The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 11JUN2020

Meteor news: Fireball shoots over Europe 'It was awesome'
Express.co.uk
Residents of Europe were stunned to see a powerful fireball exploding over the continent, with witnesses from several countries. The International ...

Meteor news: Fireball shoots over Europe 'It was awesome'
financial-press
The International Meteor Organisation (IMO) received more than 120 witness reports from countries including the UK, France, Germany, The ...

Strange Glass Spheres Found in Ancient Florida Clams Point to Meteor Strike
Discover Magazine
... revealed that the spheres are microtektites: tiny bits of glass that form when a meteorite slams into Earth and spews molten material in a fine mist.

Asteroids: NASA spots potential landing site for OSIRIS-REx on asteroid Bennu
EconoTimes
By October, the spacecraft will dislodge and take samples of the asteroid from a different region of the meteor referred to as the Nightingale. Still, the ...

Lonar Lake in Maharashtra mysteriously turns red; officials baffled
India TV
Considered a natural wonder, the Lonar Lake was formed 52,000 years ago when a meteor weighing two million tonnes hit the Earth at a speed of ...

उल्का पिंड के टकराने से बनी थी ये झील, अब इसका लाल हुआ पानी, बना रहस्य!
News18 इंडिया
ये सरोवर महाराष्ट्र के बुलढाणा जिले (Buldana district Maharashtra) में स्थित है. ऐसा कहा जाता है कि यह आकाशीय उल्का ...

Can't be human intervention: Lonar lake colour changes to pink; experts, locals surprised. Watch ...
Hindustan Times
The colour of water in Maharashtra's Lonar lake, formed after a meteorite hit the Earth some 50,000 years ago, has changed to pink with experts ...

Download Meteor Showers And Their Parent Comets
hazmatdictionary.com
Jenniskens, an active meteor storm chaser, explains how meteoroid The necessary (but not sufficient) condition to create meteor showers on Earth as an ...

Wake up early to see the peaking Daytime Arietids meteor shower
WWLP.com
Well believe it or not, right now is the peak of a daytime meteor shower. Mike Kerr, Principal, Innovative Advancement & Integration, Springfield ...

Observatory still working on projects
The Greater New Milford Spectrum
... serious "fireballs" (extremely bright events) from the sky as we progress toward an ultimate goal of initiating a Southwest Connecticut fireball network ...

Asteroids की टक्कर से पृथ्वी पर पैदा हुआ था जीवन, एक और रिसर्च में दावा
नवभारत टाइम्स
पहली यह कि किसी 'दूसरी दुनिया' से उल्कापिंडों (meteorites) के जरिए जीवन आया होगा या पृथ्वी पर प्राकृतिक रूप से ...

Meteor Crater Natural Landmark
sounetodealuguel.com.br
Meteor Crater (Barringer) is in the Craters category for Coconino County in the state of Arizona. Amboy Crater is an example of a very symmetrical ...

نيزك بحجم ملعب كرة قدم يتجه نحو الأرض هذا الشهر
Lebanon news - أخبار لبنان

Observatory still working on projects
The Greater New Milford Spectrum
We are at nearly 100 captured meteor trails in four months, and four of them are incredible "fireballs.” We'll keep you posted. The pollinator garden is ...

Report your meteor sighting!
Reddit
It looks like a lot of us saw that AMAZING meteor. According to the reports coming in it was visible from Lake Tahoe to San Francisco! While it's fresh in ...

2020 The SEVENTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

Meteor/Meteorite News 20NOV2010

Govt to give funds for Lonar, HC told

Times of India - ‎2010年11月18日‎
NAGPUR: Lonar lake, created by meteorite impact about 50 million years ago, is finally getting the attention it deserves. Three petitioners who approached ... (Lonar Impact Crater, India)

EDITORIAL: Itokawa asteroid dust

Asahi Shimbun - ‎22 時間前‎

Analysis has confirmed that the minerals contained in the particles are different from the elements found on Earth in terms of their composition and are ...

NewsHour

Ancient Volcano Holds Clues to Earth's Deeper Mysteries

NewsHour - ‎5 時間前‎

Some say it was an asteroid or meteorite. The more likely theory, Johnson says, is that it was caused by fractures in the earth, created by tectonic ...

Meteorite Crater on Mount Ararat
Armenian Weekly
18, titled “Unrecorded Meteorite Crater Found on Mount Ararat?” The article reveals that two physicists, Vahe Gurzadyan from the Yerevan Physics Institute ...  (unlikely story - poor science)


Leonid showers light up the Midland skies
Birmingham Mail
BIRMINGHAM stargazers are out in force to watch the famous Leonid meteor shower which is lighting up the night skies – when it isn't full of clouds. ...


Brian Marsden, Eminent Astronomer and Comet/Asteroid Tracker, Dies
Cambridge, MA - Dr. Brian Geoffrey Marsden passed away today at the age of 73 following a prolonged illness. He was a Supervisory Astronomer at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Director Emeritus of the Minor Planet Center. ...


NS fireball likely a meteor 
Kelowna.com
A fireball spotted in the sky above Nova Scotia's South Shore that triggered fears of a plane crash was probably just a meteor, officials say. ... (Halifax Nova Scotia Fireball 18NOV2010)


Reports of 'huge ball of fire' in sky turn out to be meteor shower
TheChronicleHerald.ca
By EVA HOARE and PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporters They feared it was a plane crash, but it turned out to be a meteor shower lighting up the night ...(Halifax Nova Scotia Fireball 18NOV2010 )


Moderate Leonid Meteor Shower Doesn't Disappoint Skywatchers ...
The Leonid meteor shower of 2010 may not have dazzled, but it still caught the eyes of die-hard skywatchers who awoke before dawn today to catch the ...
news.yahoo.com/.../moderateleonidmeteorshowerdoesntdisapp...

India Meteor/Meteorite News- Lonar Impact Crater 20OCT09

Geology of Lonar Crater, India

(With Link to PDF File of Paper)

Maloof, A. C., S. T. Stewart, B. P. Weiss, S. A. Soule,
N. L. Swanson-Hysell, K. L. Louzada, I. Garrick-Bethell,
and P. M. Poussart. Geology of Lonar Crater, India
Geological Society of America Bulletin. Published Online
September 25, 2009, doi:10.1130/B26474.1

http://gsabulletin.gsapubs.org/content/early/2009/09/24/B26474.1.abstract

PDF file at:

http://web.mit.edu/iang/www/pubs/Lonar_Geology_Preprint_GSABull_submitted_2008.pdf

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planets/louzada/page%202.html

Auxillary Materials at:

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planets/sstewart/reprints/papers/27_Maloof_et_al_Geology_Lonar_Crater_GSA_Bull_inpress_2009_DR.pdf

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planets/louzada/page%202.html

DEM file of crater at:

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planets/sstewart/reprints/papers/lonar-dem.zip

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~planets/louzada/page%202.html

Source: Paul H., USA

India Meteorite News- Magnetic bacteria found in Lonar lake 18JUN09

• Magnetic bacteria found in Lonar lake

  NEW DELHI: Microbiologists in Maharashtra have found 'magnetic bacteria' in the ancient Lonar lake formed due to meteorite impact, a finding that might open a vista for searching extra-terrestrial life. ... (more)
  

  The Times of India - Jun 17 11:45 PM

Reference Sources for Readers:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetotactic_bacteria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonar_crater

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_crater