FayObserver.com
The Leonid meteor shower peaks on Nov. 17. This annual shower produced a spectacular number of meteors in 2001 and less impressive numbers in years since. ...
Dwain Walden: Television can be educational
Americus Times-Recorder
It is believed that meteor strikes in Russia and down in Mexico millions of years ago destroyed the dinosaurs. Unless we have a plan, millions of years from ...
Alleged Latvia Meteorite A Hoax
RedOrbit
Yesterday it was purported to be the site of a meteorite crash, but today a telephone company admitted it was a hoax. Firefighters rushed to a farm near the ...
Marketing campaign behind meteorite hoax
Independent Online Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
A Swedish cellphone operator has acknowledged it was behind an elaborate meteorite hoax in Latvia.
| SCIENCE CHANNEL COMMISSIONS NEW EPISODES OF METEORITE MEN The Futon Critic Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:41 AM PDT Six new episodes will roll out beginning Wednesday, January 20 at 9:00/8:00c. |
| Tele2 in a hole over 'meteor' publicity stunt CNN Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:18 PM PDT An elaborate publicity stunt by a Swedish mobile phone company involving a faked meteorite strike in a Latvian meadow has provided a new case study on how a marketing campaign can backfire. |
Mobile operator faces legal action over fake meteorite
telecomasia.net Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:52 PM PDT
It must have seemed a good idea at the time, but Swedish cellco Tele2 faces a hefty bill after creating a fake meteorite landing on a Latvian farm. When locals reported lights in the sky on Sunday evening, the Latvian government sent special forces and scientific experts to the scene.
Indonesien: Nach Ufo-Ente in Lettland - jetzt Einschlag von zehn ...
ShortNews.de - Germany
Wie die Raumfahrtbehörde von Indonesien am gestrigen Dienstag meldete, schlug bereits ein Meteorit am 8. Oktober im Landesteil Süd-Sulawesi ein. ...
SCIENCE CHANNEL COMMISSIONS NEW EPISODES OF METEORITE MEN
The Futon Critic
METEORITE MEN is scheduled to debut Wednesday, January 20, 2010, at 9 PM (ET/PT). Notkin and Arnold have searched the world for remnants of meteorites for ...
Q & A: How could a meteor *explode*?
ScienceBlogs (blog)
My answer: a large meteor or small asteroid/comet could have done this easily. How? Let me explain. When a meteor enters Earth's atmosphere, ...
