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04 June 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JUN2014

BoldlyGo Institute Unveils Plans to Advance the Frontiers of Science & ExplorationSpaceRef - 5 hours
The BoldlyGo Institute (BGI) - a new, privately funded, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of space science and ...

Lockheed wins $915 million "space fence" contract
Lockheed Martin (LMT) edged out Raytheon (RTN) for a $915 million Pentagon contract to build the Space Fence. The ...

NASA Begins Testing of New Spectrograph on Agency's Airborne Observatory
Astronomers are eagerly waiting to begin use of a new instrument to study celestial objects: a high-resolution, mid-infrared spectrograph mounted on NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), the world's largest flying telescope. ...
Meteorite fireball seen in Daylesford area
Hepburn Advocate
If you were in the Daylesford area at 6.25pm on Sunday, May 25, you may have thought you were seeing things. Amateur astronomer David Finlay ...

Fireball meteors emit unique radio wave signals
New Scientist
Fireballs ionise nearby air as they barrel through Earth's atmosphere, generating a super-bright plasma trail. In 1958, Gerald Hawkins, then at Boston ...

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