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18 May 2017

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18MAY2017

New Thoughts on Hopewell Metal Beads
Archaeology
An earlier study had ruled out the Anoka meteor as the source of the material for the iron-nickel beads. But Timothy McCoy and his colleagues at the ...

If that asteroid had been 30 seconds late, dinosaurs might rule the world and humans probably ...
Popular Science
This is an actual, NASA-sanctioned artist rendering of the meteor impact that killed off most of the dinosaurs from 1994.

LSST NEO discovery performance
arxiv.org
Projected Near-Earth Object Discovery Performance of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
Chesley, Veres JPL Publication 16-11 (April 2017)

Meteor Activity Outlook for May 20-26, 2017
American Meteor Society
This weekend the waning crescent moon will rise during the early morning hours and will not interfere with meteor observing as long as one keeps the ...

2017 The FOURTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

02 July 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JUL2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30JUN20...
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
A green fireball meteor seen over the UK has been captured on camera by an observatory in Devon. The "bolide" meteor was seen in the West . ...

Archaeologists Say Cavemen Worshipped Meteorite After it Fell to Earth - Poland
Austrian Times
A meteorite found in a 9,000-year-old hut believed to have belonged to a stone age shaman was probably worshipped by stone age man as a magical ...

Eureka! Kola Fireball Meteorites Found in Russia
Universe Today
A spectacular fireball that crackled across the sky near the Russia-Finnish border on April 19th this year left more than a bright flash. A team of meteor ...

Nullarbor meteorite likely fragment of unknown asteroid
Phys.Org
The first meteorite ever located solely using data from specially-placed cameras has been found to be geologically unique, presenting questions of its ...

Swedish space rock may be piece of early life puzzle - Sweden
New Scientist
A fossil meteorite unlike anything seen before has been uncovered in a Swedish quarry. The mysterious rock may be the first known piece of the ...

Young sun's violent history solves meteorite mystery
European Space Agency - 01 July 2014
Astronomers using ESA's Herschel space observatory to probe the
turbulent beginnings of a Sun-like star have found evidence of
mighty stellar winds that could solve a puzzling meteorite mystery
in our own back yard. ...


Space Alert: Increased Bolide, Fireball and Meteor Activity Expected Through JULY 10
YouTube ⋅ 02:44
http://lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot... NEO Asteroids Close Approach July 2014. Alert- Increased Bolide, Fireball and Meteor activity expected ...

VIDEO: Terrifying moment meteorite explodes over UK
Daily Star
A huge meteorite has hurtled over the UK and the whole event was caught on camera. The frightening near miss happened on Monday morning at ...

Mysterious Asteroid Found In Sweden May Have Kick-Started Evolution
Huffington Post UK
This cache of meteorite fragments dates back about 470 million years ago, when Earth experienced a sudden burst of new species. Prior to this time ...

Video: West Midlands police release footage of 'meteorfireball'
Belfast Telegraph
West Midlands Police released dashcam footage of a “meteor fireball” that was seen in the air over the West Midlands in the UK on June 30.

Great ball of fire! WATCH the moment a police car dashcam captured the Midlands 'missile' meteor burning up in the skyDaily Mail - 43 minutes
New footage of the meteor that streaked across the UK has been revealed (shown). The video was captured by a police car on Monday morning ...

'Unique' Meteorite Likely Came From Long-Dead Asteroid
Discovery News
A well-known meteorite that was the first to be tracked by ground-based cameras as it blasted through the Earths atmosphere and quickly recovered at ...

Eureka! Kola Fireball Meteorites Found in Russia
Universe Today
On May 29, 2014, first 120 gram (4.2 ounce) meteorite fragment was found by Nikolai Kruglikov of Russia's Ural Federal University on a forest road ...

Meteorite find may be 'missing half' of interstellar collision
PhysOrg - 11 hours
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers with members from the U.S., Sweden and Switzerland studying a meteorite found in a Swedish quarry is ...

Today on New Scientist
New Scientist - 7 hours
All the latest on newscientist.com: brewing milk like beer, meteorite may have sparked life, journey of hope for Earth, contraception vs ...

Meteor Explodes Over Devon: Video And Pictures Of The 'Biggest UK Strike Ever
'The Huffington Post UK - 14 hours
An enormous fireball exploding over Devon has been caught on camera, and it's believed to be the largest explosion of its kind to be recorded ... Certainly NOT the UKs largest "UK Strike Ever" - total hype!

17 reports
American Meteor Society
AMS received 12 reports about a fireball seen over OK and TX on June 30th 2014 around 10:48 (UTC)

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!