The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09DEC2014

Microscopic particles discovered 58 feet under ancient Antarctic ice

Daily Mail - 12 hours
Japanese scientists have found 40 fragments from a comet at Tottuki Point, close to the Syowa Research Station in Antarctica. ...

Scientists use a laser to try and mimic impact ofmeteor and the 'spark of life' on Earth
South China Morning Post (subscription)
Researchers have recreated a split-second impact of a meteor with primordial Earth, and shown how the 3.5-megatonne collision might have ...

Russian scientist spies mountain-sized asteroid heading our way
Yahoo News
A giant meteor exploded over a Russian city in 2013. ... explosion 1,000 times greater than the surprise 2013 impact of a bus-sizedmeteor in Russia.

Did a massive asteroid impact spark life on Earth?
Los Angeles Times
Researchers have recreated a split-second impact of a meteor with primoridal Earth, and shown how the 3.5-megaton collision might have ...

UK Fireball Meteor 05DEC2014
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"click image" UK Fireball Meteor 1735 UT 05DEC2014 Image Credit- UK Meteor Network. 2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, ...

Portugal Fireball Meteor 06DEC2014
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
"click image" Portugal Fireball Meteor 0552 GMT 06DEC2014 APAA Associação Portuguesa de Astrónomos Amadores ...

370-Meter-Wide Asteroid Could Hit Earth, Russian Scientists Warn
Science 2.0 (blog)
Lipunov believes that 2014 UR116 could hit Earth with an explosion 1,000 times greater than the surprise 2013 impact of a bus-sizedmeteor over .

Formation of life's building blocks recreated in lab

New Scientist - 4 hours
Recreating a meteorite impact with a laser has demonstrated directly how the building blocks of the genetic code could have formed on our ...

Mysterious Mars Lava Formation Looks Like a Cookie

Discovery News - 5 hours
The Martian landscape is peppered in features that look very alien and often cannot be easily explained.

Meteor sighting over Norfolk

Norwich Evening News
A large meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Geminidmeteor shower in America. The same shower is believed to have swept across ...

Massive asteroid could intersect Earth's orbit, Russian scientist warns
Alaska Dispatch
Since the Chelyabinsk meteor, which came as a complete surprise to experts, scientists have been warning about the danger and trying to pool their ...

What time can you see the Geminids meteor shower? 7 things to know
Essex Chronicle
The constellation Gemini rises just after sunset on December 13 and it sets just before sunrise on Sunday (December 14) so the meteor shower ...

Geminids meteor shower: how to photograph the UK's shooting stars
The Independent
The Geminids meteor shower began passing overhead last weekend, and will continue until the end of the next one. It's the most spectacular and busy ...

19 reports
American Meteor Society
AMS received 19 reports about a fireball seen over DE, MD, NY, PA and VA on December 7th 2014 around 23:56 (UTC)

Geminids 2014: Everything you need to know about 'most intense' meteor shower of the year
International Business Times UK
The Geminid meteor shower 2014 will peak on 13 and 14 December, with up to 100 shooting stars expected per hour. The Geminids is one of the ...

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MBIQ Meteor Detections 08DEC2014

MBIQ Meteor Detections 08DEC2014

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Initial Meteor Reports-
08DEC2014 Roven Hollywood, CA 6pm 7 sec S to N facing west a whiteish yellow very,, lots of tail yeah,, it broke off into two pieces before going dark no photo,, I wish,, was amazing

MBIQ Data-
Bellevue, Nebraska arrived from bing.com on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: June 2014" by searching for meteors over nebraska.
11:27:44 -- 29 minutes ago

Onoway, Alberta arrived from google.ca on "Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News" by searching formeteor sighting dec. 8.
10:41:43 -- 1 hour 14 mins ago

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10:36:49 -- 1 hour 19 mins ago

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Portugal Fireball Meteor 06DEC2014

Portugal Fireball Meteor 0552 GMT 06DEC2014

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Portugal Fireball Meteor 0552 GMT 06DEC2014
APAA Associação Portuguesa de Astrónomos Amadores

Another beautiful meteor recorded at the end of the night in Templar5 Rui Gonçalves (Tomar).

Mais um belo bólide registado no final da noite na Templar5 de Rui Gonçalves (Tomar).

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UK Fireball Meteor 05DEC2014

UK Fireball Meteor 1735 UT 05DEC2014

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UK Fireball Meteor 1735 UT 05DEC2014
Image Credit- UK Meteor Network

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08DEC2014

Geminid Meteor Shower
Space.com
Editor's update for Dec. 7, 2014: The Geminid meteor shower of 2014 will peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, but the shower as a whole will be active ...

METEOR FIREBALL EVENTS US UK, PORTUGAL & JAPAN
YouTube ⋅ 02:32
Portugal Fireball Meteor 05:52 GMT 06DEC2014 UK Fireball Meteor17:35 UT 05DEC2014 Japan Fireball Meteor 04DEC2014 - 2014/12/04 04:30:30 ...

Digging deeper into the Meteor Sutter's Mill
Beta Wired
img_23892 The results of several new studies on samples of the meteorite Sutter's Mill, and presented publicly so together through the journal ...

Astronomy and Space News - Astro Watch: Comet Dust Found in Antarctica
www.astrowatch.netResearchers have discovered comet dust preserved in the ice and snow of Antarctica, the first time s...

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
blogspot.com
The meteor shower happens every December as the earth passes through a trail of debris from asteroid 3200 Phaeton as the chunks of rock and ice .

Geminids meteor shower: Where, when and how can I see the annual shooting star display?
Mirror.co.uk
Wrap up warm, it's that time of year when you get to see up to 100 shooting stars in the sky every HOUR. Yes, the Geminid meteorshower is upon us ...

Meteor Mania with the Geminids at Kitt Peak
visitTucson.org
2014 could very well be called The Year of the Meteor Showers! View a meteor shower under the pristine dark sky at Kitt Peak National Observatory...

Stargazing: Geminid meteor shower​
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The waning moon may somewhat dampen this year's display in the predawn hours. However, the Geminid meteor shower is still expected to produce ...

Geminids: How to photograph shooting stars
Mirror.co.uk
The meteor shower starts on Sunday 7 December, and peaks on the 13 and 14 December, when the moon is starting to wane. So we'd suggest one of ...

Shooting Stars over Gloucestershire as Geminidmeteor shower returns
Gloucester Citizen
The Geminid meteor shower begins tonight and it will build to a climax on December 13 and 14, when up to 100 shooting stars could be seen.

Shooting stars: 'Best meteor shower of the year' due this week
Peterborough Telegraph
Picture of the night sky from a lane near Little Gidding during the Persied meteor appearance in 2013. Photo: David Lowndes/Peterborough Telegraph.

Stargazing: Geminid meteor shower​
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The waning moon may somewhat dampen this year's display in the predawn hours. However, the Geminid meteor shower is still expected to produce ...

سقوط نيزك جليدي ضخم قرب مدينة الجديدة بالمغرب
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الكرة الثلجية الضخمة سقطت بحقل مزارع باولاد عمران نواحي مدينة الجديدة على الساعة السابعة صباحا يوم السبت 6/12/2014، الكتلة اصدرت صوت قوي ارعبت ... ??? Megaice, Cryometeorite? replay from Moroc?

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07DEC2014

Bigger than Apophis: Dangerous 300+ meter asteroid to cross Earth orbit every 3 years
RT.com
Scientists have calculated that 2014 UR116 asteroid will fly in dangerous proximity to Earth every three years. If it collides with the planet the energy of the explosion could be a thousand times greater than the impact of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.  Vladimir Lipunov, a leading scientist on the team which discovered the asteroid this October, says the scientists now know its orbit and its period which is 3 years, but they cannot say precisely when the asteroid will approach the Earth....

Eight billion 'dark asteroids' may lurk in Oort cloud
By Sid Perkins - Science Magazine -4 December 2014
Our solar system's asteroid belt, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, may contain a few hundred thousand objects. But much farther away, in regions long presumed to be the realm of comets and other icy bodies, there could be billions of rocky orbs circling the sun, a new study suggests. ...

Geminds meteor shower: Where, when and how can I see the annual shooting star display?
Mirror.co.uk
Wrap up warm it's that time of year when you get to see up to 100 shooting stars in the sky every HOUR. Yes, the Geminid meteorshower is upon us ...

Lights go out in South Downs as it seeks Dark Sky status
Telegraph.co.uk
They will be the best places in the country to see the annual Geminidmeteor shower which will peak between the 13th and 15th December when up to ...

Shooting Stars could be seen over Gloucestershire as Geminid meteor shower returns
Gloucestershire Echo
The meteor shower happens every December as the earth passes through a trail of debris from asteroid 3200 Phaeton as the chunks of rock and ice ...

Geminid meteor shower: See if you can spot hundreds of shooting stars in Derbyshire 

-Derby Telegraph

Week-long Geminid meteor shower begins this weekend and could give Grimsby-area stargazers ...
Grimsby Telegraph
A spectacular meteor shower could allow stargazers in North East Lincolnshire the chance to see up to 100 shooting stars per hour has begun this ...

Week-long Geminid meteor shower begins this weekend and could give Grimsby-area stargazers ...
Grimsby Telegraph
A spectacular meteor shower could allow stargazers in North East Lincolnshire the chance to see up to 100 shooting stars per hour has begun this ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06DEC2014
Posted: 06 Dec 2014 07:35 PM PST
Meet the pope’s astronomer, who says he’d baptize an alien if given the chance National Catholic Reporter - 7 hours With Christmas just around the corner, Br. Guy Consolmagno gets a lot of questions this time of year about the star of Bethlehem that led the ...

Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA
Astronomy Picture of the Day. Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief ...

December full moon 2014: Where to watch Gemini 'Moon Before Yule' rise live online
International Business Times UK
The Gemini full moon is set to coincide with another spectacular astronomical event, as the Geminid meteor shower will begin on Sunday 7 December. ...

Tips for enjoying the Geminids meteor shower
Boston Globe
December 13 and 14 — Peak nights for watching the Geminidsmeteor shower, considered one of the most spectacular of the year; a quarter moon ...

Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2"
Completion of Critical Operation Phase
December 5, 2014 (JST) -Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed the completion of a sequence of the important operations for the Asteroid Exploration "Hayabusa2" mission including the deployment of the horn part of the sampler that captures samples from the asteroid's surface, the release of the locks for the launch that ratchet the gimbal that controls the direction of the ion engine, and functional verification of the three-axis stabilization controls and the ground precision orbit determination system. With this confirmation, the critical operation phase* of the Hayabusa2 was completed. ...


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06DEC2014

Meet the pope’s astronomer, who says he’d baptize an alien if given the chance

National Catholic Reporter - 7 hours
With Christmas just around the corner, Br. Guy Consolmagno gets a lot of questions this time of year about the star of Bethlehem that led the ...

Portugal Fireball Meteor 02DEC2014
blogspot.com
A gigantic fireball recorded tonight in Tomar, Portugal. Video obtained in Templar 5 system by Rui Gonçalves. Um bólide gigantesco registado esta ...

Experts call for asteroid strike response
Sky News Australia
Video: Police Capture M42 Meteor On Video. Astronomer Royal Lord Martin Rees is another supporter. 'The ancients were correct in their belief that ...

Geminids 2014: Watch spectacular meteor shower which lets you see 100 shooting stars per hour ...
Cambridge News
Star-gazers and astronomers may be able to witness the annual Geminids meteor shower, which is expected to peak on the nights of December 13 ...

ONU Observatory, The Geminid Meteor Shower, 8-10 pm
The Ada Icon
ONU Observatory, The Geminid Meteor Shower, 8-10 p.m.. Date: Friday, December 12, 2014. » Login. Ada, Ohio's online news source. The Ada Icon ...

Geminid Meteor Shower at the Stonehenge of Thailand
Tourism Authority of Thailand Newsroom
Geminid-Meteor-Shower-at-Mo-Hin-Khao-2 Be mesmerised by one of the finest meteors showers, the Geminid, with perhaps 50 to 100 meteors per ...

December 2014 Astronomical Events : Full Moon, Geminid Meteor Shower and More
International Business Times, India Edition
December 2014 will be a pretty active month for astral events as it will experience a full moon, a new moon, a Geminid meteor shower and several ...

Full Moon, Geminid Meteor Shower and More
Ibtimes.co.in
December 2014 will be a pretty active month for astral events as it will experience a full moon, a new moon, a Geminid meteor shower and several ...

Japan Launches Asteroid Mission
NASA Science News -December 4, 3014
On Dec. 3, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched its Hayabusa2 mission to rendezvous with an asteroid, land a small probe plus three mini rovers on its surface, and
then return samples to Earth. NASA and JAXA are cooperating on the science of the mission and NASA will receive a portion of the Hayabusa2 sample in exchange for providing Deep Space Network communications and navigation support for the mission. ...

Shooting star shower: UK awaits the annual coming of Geminid
RT
The meteor shower will start on Sunday and peak on December 13 and 14. Sky gazers should expect an astronomical display of awe-inspiring show ...

Where to Watch Geminid Meteor Shower Online: Northern Hemisphere Awaits Shooting Stars Show
International Business Times, India Edition
The northern Hemisphere and the United Kingdom in particular await the most dazzling celestial display of the year called the 'Geminidmeteor ...

Meteorite shows Martian life likelier than previously believed

New Kerala - 19 hours
Researchers from China, Japan and Germany at EPFL's Earth and Planetary Sciences Laboratory performed a detailed analysis of organic carbon ...

Nasa's Orion spacecraft launches after yesterday's glitches

Daily Mail - 12 hours
The unmanned Orion test flight successfully launched at 12.05 GMT (07.05 ET) today in a landmark event witnessed by thousands at Cape ...

Geminids: most spectacular meteor shower in the world heads over UK this weekend
The Independent
The Geminids are different from other meteor showers because they come from an asteroid, rather than a comet. That makes them more gritty and ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for December 6-12, 2014
amsmeteors.org
This will allow observers to view meteor activity as long as they keep the moon out of their field of view. The estimated total hourly meteor rates for ...

IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2015
International Meteor Organization
IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2015. In preparation. © 1997-2013 International Meteor Organization...


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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05DEC2014

Asteroid threat means Earth 'living on borrowed time'
Cosmos Magazine
Astrophysicist and lead guitarist of rock band Queen Dr. Brian May has warned that an asteroid impact was all but inevitable. "The more we learn about asteroid impacts, the clearer it becomes that the human race has been living on borrowed time,” he said, while announcing a global awareness…

ALERT: US/CANADA, UK, EIRE METEOR EVENTS - VA, PA, NY, ONT Possible Fragmentation
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Warm Up with December's Geminid Meteors
Sky & Telescope
The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the best shooting-star displays each year, returns to our skies late this week. Despite interference from ...

Meteorite May Contain Proof of Life on Mars, Researchers Say
Universe Today
Artist's conception of an fragment as it blasts off from Mars as a result of a meteor impact. Credit: The Planetary Society. The scientists argue that ...

Geminids Meteor Shower To Peak Late In Evening Over Bay Area Skies
KPIX - CBS Local
A meteor shower will peak over Bay Area skies next Sunday.

Experts Cast Doubt on Meteorite Study's Claims of Martian Life

LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - 10 hours
A debate has long raged among scientists over the possible existence of life on Mars, and a new study is adding fuel to the fire. A recent ...

Meteorite May Contain Proof of Life on Mars, Researchers Say

Universe Today - 23 hours
Mars is currently home to a small army robotic rovers, satellites and orbiters, all of which are busy at work trying to unravel the deeper ...

Is That Boulder in Your Driveway a Meteorite?

redOrbit - 20 hours
Provided by Alan Rubin for “ Thinking L.A .,” a partnership of UCLA and Zócalo Public Square I am a meteorite researcher and a cosmic ...

NASA to Hold Dec. 8 Media Teleconference on Mars Rover Curiosity Observations
Jet Propulsion Laboratory- December 3, 2014
NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST) Monday,
Dec. 8, to discuss geological observations made by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. ...

Meteorite from Mars ‘holds evidence of life’, researchers claim

Rob Waugh via Yahoo UK & Ireland News - 11 hours
A chunk of rock hurled from the surface of ancient Mars to our planet holds what scientists believe might be evidence of life on the Red ...

Russian scientists plan project to detect space threats

New Kerala - 17 hours
Russian scientists plan to create a space observatory which can spot asteroids measuring over 50 meters at a distance of one astronomical ...

Geminids: Spectacular meteor shower lets you see 100 shooting stars per hour - here's how
Mirror.co.uk
This weekend sees the start of the annual Geminid meteor shower (the Geeminids), one of the most spectacular events of the year for stargazers.

Bright, exploding fireball streaks across the sky over Northeast US
Washington Post (blog)
The American Meteor Society estimates that the fireball began over Ontario County in northwest New York and traveled west-northwest over Canada ...

Radio Meteor Obs. Bull. November 2014
Radio Meteor Observation Bulletin No. 25 of November 2014 (59 K) is available now as
http://www.rmob.org/rmobtext/rmob1411.txt
Archives- http://rmob.org/articles.php?lng=en&pg=28
Varre-Sai - Meteorito...
by Marcelo Souza
YouTube- 2 hours ago- 1 view
Programa sobre a cidade de Varre-Sai apresentado por Fernando Gabeira e produzido pela Globo News . Durante o programa são ...

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Comets - Life Bringers / Life Takers- The Life of Comets- National Geographic full video

Comets - Life Bringers / Life Takers- The Life of Comets- National Geographic full video

Warning!  Just advised- Impostor Video/s
Wow! Pseudoscience at its best! Well done mock-up, but that is NOT the
official National Geographic channel. And those are not National
Geographic videos!
  Quotes taken out of context and twisted...
Clear Skies!
Elizabeth Warner

Thank you Dr. Warner for the "heads up"!

This is the real National Geographic YouTube channel; sorry readers- LunarMeteoriteHunter
https://www.youtube.com/user/NationalGeographic

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References about James McCanney and his "electric-universe" pseudo-science by Phil Plait in Bad Astronomy-
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/mccanney/index.html

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The original post below will be left up until the illegitimate channel is removed- the faked channel has 20 faked videos.

Image Credit- National Geographic

Electrical discharge evidence now shows that comets may not be the icy snowballs that we have been lead to believe. A very interesting video.  My thanks to the folks at NG and Google for the opportunity
to be the first online viewer of this video. -LunarMeteoriteHunter...Tokyo
Totally WRONG I was duped by a very convincing  impostor posing as the National Geographic channel.  Thank you Dr. Elizabeth Warner for the alert.

Meteor distributed source the life-National Geographic full
Posted on YouTube by National Geographic 1 view

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Portugal Fireball Meteor 02DEC2014

Portugal Fireball Meteor 02DEC2014

Post by APAA Associação Portuguesa de Astrónomos Amadores.

A gigantic fireball recorded tonight in Tomar, Portugal. Video obtained in Templar 5 system by Rui Gonçalves.

Um bólide gigantesco registado esta noite em Tomar. Video obtido no sistema Templar 5 por Rui Gonçalves.

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Japan Fireball Meteor 02DEC2014 - 2014年12月2日4時21分24秒長野県上空の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 02DEC2014 - 2014年12月2日4時21分24秒長野県上空の火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 02DEC2014
2014年12月2日4時21分24秒長野県上空の火球
Image Credit- Shimoda 

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http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3400&sid=70ce937b10d6ead810fe1cacdf672262

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Japan Fireball Meteor 04DEC2014 - 2014/12/04 04:30:30 psU火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 0430 JST 04DEC2014 - 2014/12/04 04:30:30 psU火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 0430 JST 04DEC2014
2014/12/04 04:30:30 psU火球
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http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3404&sid=70ce937b10d6ead810fe1cacdf672262

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PA NJ MD VA WV ONT QC Meteor/s 03DEC2014

PA NJ MD VA WV  ONT QC Meteor/s Apprx. 2030 EST 03DEC2014

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PA NJ MD VA WV ONT QC Meteor 03DEC2014

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Initial Meteor Reports-

03DEC2014 Wilson Gainesville, VA 2040/Eastern Time maybe 2-3 seconds Northwest blue streak, orange burst very bright yes, fragmented looked as though it had burst

03DEC2014 Russ & Melanie Brooks Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada 2030/EST, AM 1-2 secs S-W. Left down to right. Facing SW. Orange yellow at ball. Electricity type crackling buzz noise Very bright compared to stars. Not nearly as bright as sun. Strong moon and seen very brightly Yes flared twice. Low on horizon

03DEC2014 E Vernon Grafton, Ontario, Canada 2030 (appx) Flash was less than one second. Trail dissipated in under ten seconds. E-W (based on trail dissipation pattern), maybe 5 degrees south, 5 degrees west of me - very approx Dark, well after nightfall, happened to be outside looking at ground. Ground became orange/peach-lit, I looked up and saw orange smoke trail dissipating Brightness of ground was like someone had turned on a street light over a previously dark area. Brightness of smoke trail was like fireworks or a distant flare Didn't see -

03DEC2014 Dave Upland Pa 20:28PM 5-10 seconds E-W North Green Sun Yellow Sparks Amazing Sight

03DEC2014 Dawn Lafferty Verbank, NY 12585 20:25:00 3 sec. Started E to W Bright stream of light w/a ball of white lite at end of it. sun yes no, was sudden as I happened to look out our picture window.

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here

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UK / Eire Meteor 02DEC2014

UK / Ireland Meteor Approx 22000 GMT 02DEC2014

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UK / Ireland Meteor Approx 22000 GMT 02DEC2014
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Initial Meteor Reports-

02DEC2014 Katie marston green, birmingham, UK 2200 5 seconds sw right Green tail moon No na

02DEC2014 C.Hanson Barnstaple, Devon, UK 2200 GMT 5-7 secs In the west, coming straight down Green Moon Yes I had a clear view of the sky as I was walking West. The object appeared very suddenly, it seemed to be falling straight down. As it fell it brightened before breaking into 3 then disappeared high in the sky.

02DEC2014 Aiman samy Wicklow, Republic of Ireland 21:58:00 4-5 seconds Driving south from Dublin. Bright light falling straight down. Got brighter before disappearing sudennly Ball of fire. Bright yellow/orange More like the sun Possible fragmentation just before dissapearing Didn't see it start, seemed quite large and dissapeared suddenly.

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04DEC2014

NASA to Hold Dec. 8 Media Telecon on Mars Rover Curiosity
NASA will host a media teleconference at 9 a.m. PST (noon EST) Monday, Dec. 8, to discuss geological observations made by NASA's Mars rover Curiosity. ...

The time to tackle killer asteroids is NOW, warn scientists: Leading experts call for urgent action to ...
Daily Mail
Most notably, in February 2013 more than 1,600 people were injured when a meteor exploded near the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia, the largest ..

Japanese team in Atlantic logs first sighting of Phoenicids meteorshower in 58 years
The Japan Times
A team of Japanese experts observed what they identified as the Phoenicids meteorshower over the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in 58 years since ...

Meteorite - December's Geminid meteor shower
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
December's Geminid meteor shower promises to be great hamiltonnews.com. By Mario Carr, special to the News. Astronomers say the annual ...

Hayabusa 2 launches on audacious asteroid adventure
by Stephen Clark- Spaceflight Now -December 3, 2014
A Japanese H-2A launcher blasted off from an idyllic island spaceport
Tuesday, dispatching a daring six-year expedition to bring a piece of
an asteroid back to Earth. ...

UK / Eire Meteor 02DEC2014
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Meteorite From Mars Might Show Signs Of Lifeforms
YouTube ⋅ 01:04
A meteorite that impacted Earth in 2011 might contain signs of biological life that existed on Mars. A meteorite that impacted Earth in 2011 might ...

Geminid meteor shower 13th -14th Dec 2014
Exeter Observatory
This year the Geminid meteor shower occur from 13th to 14th December 2013 and will peak on the 14th. The Geminids are a meteor shower caused ...

Spectacular Geminid meteor shower could be seen in Leicestershire this weekend
Leicester Mercury
The annual spectacular Geminid meteor shower is due to start this weekend - and last for 10 days. Stargazers could witness up to 100 shooting stars ...

The Meteor Mystery Behind Lonar Lake
natgeotraveller.in
The crater was formed fifty-two thousand years ago, when a meteor crashed into the earth at an estimated speed of 90,000kmph, weighing 2 million ...

Fireball dashes across upstate New York skies on Wednesday evening
Examiner.com
Numerous witness reports were received to the American Meteor Society on Wednesday evening of a bright fireball spotted in the skies over upstate ...

Astronomical Events in December 2014: Full Moon, New Moon, Geminids Meteor Shower And ...
International Business Times AU
A meteor streaks over the northern skies in the early morning during the Perseid meteor shower north of Castaic Lake, California August 12, 2013.

Holiday lights: Spectacular shooting stars and much more
Arizona Daily Star
The Leonid Meteor shower, which comes from the Comet Tempel-Tuttle, covered the sky early Sunday morning,Sunday November 18th 2001 in ...

Meteor surprises many in Delaware
The News Journal
A bright and rapid visitor treated many in New Castle County to a surprise Wednesday night. By 9:53 p.m., the American MeteorSociety, a nonprofit ...

Geminids Meteor Shower: Where and when to see it in the North East
ChronicleLive
They added: “The Geminids is different to other meteor showers as Geminid meteors originate from an asteroid, as opposed to a comet, meaning they ...

What's Up In The Sky This Month in Owatonna
Southernminn.com
The Geminid meteor shower peaks on the night of Dec. 13 and the morning of December 14. Meteors can be seen starting once the sky gets ...

Life On Mars: Meteorite Contains Traces Of Organic Matter, Scientists Say
The Inquisitr
Most interestingly, some of the carbon grains inside the Martianmeteor had hardened into diamond, a process that could not have occurred under ...

Fireball reported over Valley skies
WFMJ
Mike Hankey, an amateur astronomer, meteor observer and volunteer for the American Meteor Society, reports more than 100 sightings during a one ...


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Tissint Martian Meteorite Fell in Moroc has Organic Carbon

Martian meteorite may contain evidence of extraterrestrial life

CNET UK - 21 hours
A meteorite from Mars that landed on Earth in 2011 contains a carbon compound that is biological in origin.

Life On Mars? Tissint Meteorite May Contain Organic Carbon, Biologic Proof Of A Once Habitable ...
International Business Times
The Tissint meteorite (not pictured) may contain proof of ancient life on Mars. Pictured is a meteorite that fell in Oslo, Norway on March 11, 2012.

Martian Meteorite Contains Possible Traces Of Biological Matter

redOrbit - 8 hours
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The debate has raged for a long time. Is there now, or has there ever been, life on ...

Rock ejected from Mars has carbon of biological origin, study claims

Daily Mail - 11 hours
The Tissint meteorite (fragment shown) fell to Earth in Morocco on 18 July 2011. It was ejected from Mars by an asteroid impact 700,000 years ...

Meteorite shows Martian life likelier than previously believed

ANI via Yahoo! India News - 19 hours
Washington, Dec 3 (ANI): A new study has suggested that Martian life is likelier than previously believed as a meteorite from Mars shows ...

Life on Mars more probable than thought: Study

One India - 16 hours
London, Dec 3: A martian meteorite that fell in the Moroccan desert three years ago suggests that life on the Red Planet is more probable ...

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Meteorite stirs life-on-Mars debate

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Analysis of a meteorite that fell in the Moroccan desert three years ago revives theories about life on Mars, scientists said on Tuesday. ...

Meteorite Yields Sample of Earth's Most Abundant Substance

Voice of America - 1 hour
No one had ever seen, or named, the most abundant material on Earth — until now. Bridgmanite has finally been sampled and named in honor of ...

Traces of Martian biological activity could be locked inside a meteorite

Science Daily - 3 hours
Did Mars ever have life? Does it still? A meteorite from Mars has reignited the old debate. New research shows that Martian life is more ...

Bridgmanite captured for the first time... on a meteorite

Daily Mail - 9 hours
The mysterious mineral was found by Oliver Tschauner of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and his team in the Tenham meteorite, which hit ...

Mars meteorite contains carbon: Study

Press TV - 2 hours
Theories concerning the possibility of life on Mars have been revived after scientists find carbon traces in a meteorite that fell to Earth ...

Mysterious loud bangs across Britain spark UFOs and meteors conspiracy theories
International Business Times UK
While some speculated that the event was the result of a secret military exercise, others believed the strange event was an alien invasion or meteor ...

What caused a mysterious series of sonic booms heard from England to upstate New York on ...
Catholic Online
However, while the Aurora (unofficially designated the SR-72) could be responsible, others suggest that a large meteor or even space debris could be ...

Geminid meteor shower to light up sky with shooting stars from the weekend
Manchester Evening News
For 10 days up to 100 shooting stars per hour will be seen streaking across the night sky. The meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through ...

People in Hawaii will be treated to a cosmic meteorshower
Apex Tribune
Population of Hawaii will be treated to a cosmic meteor shower. The Earth will pass through the orbital path of Comet Tempel-Tuttle. The Leonid ...

Geminids Meteror Shower Viewing AT Paynetown SRA Dec. 13
WBIW.com
(PAYNETOWN) - Monroe Lake invites you to Paynetown State Recreation Area on Saturday, Dec. 13 to watch the Geminids meteor shower.

OKC Company Fesses Up To Meteor Spoof Video
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The videos, like the meteor spoof, highlighted a few of the things they can teach you, and the illusions a few key strokes and the right software can ...

Residents report seeing possible meteor
The Alexander City Outlook
Did you see a shooting star Monday night? Or was it a flash of light streaking across the sky that had you rubbing your eyes? If you did, there is no ...

Reports of Fireball Monday Might Have Been Meteor
KSTP.com
Sightings of a fireball were reported on the American Meteor Society website. Reports said the fireball was seen before 7 p.m. People reported a ...

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Meteor shower, winter solstice await stargazers this December
GMA News
PAGASA said the annual Geminids meteor shower will be active from December 4 to 17, peaking on the night of December 14 until the early morning ...

'Thud from above trashed my motor'
Blackpool Gazette
He said: “In February 2013 an extremely bright daytime fireball and airburst was witnessed by many thousands of people across Russia and ...

Russian scientists plan project to detect space threats

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Moscow, Dec 1 (IANS/TASS) Russian scientists plan to create a space observatory which can spot asteroids measuring over 50 metres at a ...

Russian scientists plan project to detect space threats

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Moscow, Dec 1 (IANS/TASS): Russian scientists plan to create a space observatory which can spot asteroids measuring over 50 metres at a ...

Chicago’s Priceless Things To Do This Week: December 1st – 7th

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Check out the Priceless Things To Do this week in Chicago, week of December 1st-7th.

Latest theory behind mysterious explosions heard across the country

Coventry Telegraph - 6 hours
One scientist reckons a space-age engine of a super spy plane could have been behind the loud bangs, apparently heard from London to Glasgow

Were 'explosions' heard across Britain made by US stealth plane? Audio of mystery bangs emerges

Daily Mirror - 4 hours
Sounds: Were the noises heard from London to Aberdeen made by an Aurora spy plane (left, file picture)? Were loud bangs heard by people the ...

NASA Wants Meteor Warning System
YouTube ⋅ 01:38
ABC's Devin Dwyer explains what the space agency wants to do to protect the country.

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60 years ago today, meteorite strikes Alabama woman

WHNT-TV Huntsville - 2 hours
SYLACAUGA, Ala. (WHNT) – November 30th marks the 60th anniversary of an extremely unique and rare event in both Alabama and human history. On ...

Rarer than diamonds, space rocks are the latest exclusive gift. The cost? It's ... Astronomic!

Daily Mail - 14 hours
The recent comet landing, together with films such as Interstellar and Gravity, have ignited interest in collecting space memorabilia – and ...

What WERE the loud bangs being heard across Britain? Twitter bombarded by reports of ...
Daily Mail
Britons have been left baffled by a string of 'loud bangs' which shook windows and disturbed children and pets from Glasgow to Devon to London.

Leonid Meteor Dash Cam
YouTube ⋅ 00:17
Butler Police Department captures LeonidMeteor on Dash Cam.

December's Geminid meteor shower promises to be great
hamiltonnews.com
By Mario Carr, special to the News. Astronomers say the annual Geminid Meteor Shower peaking Dec. 13 should be a great show this year.

5 reports
amsmeteors.org
AMS received 5 reports about a fireball seen over AL, IL and TN on November 29th 2014 around 06:47 (UTC)

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São José dos Campos, Brasil Fireball Meteor 30NOV2014

São José dos Campos, Brasil Fireball Meteor 30NOV2014
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c2014 Suzanne Cristine De Paula Silva‎
BRAMON - Brazilian Meteor Observation Network

Post by Suzanne Cristine De Paula Silva.

São José dos Campos
Um imenso fireball verde aqui a nordeste, em São José dos Campos SP, há poucos segundos.
Uns 20° de elevação, de Orion para CMi, às 23h22.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10202092185904458&set=o.542463699165216&type=2&theater

Thank you to Marcelo Wagner Domingues: for the "heads up"

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