The Philippine Atmospheric ...
Canadian radar helps keep astronauts safe from space rocks
Montreal Gazette
"Operational decisions are made every day based on what our radar detects," says Peter Brown, a Western astronomy professor and one of the operators of the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar. NASA uses the real-time data provided by the radar to track the ...
Sugar-grain sized meteorites rocked the climates of early Earth and Mars ...
Imperial College London
Bombardments of 'micro-meteorites' on Earth and Mars four billion years ago may have caused the planets' climates to cool dramatically, hampering their ability to support life, according to research published today in the journal Geochimica et ...
Spring is fireball season
What are the signs of spring? They are as familiar as a blooming Daffodil, a songbird at dawn, a surprising shaft of warmth from the afternoon sun.
www.physorg.com/news/2011-04-fireball-season.html
Wetumpka Crater Commission finds new funding
WSFA
Wetumpka is already known for it's unique New Year's Eve meteor drop, playing off the city's history of being hit by a meteor 84 million years ago. But Marilee Tankersley and other members of the Wetumpka Crater Commission have plans to take that ...
Public asked to help shed light on sky's display
Radio New Zealand
The Carter Observatory is asking people who saw lights in the sky overnight on Tuesday to log their sighting to help determine whether it was a meteor or space junk. The Wellington observatory has received a large number of reports from Auckland to the ...
'Desk-sized' meteor streaks across New Zealand's night sky
Herald Sun
By staff writers and wires IT wasn'ta bird a plane or a UFO, but authorities say a meteor spotted last night in New Zealand skies could have been the size of a desk. Reports of the bright flashing light were received from Auckland and as far south as ...
Astronomers use words like 'awestruck' to describe seeing Messenger's Mercury ...
al.com (blog)
If it is ice, no one is sure how it survives on the planet closest to the Sun, Solomon said, but he theorized it might be thrown up from the interior by meteor strikes or by outgassing from Mercury's interior. Solomon did explain why Mercury appears so ...
Fireball in the Sky over Nebraska 3/23 (TX,OK 23MAR2011)
posted on YouTube by N0LINKNEWS | 作成日: 2011/03/25 237 views
It's a story that a lot of people are talking about on our Facebook page.
What was first called in as a plane crashing to the ground, in the end, turns out to be a meteor.
Around 9 p.m. Wednesday, emergency crews were called to Ayr, Nebraska after residents in the area reported seeing something on fire falling from the sky.
Adams County (Nebraska) Sheriff's Department officials say they didn't find anything when they got to the scene.
No homeowners are reporting finding any meteorites on their property, either.
What was first called in as a plane crashing to the ground, in the end, turns out to be a meteor.
Around 9 p.m. Wednesday, emergency crews were called to Ayr, Nebraska after residents in the area reported seeing something on fire falling from the sky.
Adams County (Nebraska) Sheriff's Department officials say they didn't find anything when they got to the scene.
No homeowners are reporting finding any meteorites on their property, either.
(Note this is most likely the same event covered on Meteor/Meteorite News labeled as TX/OK Meteor 23MAR2011. NOTE: The "Ayr meteor" was on 23MAR2011 NOT 24MAR2011. - LunarMeteorite*Hunter)
5APR2011 News with a Lot of Ketchup
Readers, Sorry for the delay in posting the news reports but have been very posting about recent meteors and green fireballs. The TX/OK meteors of 23/24MAR2011 required much time to study and to work. Have a great day! Best Always, -LunarMeteorite*Hunter - Tokyo
