05 January 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JAN2021

Remote sensing data sheds light on when and how asteroid Ryugu lost its water
Brown University
Those meteorites have been studied in great detail in laboratories around the world for many decades, but it is not possible to determine with certainty ...

NASA Astromaterials 3D Explorer: Rocks from other planets are practically available now.
Brinkwire
NASA's Astromaterials sample collection, which includes a library of Apollo lunar and Antarctic meteorite samples, is now accessible online for ...

'Extraterrestrial' meteor hits Earth above China at more than 48000 kilometres per hour
Daily Express
The fireball was caught on camera by several onlookers, which was ... "These fireballs are caused by asteroids entering the Earth atmosphere at a ...

'Green fireball' graces Monday night sky for just a few seconds
Meriden Record-Journal
If you saw a green-tinted fireball racing across the sky after dark on Monday, you weren't just seeing things. More than 20 witnesses from Connecticut, ...

Meteorite Fall Spotted Over West Virginia, USA
Yahoo News UK
These people witnessed a meteorite fall in West Virginia, USA. They initially thought it was an airplane but later noticed the object not leaving a ...Photo is of aircraft contrail-LMH

Montana Learning Center catches fireball over Canyon Ferry
KXLH Helena News
Believed to be the first of it's kind installed in Montana, the All Sky Fireball Camera System is capable of giving a 3D atmospheric trajectory of meteors as ...

Mysterious loud booms shake local homes
myfox8.com
Maybe a meteor. Just a host of things. Firecrackers or fireworks,” said Dan Leins, who works at the National Weather Service in Raleigh. He and his staff ...

TeslaCam catches flying pickup truck, possible meteorite
Motor1.com UK
Take a look and let us know if you agree that it is a meteorite. As crazy as it sounds, that won't be the first time a Tesla recorded a falling meteorite.

Veniva dall'area tra Marte e Giove il meteorite caduto lo scorso anno
Il Resto del Carlino
E' stato ricostruito, nel più piccolo dettaglio il volo nell'atmosfera terrestre del meteorite un anno fa a Cavezzo. Il 4 gennaio del 2020, vennero ritrovati ...

Dallo spazio a Cavezzo: così arrivò la meteorite
Media Inaf
Uno dei due frammenti della meteorite 'Cavezzo' ritrovati il 4 gennaio 2020 nel modenese sulla base dei calcoli effettuati dalla rete Prisma. Crediti: ...

Erano di un bolide tra Marte e Giove i frammenti caduti a Cavezzo a gennaio 2020
SulPanaro
A un anno dal ritrovamento dei due frammenti della meteorite, che nel frattempo è stata ufficialmente denominata “Cavezzo” dal nome del luogo dove ...

Il meteorite caduto in Sudan faceva parte di un gigantesco asteroide errante
greenMe.it
Nel nostro Sistema solare c'è un asteroide gigante, molto simile per dimensioni a Cerere, il più grande finora conosciuto e grande come un piccolo ...

Boliden à Uppland “un vrai salaud” – maintenant la recherche de météorites est en cours
NetCost & Security
Boliden à Uppland “un vrai salaud” – maintenant la recherche de météorites est en cours. Par Pierre, le 4 janvier 2021 - Astronomie, espace.

Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2021: 7 stunning photos captured by skygazers
97.1 The River
Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2021: 7 stunning photos captured by skygazers.

Chinese observatory recommends spectacular meteor showers
ecns
Stargazers will be left dazzled by more than 30 meteor showers set to light up the sky this year, said the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese ...

NASA Meteor Watch
Facebook
The meteor was also detected by 4 all sky meteor cameras in the region, enabling us to establish the object's trajectory and orbit. A tiny fragment of an ...

'Quantarids' fireballs soar across sky this week in 2021's first meteor shower
The US Sun
A faint Quantarid meteor was captured at the top of this image on January 4 2021 in ChinaCredit: Getty Images - Getty. The Quantarids peak in early ...

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04 January 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JAN2021

TeslaCam Catches Flying Pickup Truck, Possible Meteorite
InsideEVs
Was it a meteorite? If not where did the rock come from? As always let us know what you think in the comment section below. Source: Wham Baam ...

Fireball meteor lights up the night on trucker's dashcam
Facebook
I hope this trucker remembered to make a wish! via ViralHog.

Difference between asteroids, meteors and comets - NASA explains how to tell them apart
Daily Express
What is the difference between a meteor, meteoroid and meteorite? This trio are all related, as they are all visible as “shooting stars” streaking across the ...

Largest meteor crater
martinas-kunsthandwerk.at
largest meteor crater The EID lists fewer than ten such craters, and the largest in the last 100,000 years (100 ka) is the 4. Hover over or tap a circle or ...

Quadrantids meteor shower in UAE: 120 shooting stars to light up night sky today
Khaleej Times
Geminid meteor shower captured at Wadi Shawkah, Ras Al Khaimah, by KT photographer M. Sajjad in December 2020. Skygazers are in for a New ...

How to watch the 2021 Quadrantid meteor shower light up the sky this weekend
CNET
The challenge is that these shooting stars and bright fireballs risk getting washed out by the bright moon that won't be far off its full phase Saturday ...

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03 January 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JAN2021

Fireball as bright as the full Moon over Spain
Meteor News
This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the ...



Hayabusa 2-
Japan Pleased with Latest Asteroid Samples
VOA Learning English
meteorite – n. a piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the ground from outer space : a meteor that reaches the surface of the Earth without burning up ...

Meteorite sorvola il Mediterraneo. Video dalla Spagna
Corriere Quotidiano
Nel video vediamo un meteorite che ha sorvolato il Mar Mediterraneo alle 23:40 UTC del 2 dicembre 2020. Il video è stato registrato dalla Spagna ...

Il meteorite “gemello” di Chelyabinsk si sta avvicinando alla Terra: gli scienziati avvertono del ...
sdionline
All'inizio del 2021, diversi corpi celesti di asteroidi sorvoleranno il nostro pianeta: uno di loro, molto simile al meteorite di Chelyabinsk, ha ricevuto lo ...

Watch: UFO or meteor? Teen's footage of mysterious object in Auckland sky
New Zealand Herald
Meteoroids are objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids and are also known as space rocks. Advertisement. Advertise with ...

Scientists discover 12 new deep-sea species in the Atlantic Ocean
ThePrint
The shard of the meteorite is known as Almahata Sitta. In 2008, a 9-ton asteroid came into Earth's atmosphere, and exploded into some 600 meteorites ...

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02 January 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JAN2021

Some of Hayabusa2's Samples are as Big as a Centimeter
Universe Today
A fireball hurtled across the sky on December 5th – the sample return capsule from the Hayabusa2 asteroid mission by JAXA (Japan Aerospace ...

History of the solar nebula from meteorite paleomagnetism
Science Advances
We discuss the implications of theory, meteorite measurements, and astronomical observations for planetary formation and nebular evolution.

Sept réalisations scientifiques importantes de l'année 2020
Trust My Science
La première protéine d'origine extraterrestre trouvée dans une météorite ... Une façon de découvrir cela nécessite de se tourner vers les météorites.

Quadrantid meteor shower could sizzle or fizzle over the weekend
WGRZ.com
Although winter has just begun for the Northern Hemisphere, the Quadrantids is the season's final meteor shower before there is a long spell where no ...

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01 January 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01JAN2021

Balls of fire: A look at Alberta's meteor events in 2020
Globalnews.ca
A map of possible meteor and meteorite sightings over and near Alberta in 2020 provided by the American Meteor Society. Alberta's contribution to that ...

Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire: A look at Alberta's meteorite activity in 2020
Globalnews.ca
Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire: A look at Alberta's meteorite activity in 2020. There were dozens of meteor events reported across Alberta this ...

U of A scientists hunting for meteorite that likely fell near Camrose
Globalnews.ca
Chris Herd, University of Alberta Faculty of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences professor, talks about the search for meteorites from a fireball that lit up ...

Experts Spot A Giant Fireball Falling From The Sky And Smashing Into Chinese Province
Chemical Market Reports
Most meteorites are forbidding as per the Chinese traditional culture. The videos of meteorite crash on social media platforms have created panic and ...

Mysterious dwarf planet-sized asteroid is hidden in our solar system, study suggests
The Independent
Meteors and meteorites can provide a key way of understanding more about our solar system, since they come from asteroids that are left over from the ...

Mars Express Spots Chaotic Terrain near Valles Marineris
Sci-News.com
Ice can be triggered to melt by heating events such as volcanic lava flows, subsurface magmatism, impacts by large meteorites, or changes in climate.

Meteor Showers in 2021 That Will Light Up Night Skies
The New York Times
For example, during the Perseid meteor shower you are seeing meteors ejected from when its parent comet, Comet Swift-Tuttle, visited in 1862 or earlier ...

Astro Bob: 2020 night-sky superlatives and what's coming in 2021
Duluth News Tribune
2-3 — Peak of the annual Quandrantid meteor shower. I'll provide more details on how to see it in an upcoming blog. March 10 — Lovely close ...

Global BC's top 10 videos of 2020
Globalnews.ca
In May, residents of Metro Vancouver were stunned to see what could have been a meteor falling from the sky in broad daylight. Turns out they're not as ...

First meteor shower of 2021 to light up Norfolk
Thetford & Brandon Times
The Quadrantid meteor shower is active from December 12 to January 12, but the peak is expected to happen on January 3. For Norfolk, the shower has ...

Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2021: When does it peak and how can I see it in the UK?
Metro
When does the Quadrantids Meteor Shower peak? A meteor passes across the north eastern sky above the West Kennet Long Barrow near Avebury.

Why is Meteor Crater so well preserved?
Study.com
Meteor crater is an impact crater located in Arizona, USA. It is also referred to as Barringer Crater, but the official name is Meteor Crater since the nearest ...

Meteorite Discovery: Key Building Block for Organic Molecules
SciTechDaily
Scientists from Japan and NASA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic molecule that may have been used to build other organic ...

Un astéroïde mystérieux de la taille d'une planète naine se cache dans notre système solaire
45 Secondes
La composition des autres météorites indique un réchauffement en ... La météorite abritait une suite inhabituelle de minéraux qui se forment à des ...

Un astéroïde de la taille d'une planète naine peut être caché dans le système solaire
NetCost & Security
2008 TC3 est une météorite carbonite chondrite, un type qui représente 4,6% des météorites trouvées sur Terre. Ils sont composés de roche noire, qui ...

Aztech, the first Mexican science fiction film, is almost ready to take off
AL DIA News
Arcane Aztec prophecies, meteorites, cosmic desolation, abductions, ... in different places and moments triggered by the fall of meteor fragments with ...

Author: Paul Roggemans
Meteor News
Amateur meteor workers have always been interested to exchange ... Subscribe to Meteor News and join a global community of meteor observers.

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31 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31DEC2020

Restore Your Sense Of Wonder With The Coolest Science Discoveries Of 2020
Forbes
7 billion-year-old stardust fell to Earth in a meteorite. Roughly 2.5 billion years before our Sun formed, another star blasted out a jet of gas in the throes of ...

Meteor last night 2020
potavell.com.br
meteor last night 2020 Catch the shooting stars of the last major meteor shower of the year, the Ursids, when it peaks between the night of December ...

The first meteor shower of 2021 will illuminate the night sky on New Year's weekend
CBS News
But 2021 is starting off strong with the peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower, which NASA calls one of the "best annual meteor showers," from ...

Asteroide di 7 metri cade in Cina: esplosione in cielo pari al 60% della bomba di Hiroshima
greenMe.it
Un meteorite piomba sulla sua casa, se lo rivende e diventa milionario ·

The κ-Cygnid Meteor Shower and Its Relationship with Near-Earth Asteroids
Springer
At present, about 20 meteor showers with an hourly rate of 20 to 140 meteors per hour (Geminids, Draconids, Quadrantids, Orionids, Perseids, etc.) ...

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30 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30DEC2020

Huge meteor burns up in West Virginia skies; Absence of debris make netizens suspect alien
IBTimes India
An unusually giant meteor burned up in the skies of West Virginia on December 27, and the event has now emerged as the hottest debating point ...

Meteor lights up sky from New Jersey to North Carolina
OBXToday.com
NASA image of a fireball from a past meteor shower. A large meteor streaked across the sky ...

Video of 'Blazing' Flying Object Spotted in West Virginia Skies Triggers UFO Debates Online
Sputnik International
#Breaking - huge meteorite/comet falling down in West Virginia, USA. ... ​Insisting that "no impact from a meteor was recorded, found or reported" at ... Photo in article is of a aircraft contrail.-LMH

Stunning photos captures Ursid meteor shower above Colchester
Gazette
These stunning pictures captured the moment a meteor shower shot across the sky near Essex. Photographer Paul Rowe captured the incredible ...

Asteroid set to pass Earth in New Year as NASA reveals 'Near Earth' approach
Daily Express
Fireball news: Meteor booms over US in stunning video · Asteroid mission: Japanese space craft carrying Ryugu near Earth. “The giant outer planets ...

Meteor Big Bang Changes in US and British History | Meteor Blast
6Park News
A large meteor exploded at high altitude, producing a dazzling flash. In Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ontario, Canada, many ...

Fireballs, spaceships and … iguanas? 7 strange things that fell from the sky
Space.com
Here's a list of seven intriguing objects — and a few reptiles — that made headlines for falling from the sky. Exploding, green fireball over the Tasman ...

Et si la météorite d'Almahata Sitta était le vestige d'un ancien gros objet qui a disparu de notre ...
Fredzone
Une étonnante théorie qui tire ses origines de l'analyse portant sur un minuscule fragment de cette météorite. Photo de Frantisek Krejci – Pixabay.com.

Asteroide gigante scoperto dagli scienziati nel nostro Sistema solare: è grande come un piccolo ...
greenMe.it
Il frammento oggetto specifico di ulteriori indagini è stato identificato come residuo del meteorite Almahata Sitta (AhS), contenente un insieme di ...

A Meteor Spectrum of High Excitation.
NASA/ADS
NOTES A METEOR SPECTRUM OF HIGH EXCITATION On the morning of ... prismatic camera (f = i : 4.5), a very bright meteor appeared in the field.

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

29 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29DEC2020

Meteor lights up sky from New Jersey to North Carolina
Inside NoVA
A large meteor streaked across the sky along the East Coast Monday evening, prompting two dozen reports to the American Meteor Society with an ...

Meteor lights up sky from New Jersey to North Carolina
Beach 104
NASA image of a fireball from a past meteor shower. A large meteor streaked across the sky along the East Coast Monday evening, prompting two ...

FACT CHECK: Here's What This West Virginia Meteorite Video Actually Shows
Heavy.com
According to the American Meteor Society, the majority of these reported “fireballs” are not meteorites or other space objects. What we are seeing is ...

China: Rätselhafter Feuerball am Himmel aufgetaucht
Gentside Deutschland
Yushu China, Falling meteorite pic.twitter.com/Tgx59a6J0C. — sirius Lighter (@oksiriusOffical) December 24, 2020 ...

Did A Huge Fireball Crash Near A Lake In Allegan County?
wbckfm.com
Whether it is a joke, a meteorite, or perhaps aliens remains unknown at this time. VIDEO: What Was Caught On Camera At The South Haven Pier?!

Scientists Discover A Large Meteorite With Different Chemical Compositions For The First Time
Market.us Media - United States Market News
Scientists have been studying a fragment of meteorite, which has been gathered after an asteroid near-crash with Earth in 2008. In the new analysis, ...

La Nasa vous propose de manipuler des météorites et des roches lunaires en réalité virtuelle
Yahoo Actualités
En tout, 10 météorites et 10 échantillons lunaires sont actuellement disponibles ; d'autres seront mis une ligne d'ici l'été 2021. Now you can examine ...

Indian-Origin Chemist Ramanarayanan Krishnamurthy Finds New Clue to Origin of Life on Earth
India.com
Also Read - Spectacular Geminid Meteor Shower With Over 100 Shooting Stars to Grace Skies Tonight; Know When, Where and How to Watch it.

Almahata Sitta Meteorites Came from Ceres-Sized Asteroid, Study Shows
Sci-News.com
“Amphiboles are rare in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, having only been identified previously as a trace component in the Allende meteorite,” Dr.

Cette météorite trahit l'existence d'un très grand astéroïde inconnu
Futura-Sciences
La composition d'un morceau de la météorite Almahata Sitta, arrivée sur Terre il y a 12 ans, indique que son corps parent était un astéroïde à peu ..

L'analyse d'une météorite suggère l'existence d'un astéroïde gigantesque errant dans le système ...
45 Secondes
Almahata Sitta est spéciale pour diverses raisons, notamment pour être la première météorite à prédire avec précision frapper la Terre. Mais sa ...

Самый большой метеорит
Элементы
The history of Hoba meteorite. Part I: Nature and discovery. В 1921 году Майкл Хансен, непосредственный владелец фермы Гоба Вест, отправил ...

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28 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28DEC2020

Fireball over China creates loud explosions
SlashGear
While it's unknown exactly what the meteorite was comprised of, Chinese media suggests the fireball could've been a bolide, which is a bright meteor ...

Blazing meteor believed to be mysterious light seen in northwestern China
BC Begley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_ghBA3Mo9E A suspected low-flying meteor lit up the sky in northwestern China's Yushu City on December 23.

Follow the wandering star! Moment meteor shower streaks across the night sky over Essex on ...
Daily Mail
WHAT IS A METEOROID? A meteoroid is a small chunk of asteroid or comet. When it enters Earth's atmosphere it becomes a meteor, fireball or shooting ...

Moment meteor shower streaks across the night sky over Essex on Christmas Day
DUK News
The annual display, known as the Ursid meteor shower, was at its peak on Dec 21 and 22 but the shower but continued into Christmas Day. Shooting ...

Mysterious giant asteroid is lurking in solar system and it hurled a big meteor at earth, study finds
IBTimes India
Now, a new study conducted by one of those collected meteorites has suggested ... However, the Amphibole content in the meteorite discovered in the ...

VIDEO: Meteors flare over Texas as part of the annual Leonid meteor shower
News Break
DEL RIO, Texas (KXAN) –– A flaring meteor near Del Rio was caught on dashcam Thursday while the Leonid meteor shower continues this week.

US Scientists Find Meteoric Evidence of a Potentially New Asteroid
International Business Times, Singapore Edition
The composition of a piece of the meteorite Almahata Sitta indicates that its parent body was an asteroid roughly the size of Ceres, said scientists.

Ursids 2020 with Worldwide Radio Meteor Observations
Meteor News
By Hiroshi Ogawa and Hirofumi Sugimoto. Abstract: Worldwide Radio Meteor Observations recorded an Ursid outburst in 2020. The Ursid activity ...

On This Day in Space! Dec. 27, 1984: Famed Allan Hills Mars meteorite found in Antarctica
MSN UK
Weighing in at just over 4 lbs., this space rock is considered to be one of the oldest Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. Scientists estimate that it ...

There's an asteroid the size of a small planet lurking in our solar system
Digital Trends
A meteorite is the name for a piece of debris that falls to Earth, and this particular one comes from an asteroid, which is a small object which orbits the ...

Unique meteorite hints at parent asteroid lurking in our solar system
SlashGear
Researchers have been conducting a study on a mysterious meteorite that exploded over Sudan in 2008. The meteor was estimated by NASA to ...

A unique meteor hints at an original asteroid lurking in our solar system
theinformant.co.nz
Meteorite It is known as a salt (AhS) and is made from a substance known as carbon chondrite. The image above is part of the meteor in the wrong ..

Unikátne meteority označujú materské asteroidy v našej slnečnej sústave
cikycaky.sk
Vedci uskutočnili štúdiu o záhadnom meteorite, ktorý explodoval v Sudáne v roku 2008. Odhadovalo sa, že meteor vážil okolo deväť ton NASA a mal ...

Mystery behind diamond-studded meteorite that hit Sudan in 2008 revealed
The Indian Express
The mineral also only once appeared on a meteorite known as Allende which fell in Chihuahua, Mexico half a century ago. “Some of these meteorites ...

New Study Shows The Moon Might Have More Lunar Craters Than Earlier Prediction
Sound On Sound Fest
Scientists have informed us that lunar craters are formed when meteorites and asteroids bump into the lunar surface. These lunar craters disclose ...

Meteor Radar Observations of The Wind Regime in The Upper Mesosphere
IEEE Xplore
Abstract: The results of monitoring for the wind regime at heights of mesosphere - lower thermosphere by meteor radar of Kazan Federal University ...

West Virginia Meteor skimming atmosphere sighting?
Glock Talk
Yep, moving way too slowly to be something like a meteor or comet. Space junk burning upon reentry can look similar, but to me, it looks like a funky ...

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

27 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27DEC2020

Watch: Suspected bright meteor seen in China's Qinghai province
Times of India
The 'fireball' looked like it was descending into the ground but soon dissolved into the horizon. Watch the video.

How a rare meteorite sighting in 1807 in CT helped birth American science
CT Insider
A view of the Weston Meteorite on display at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven, Conn., on Wednesday Dec. 6, 2017. Photo: ...

Un astéroïde mystérieux de la taille d'une planète naine se cache dans notre système solaire
Cable's Chronicles
Comme environ 4,6% des météorites sur Terre, celle-ci – connue sous le ... La météorite abritait une suite inhabituelle de minéraux qui se forment à ...

meteor
Kanabec County Times
Dashcam footage from a Pine County squad car captured a meteor burning up in the atmosphere.

Mystery solved over fast-moving object seen in Suffolk skies on Christmas Day
East Anglian Daily Times
The mystery over a bright, fast-moving object spotted soaring through Suffolk's skies on Christmas Day has been solved. A meteor over the skies in ...

Mysterious asteroid the size of a dwarf planet is lurking in our solar system
Livescience.com
Now, a new study of one of those meteorites suggests that the meteor may have ... The meteorite harbored an unusual suite of minerals that form at ...

Théodore Monod, à la poursuite de la météorite
Le Point
Il a deux objectifs : trouver à Chinguetti, en Mauritanie, une colossale météorite et se rendre à Asselar, au Soudan. Là, il doit repre... Article réservé ...

On This Day in Space! Dec. 27, 1984: Famed Allan Hills Mars meteorite found in Antarctica
MSN UK
Weighing in at just over 4 lbs., this space rock is considered to be one of the oldest Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. Scientists estimate that it ...

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26 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26DEC2020

Caught on Camera: Mammoth 'fireball' flashes through the horizon in China's Qinghai province
Times Now
A 'fireball' was seen flashing in the sky which looked like it was descending into the ground. However, it dissolves into the horizon later on. SHOW FULL ...

Viral videos: Giant 'fireball' falls from sky, crashes into Chinese province
The Indian Express
In traditional Chinese culture, meteorites from the sky are usually regarded as a precursor to major events or social unrest, and most of them are ...

VIDEO: Meteor falls from the sky north of Sandpoint
KTVB.com
A KREM viewer sent in this amazing video of a meteor falling on the night of Dec. 23. This video file cannot be played ...

Watch Door Cam From Eagle, Idaho, Catch Reported Meteor Explosion
kool1079.com
It was enormous and left a fiery trail that appeared to go for miles. The video was described as likely a meteorite that exploded upon entry into the Earth's ...

Meteor captured near the Arctic Ocean, Longyearbyen, Norway . Video credit: @chiccomattos via ...
Instagram
13.9k Likes, 147 Comments - Astronomy Daily (@the.astronomy.daily) on Instagram: “Meteor captured near the Arctic Ocean, Longyearbyen, Norway .

Footage shows meteor falling from sky in Idaho [video]
News Chant South Africa
The clip shows the meteor falling north of Sandpoint. It flares brightly earlier than disappearing behind a small mountain ridge. Idaho meteor sighting.

Watch: Footage shows meteor falling from sky [video]
The South African
The clip shows the meteor falling north of Sandpoint. It flares brightly before disappearing behind a small mountain ridge. Idaho meteor sighting. The ...

Asteroid That Blew up in Earth's Atmosphere in 2008 Was From a Much Bigger Rock That ...
News18
The Almahata Sitta meteorite is one of the 600 meteorites that was formed after the asteroid exploded in Sudan over a decade ago. When the ...

L'astéroïde qui a explosé dans l'atmosphère terrestre en 2008 provenait d'un rocher beaucoup ...
News 24
La météorite Almahata Sitta est l'une des 600 météorites qui s'est formée après l'explosion de l'astéroïde au Soudan il y a plus de dix ans. Lorsque l' ...

Astro Bob: Scientists love 'lumps of coal' in their Christmas stockings
Brainerd Dispatch
... carbonaceous chondrite meteorite that fell in Costa Rica on April 23, 2019. ... It's not surprising that the shards resemble carbon-rich meteorites as ...

Fireballs, spaceships and … iguanas? 7 strange things that fell from the sky
Livescience.com
People who witnessed the meteor first-hand said that it appeared green to the naked eye. Rainbow meteorite found in Costa Rica. A cross section of a ...

'The Midnight Sky Ending' Explained: What Happens To Girl With Augustine In Observatory?
Republic World
Shortly after Sully first makes contact with Augustine, the Aether encounters a meteor storm that knocks out their radar and communications.

Meteor News
American Meteor Society
The 2011 Meteor Shower List is presented in four separate parts. The showers are broken down by intensity with major,… by Robert Lunsford - Dec 21, ...

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

25 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25DEC2020

Giant fireball streaks across sky and crashes on ground in China; is it a meteor, watch viral video
Zee News
Difference between an asteroid and meteor: An asteroid is a large chunk of rock left over from collisions or the early solar system whereas a meteor is ...

Viral videos: Giant 'fireball' falls from sky, crashes into Chinese province
The Indian Express
A suspected low-flying meteor lit up the sky in northwestern China's Yushu City in the Qinghai Province on December 23, leaving residents stunned ...

Une énorme « boule de feu » tombe du ciel et s'écrase dans Horizon en Chine, regardez une ...
News 24
Les météorites volent souvent au-dessus de la Terre mais il est rare d'en voir une chute à la surface. Regardez la superbe vidéo ici: Beaucoup se sont ...

Watch video: Giant 'fireball' falls from sky, crashes into Chinese province; experts suspect meteorite
DNA India
At the same time, some experts are also considering it as a meteorite. According to DailyMail report, this incident is from Nangqian of Qinghai province ...

कोरोना के साथ चीन में एक और आफत, आसमान से गिरा आग का ...
UP Varta News
यह संदिग्‍ध उल्‍का पिंड (Meteorite) नांगकिआन काउंटी और यूसू काउंटी के बीच में सुबह ...

Blazing meteor believed to be mysterious light seen in northwestern China
Dailymotion
A suspected low-flying meteor lit up the sky in northwestern China's Yushu City on December 23.The video shows a bright fireball streaking across ...

Huge 'Fireball' Falls Out of the Sky and Crashes into Horizon in China, Watch Viral Video
News18
Meteorites often fly past the Earth but it is rare to see one fall on the surface. Watch the stunning video here: Many took to social media to share photos ...

Meteor falls from sky in China: आसमान से गिरा आग का गोला, अब तक दहशत ...
Zee News Hindi
धरती पर उल्का पिंड (Meteorite) का गिरना कोई असामान्य घटना नहीं हैं, क्योंकि यह अक्सर ...

Avvistata una gigantesca palla di fuoco nei cieli della Cina: meteorite?
Business Insider Italia
L'ipotesi più probabile è che si sia trattato di un meteorite, i residenti hanno affermato di aver sentito diverse, forti deflagrazioni. Guardate. Immagini ...

Watch: Huge meteor falls from the sky and crashes into ground in China
Stuff.co.nz
According to reports, the fireball was probably a bolide and it might have dropped several meteorite fragments somewhere in the area. A bolide is a very ...

Nad Chinami widziano bardzo jasny bolid. Meteoroid mógł sięgnąć powierzchni Ziemi
Gazeta.pl
Teraz taki jasny meteor mieli okazję zobaczyć mieszkańcy jednej z południowych prowincji Chin. Ziyao Wang. on Tuesday. meteorite fell in Qinghai, ...

Possible meteor caught in night sky over Florida
9News.com KUSA
The Walton County Sheriff's Office shared what appeared to be a meteor streaking over the night sky above Miramar Beach, Florida, on Dec. 23.

Meteor explosion caught on video
Moose Lake Star-Gazette
A Pine County deputy caught a once-in-a-lifetime shot on his dashcam at about 6:50 in the morning of Wednesday, Dec. 16. In a four-second video ...

Sheriff's Office Reports Possible Meteor Over Florida Sky
Yahoo News
The Walton County Sheriff's Office said one of its deputies captured footage of a possible meteor streaking through the sky above northwest Florida in ...

Meteor fireball lights up sky over Alabama
Sott
A meteor was captured on camera in Marshall County, Alabama, on the evening of December 22, as it hurtled across the sky. This clip, posted by ...

Teen captures 'meteor' video over Camborne
Cornwall Live
Meteor, meteoroid and meteorite are all related to the flashes of light called “shooting stars” sometimes seen streaking across the sky. But we call the ...

Melbourne meteor!
Reddit
About 2 hours ago I saw what I think was a meteor in the northern suburbs of Melbourne! I saw a bright blue colored line and then it looked like it …

Asteroid bigger than the Statue of Liberty will fly past Earth on Christmas Day, NASA says
Daily Mail
A meteor is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris ... If any of this meteoroid makes it to Earth, it is called a meteorite.

Massive 'Christmas asteroid' plus two others expected to make close fly by of Earth
CTV News
'Flurry of shooting stars': How to watch the Geminid meteor shower this month · Japanese spacecraft's gifts: asteroid chips like charcoal.

The biggest and most important scientific breakthroughs of 2020
Yahoo News Australia
"This meteorite is really a treasure trove for science," said cosmochemist Philipp Heck, the lead author of the study which helps us peer back into the ...

Asteroid X: Study spies evidence for previously unknown Ceres-sized space rock
Daily Express
"Some of these meteorites are dominated by minerals providing evidence for exposure to water at low temperatures and pressures. “The composition of ...

Meteorite analysis reveals unknown object in solar system
Daily Research News
Analysis of a small fragment of a meteorite that fell to Earth a dozen years ago has identified a new parent body once as massive as the dwarf planet ...

The moon has way (way) more craters than we thought
Space.com
Impact craters, formed during meteor strikes, cover most of the moon's surface. Impact craters can be considered the lunar equivalent of "fossils," that ...

Asteroid news: Scientists may have discovered a new asteroid classification in study
EconoTimes
“Some of these meteorites are dominated by minerals providing evidence for exposure to water at low temperatures and pressures. The composition of ...

Meteor size and frequency distribution for Earth vs. moon or other planets?
Astronomy Stack Exchange
I struggle to find an answer to the at-first-sight simple question how the size distribution and frequency of asteroids vary from Earth, to the Moon, ...

Photos AMS event #3880-2020
Photos : American Meteor Society
The American Meteor Society, Ltd. is a non-profit scientific organization founded in 1911 and established to inform, encourage, and support the ...

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24 December 2020

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Walton County Sheriff's office captures rare video meteor falling from the sky
WMBB - mypanhandle.com
WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) — A Walton County Sheriff's dash camera captured a random meteor falling from the sky. On Wednesday, the Walton ...

Meteor explodes on Pine County video
Pine City Pioneer
Another commenter wrote: “Alien invasion to end 2020?” The meteor may have been part of the Geminid meteor shower, which was expected to hit the ...

Meteor Lights Up Sky Over Alabama
Yahoo News
This clip, posted by Michael Brooks on Twitter, shows the fireball as viewed from Lake Guntersville. The meteor moved at 29,000 miles per hour ...

Meteor fireball lights up Yushu city China
Sott
A suspected low-flying meteor has lit up the sky in northwestern China's Yushu City on December 23. Video from the event in the city in China's ...

Watch: Huge meteor falls from the sky and crashes into ground in China
Stuff.co.nz
This shot of the meteor was taken from a plane. According to reports, the fireball was probably a bolide and it might have dropped several meteorite ...

Giant Meteor Fireball Falls From The Sky & Crashes Into Ground in China, Leaves Locals Stunned ...
India.com
Videos of the event which have gone viral showed a bright fireball streaking across and lighting the dark sky. Updated: December 24, 2020 11:27 AM ...

Une mystérieuse boule de feu traverse le ciel en Chine (Vidéo)
Maxisciences
Les multiples vidéos se sont rapidement retrouvées sur les réseaux sociaux. Et chacun y est allé de son commentaire. Yushu China, Falling meteorite ...

Enorme palla di fuoco cade dal cielo su un'area rurale della Cina [VIDEO]
Notizie IN
E' caduto un meteorite in Cina. Mercoledì all'alba un grande oggetto luminoso ha lanciato forti lampi nei cieli della Cina nordoccidentale, quindi è ...

क्या वाकई में उल्कापिंड था चीन में आसमान से गिरा आग ...
News18 इंडिया
चीन (China) में कई लोगों ने इस आग के गोले (Ball of Fire) को एक उल्कापिंड (Meteorite) माना है.

Huge ball of fire 'falls from the sky and crashes into a Chinese town'
MSN UK
It is not immediately clear what the ball of fire is, but local media are suggesting the possibility of a very bright meteor. No casualties have been ...

Une minuscule météorite pourrait remodeler notre compréhension des astéroïdes
LaminuteInfo
Les scientifiques ont publié une analyse d'un fragment de météorite recueilli après une quasi-collision d'un astéroïde en 2008 avec la Terre.

Meteoric Evidence Found for a Previously Unknown Asteroid
SciTechDaily
Amphiboles are rare in CC meteorites, having only been identified previously as a trace component in the Allende meteorite. “AhS is a serendipitous ...

The moon may have far more lunar craters than previously known
Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News
(CNN) — Moon craters formed when meteorites and asteroids slammed into the lunar surface. Like fossils on Earth, they reveal something about the ...

Moon Found to Have Far More Craters than Most People Thought
Science Times
The Live Science report also specified that impact craters, "formed during the meteor strikes," cover most of the surface of the moon. Science Times ...

Meteorite Fragment Points to Missing Dwarf Planet in Early Solar System
ExtremeTech
... or other similarly sized carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. According to the study, the only conclusion that fits with what we know about amphiboles ...

Alcuni meteoriti caduti sulla Terra sono tracce di un asteroide sconosciuto
FocusTECH
Un gruppo di ricercatori del Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) ha studiato il minuscolo frammento di un meteorite caduto sulla Terra circa 12 anni fa ...

Scientists Find a Meteorite That Could Reshape Our Understanding of Asteroids
Gizmodo
Scientists have released an analysis of a meteorite fragment gathered after a 2008 asteroid near-collision with Earth. They show the parent asteroid ...

Spazio: un frammento di un pianeta nano nel deserto del Sudan
Scienzenotizie.it
Dopo oltre un decennio di ipotesi sull'origine del meteorite, un team di scienziati americani sembra averne risolto il mistero. Gli esperti del Southwest ...

L'analyse d'une météorite révèle un objet inconnu dans le système solaire
SciencePost
L'analyse d'un petit fragment de météorite tombée sur Terre il y a une ... un petit morceau de l'une de ces météorites (AhS 202, 50 milligrammes).

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23 December 2020

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Huge ball of fire 'falls from the sky and crashes into a Chinese county', leaving locals stunned
Daily Mail
A meteor is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when debris burns up. This debris itself is known as a meteoroid. Most are so small ...

Fireball Meteor over the southern North Sea.
Sciency Thoughts - blogger
A fireball is defined as a meteor (shooting star) brighter than the planet Venus. These are typically caused by pieces of rock burning up in the ...

NASA Tracking Huge Christmas Day Asteroid Heading Towards Earth At 22000mph
UNILAD
Sometimes meteorites fall to the surface, but rarely do they cause major damage or harm. Advert. 10. Asteroid Pixabay. We're expecting a number of ...

L'asteroide più grande del Sistema Solare: primato di Cerere a rischio?
Ultima Voce
Il meteorite in questione è stato denominato Almahata Sitta. Tra l'altro si trattò del primo meteorite scoperto prima che cadesse, fu scoperto il giorno ...

Meteorite porta indizi su enigmatico "oggetto sconosciuto delle dimensioni di Cerere"
Sputnik Italia
Anche se si ritiene che il corpo genitore del meteorite studiato dal team di ricerca non esista più, la sua stessa presenza nel nostro sistema solare ...

Scientists Say There Was a Huge, Mysterious Object in the Early Solar System
Futurism
“Some of these meteorites are dominated by minerals providing evidence for exposure to water at low temperatures and pressures,” lead author Vicky ...

Meteoric Evidence For A Previously Unknown Asteroid
Space Ref
The composition of a piece of the meteorite Almahata Sitta (AhS) indicates ... Asteroids -- and the meteors and meteorites that sometimes come from ...

Scientists discover evidence of a potentially new asteroid
Siliconrepublic.com
A team of researchers studying a small meteorite shard said it is likely to have ... amphibole, which is a rare find in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites.

Meteorite which hit Earth 'came from unknown object up to 1100 miles wide'
Yahoo New Zealand News
The Almahata Sitta (AhS) meteorite was formed in the presence of water, researchers from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) now believe. In 2008 ...

The moon may have far more lunar craters than previously known
WRAL.com
CNN — Moon craters formed when meteorites and asteroids slammed into the lunar surface. Like fossils on Earth, they reveal something about the ...

200 a brilliant meteor and its cloud-like trail tropical disturbances of july 1933
AMS Journals
An unusually brilliant meteor was observed at 5:07 a m on March 24, 1933, by Pilot C. W. Coyle, while flying a. Transcontinental & Western Air Mail ...

In Tataouine
London Review of Books
Pieces of another meteorite, which landed in 1931, have been sold in Parisian jewellery stores. A group of Italian researchers tried to make off with a ...

Des chercheurs identifient un fragment de météorite provenant d'un astéroïde de type inconnu
Science et Vie
À l'époque, l'étude des fragments a montré qu'il s'agissait d'une uréilite, une météorite pierreuse relativement rare ; ces météorites présentent ...

Μυστήριο με τους μετεωρίτες που βρέθηκαν στην Ξάνθη – Τι λέει καθηγητής Πετρολογίας
Newsbeast.gr
Αποκλείει το ενδεχόμενο να είναι μετεωρίτες τα δείγματα που διακρίνονται στις διάφορες φωτογραφίες και τα βίντεο που έκαναν το γύρο του διαδικτύου ... NOTE- Picture shows tektites and NOT meteorites.

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22 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22DEC2020

Μαρτυρία: Μετεωρίτες έπεσαν στην Ξάνθη
Zougla
Πτώση μετεωριτών σημειώθηκε γύρω στις 14:30 με 15:00 το μεσημέρι της Παρασκευής 18 Δεκεμβρίου, στην ευρύτερη περιοχή της Ξάνθης. Σύμφωνα με ...

Meteor caught on camera over Scottish mountain
The National
A PHOTOGRAPHER snapped a meteor soaring above a mountain – capturing the magical image using long exposure. The stunning photograph was ...

«Βροχή» από… μετεωρίτες στην Ξάνθη - Δείτε βίντεο
Πρώτο ΘΕΜΑ
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Ξάνθη: Βροχή από μετεωρίτες – Τα κομμάτια που βρήκε ζευγάρι μέσα σε κρατήρα (video)
Newsit
Ένας μετεωρίτης φαίνεται ότι έπεσε την Παρασκευή το μεσημέρι (18-12-2020) περίπου στις 14:00 στην περιοχή του Κόσυθου κοντά στην Παλιά Πόλη ...

Meteorite Clues Point to a Huge, Unknown Object in The Early Solar System
ScienceAlert
This hurtling object from above became known as Almahata Sitta: a collection of roughly 600 meteorite fragments, painstakingly recovered by ...

Des indices de météorite indiquent un énorme objet inconnu dans le système solaire ancien
Cable's Chronicles
Cet objet volant d'en haut est devenu connu sous le nom d'Almahata Sitta: une collection d'environ 600 fragments de météorite, minutieusement ...

Asteroid that exploded in Earth's atmosphere in 2008 was part of a much larger space rock that ...
Daily Mail
A meteor is what astronomers call a flash of light in the atmosphere when ... 'The composition of other meteorites points to heating in the absence of ...

SwRI-led team finds meteoric evidence for a previously unknown asteroid
EurekAlert
Amphiboles are rare in CC meteorites, having only been identified previously as a trace component in the Allende meteorite. "AhS is a serendipitous ...

Rinvenuti meteoriti con tracce di vita aliena
Sputnik Italia
Il meteorite ALH 84001 dal peso di 2 kg, rinvenuto nel 1984 in Antartide, ebbe meno fortuna. Il corpo celeste proveniente da Marte si trovava sui ...

Study finds meteoric evidence for a previously unknown asteroid
Phys.Org
The composition of a piece of the meteorite Almahata Sitta (AhS) indicates ... Asteroids—and the meteors and meteorites that sometimes come from ...

Key Building Block For Organic Molecules Discovered In Meteorites
Astrobiology News
A piece of the Murchison meteorite that was used in this study. CREDIT NASA. Scientists from Japan and NASA have confirmed the presence in ...

NASA's AIM Sees First Night-Shining Clouds of Antarctic Summer
NASA
Meteor dust comes from meteors, which are ground into dust when they plummet and burn through the atmosphere. Noctilucent clouds form when ...

Watch the Skies this Holiday with Raspberry Pi Meteor Detector
Tom's Hardware
What's not so unexpected are the small meteor showers that hit Earth on a daily basis. These tend to only catch our attention when the meteors are big ...

把隕石戴在手上!「鐳諾塔絲」推出限量隕石機械錶
Yahoo奇摩新聞
鐳諾塔絲旗下有各種系列錶款,其中「METEORITE‧LIMITED」系列在日本發行後就立即售罄,而該系列也將於台灣銷售!這款限定手錶使用稀有隕石製作 ... Meteorite Face Watches

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21 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21DEC2020

Un meteorite nel cielo Luganese
Corriere del Ticino
Un meteorite nel cielo Luganese. lo scatto. Non molti probabilmente stavano guardando il cielo alle 4 di mattina del 18 dicembre, una ragazza con la ...

THE RELATION BETWEEN RAINFALL AND METEOR SHOWERS in
AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
The effect might, however, be due to an extraterrestrial influence. The rainfall peaks occur approximately 30 days after prominent meteor showers, and it ...

Has star jelly fallen into Herefordshire garden?
Hereford Times
Perhaps coincidentally, the Ursids meteor shower can currently be seen in the night sky. It happens every December and is visible until Boxing Day.

Set up a Raspberry Pi meteor detector
Hacker News
nottrobin. "We all know about the big meteor showers such as the Geminids and Perseids"

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20 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20DEC2020

Meteor Caught on MN Dash Cam
Facebook
WOW! Check out this dash camera video! You'll start to see an apparent meteor streaking across the sky. A Minnesota State Patrol trooper spotted this.

Enjoy these Christmas Days with Spectacular Meteor Shower in the Tico Sky
The Costa Rica News
Each year there are approximately 30 different meteor showers on Earth, some larger than others. The Geminids are known as the best annual meteor ...

Sky's the limit for astronomical research center
SHINE
“Based on our meteorites collection, we will set up a meteorites lab, carry out research on cosmo-chemistry and launch education projects on ...

10 scoperte scientifiche del 2020
Il Post
Nel settembre del 1969 un meteorite che abbiamo chiamato Murchison cadde in Australia. A gennaio sull'autorevole rivista scientifica Proceedings of ..

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