Showing posts with label meteorite gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meteorite gold. Show all posts

09 September 2011

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 9SEP2011

Washington-Oregon Fireball August 26, 2011 | American Meteor ...
The American Meteor Society has received numerous reports of a very bright fireball over the states of Washington and Oregon, occurring near 11:10pm PDT ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../washington-oregon-fireball-august-2...



elp allsky: Oregon, Washington Meteor Fireball 27AUG2011
Oregon, Washington Meteor Fireball 27AUG2011. FromThe ELPALLSKY Chatbox: Aug 27 2011, 1:47 AM. Guest727 (guest): Fireball witbessed about 9:55 PM ...
elpasoallsky.blogspot.com/.../oregon-washington-meteor-fireb...



Meteor/Meteorite News 30AUG2011 | Portal to the Universe
Your one stop news portal for all things astronomy. Portal To The Universe provides a global portal for online astronomy content, serving as an index and ...
www.portaltotheuniverse.org/blogs/posts/view/140874/



Meteor Activity Outlook for September 10-16, 2011 « The Transient ...
By Carl Hergenrother
Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. The first half of the month will be much like June. After the 15th though, both sporadic and shower rates increase significantly. For observers in the southern hemisphere, ...
The Transient Sky - Comets, Asteroids...



Canadian study blames ocean acidity for mass extinction
Vancouver Sun
Researchers have long believed that massive volcanic eruptions in present-day Siberia — or possibly a huge meteorite strike — triggered the so-called Permian-Triassic extinction. But the precise mechanism of death for so many species remains a ...





Meteorites delivered Earth's gold
BBC News
By Leila Battison Science reporter Scientists have shown that the Earth's surface became enriched with precious metals by impacting meteorites. The Earth's crust and mantle has considerably more gold than expected from favoured models of planetary ...


Supernova Near Big Dipper: How to WatchABC News (blog)
This is not something, like a meteor shower or a lunar eclipse, that anyone can see with the naked eye on a clear night. But scientists say this is a once-in-a-generation event. Twenty-one-million years ago, a star exploded, turned spectacular, 
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