28 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28FEB2021

Meteorite may have landed near El Dorado
Texarkana Gazette
Meteorite may have landed near El Dorado. A fireball streaked across the Central Arkansas sky at 8:17 p.m. Wednesday. by Bill Bowden | Arkansas ...

Arnold: Meteorite may have broken up after all
El Dorado News-Times
A professional meteorite hunter has called off his search for a meteorite near El Dorado after surveillance video from a Pulaski County farm made it ...

Meteor hurtling across night sky seen in 9 states
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Arnold, who was a host of the Discovery television show "Meteorite Men," thinks there's a good chance the meteorite landed on Earth, possibly in the ...

U of A solves fireball mystery
St. Albert Today
U of A meteorite collection curator Chris Herd and post-doctoral research fellow Patrick Hill used imagery from the Global Fireball Observatory to ...

Monday morning fireball was a comet fragment burning up in Earth's atmosphere
Mirage News
Western Canadians may remember the Buzzard Coulee meteorite from November 2008, which produced a similar fireball effect. Herd explained that ...

Asteroid 7-times size of Big Ben to pass Earth - NASA tracks 'potentially hazardous' rock
Daily Express
"They make spectacular fireballs in the atmosphere, and sometimes fragments make it to the surface as meteorites, but don't cause any significant ...

Willamette Meteorite replica restored after vandalism
Pamplin Media Group
After being spray painted gold in the past week, the replica of the Willamette meteorite in Fields Bridge Park has been restored to its original color ...

Radioactivity in meteorites sheds light on origin of heaviest elements in our solar system
Phys.Org
Inside these meteorites, the radioactive decay generated an excess of stable nuclei. Today, this excess can be measured in laboratories in order to ...

L'extinction des dinosaures vient enfin de révéler la pièce manquante du puzzle
Hitek.fr
Après avoir foulé la Terre pendant une centaine de millions d'années, les dinosaures se sont brusquement éteints suite à l'impact d'une météorite de 12 ...

Ils ont cultivé des microbes dans des échantillons de roche martienne
SciencePost
La météorite en question, nommée Martian Black Beauty, est une pierre inestimable formée de divers morceaux de croûte martienne, certains aussi ...

Did Ancient Martian Life Eat Rocks For Food?
Universe Today
Real Martian meteorites are extraordinarily rare, but are invaluable in terms of understanding Martian geology. Now, one of the most famous meteorites, ...

La cicatrice del deserto del Namib creato da un meteorite grande come un Suv
La Stampa
Il meteorite ha colpito uno strato di gneiss granitico, ricoperto da alcune rocce sedimentarie più giovani. Ma nessun frammento del meteorite è stata ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for February 27-March 5, 2021
American Meteor Society
As seen from the northern hemisphere, March is the slowest month of the year for meteor activity. No major annual showers are active and only a few ...

Gamma Normid meteor shower to light up the night sky over Somerset
Somerset Live
Cloud cover over Princetown, Dartmoor reduced visibility of the Lyrid meteor shower and the Milky Way galaxy. Wednesday 22nd April 2020. Picture: ...

The Perseverance rover may be on Mars, but there's a lot we already know about from meteorites ...
Space.com
Although Martian meteorites have been found across Earth, most have ... When a meteorite strikes the surface of Mars, the "target" rocks are subject to ...

Le rover Perseverance est peut-être sur Mars, mais nous en savons déjà beaucoup sur les ...
45 Secondes
Bien que des météorites martiennes aient été trouvées sur Terre, la plupart ont ... Il existe plusieurs façons de reconnaître une météorite martienne.

Meteorites remember the conditions of stellar explosions
BollyInside
... formation of the solar system, capturing the moment when radioactive nuclei got incorporated into solids that would become meteorites. view more.

How China was behind 'meteor' spotted over Queensland
Yahoo News Australia
Pretty sure it was a meteorite shower? That was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen!” another woman posted alongside a video.

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27 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27FEB2021 Late Edition

Meteorite falls over Arkansas, possibly landing near El Dorado
El Dorado News-Times
Steve Arnold of Eureka Springs is looking for video to help triangulate the location. Arnold, who was a host of the Discovery television show Meteorite ... El Dorado Arkansas Meteor 25FEB2021

Fireball streaks across Central Arkansas sky
Arkansas Online
Arnold, who was a host of the Discovery television show Meteorite Men, thinks ... cameras on vehicles and door bells might have captured the meteor. ... El Dorado Arkansas Meteor 25FEB2021

Meteor lights up sky in Alberta and Saskatchewan
CBC.ca
A flash of light flew across the dark sky early in the morning. It was a meteor piercing through the sky, looking like a fireball. The image was caught on ...

Fireball in the sky was a small piece of a comet: University of Alberta
CityNews Edmonton
Was it a meteorite or a comet? Scientists can now tell us Monday morning's fireball was actually a fragment from a comet burning up in the atmosphere ...

Fireball in the sky was a comet burning in the atmosphere: University of Alberta
CityNews Winnipeg
If you believe you may have found a piece of this comet or any meteorite, you're asked to contact the University of Alberta through the Meteorite ...

Monday morning fireball determined to be comet fragment: U of A
Edmonton Journal
The Buzzard Coulee meteorite from November 2008 was seen by people in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and even North Dakota, providing a ...

Fireball that lit up Prairie sky was a comet fragment travelling 220000 km/h: University of Alberta
Globalnews.ca
“All meteoroids — objects that become meteors once they enter Earth's atmosphere — enter at the same altitude and then start to burn up with friction,” ...

WATCH: Mystery light, door-rattling sonic boom over Bundy
News Mail
Unlike a typical meteor type sighting, witnesses said they were able to watch the object for around a minute or more before it drifted out of view ...

Les scientifiques capturent des moments précis de l'impact alors que la météorite explose dans l ...
45 Secondes
L'équipe du spectrographe ultraviolet (UVS) du Southwest Research Institute affirme avoir capturé un bolide – une explosion de météorite extrêmement ...

Cm in meteorites constrain the last astrophysical source of solar r-process elements
Science Magazine
The ratio of those isotopes at the time of Solar System formation is recorded in meteorites. Comparing this value with nuclear astrophysics calculations ...

Earthly Life Could Survive On Mars, New Studies Suggest
IFLScience
The team used meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, a piece of Mars ... Earth – or even in lab experiments on non-martian carbon-rich meteorites.

This India-born scientist is paving our way to Mars with space rocks
Times of India
So, meteorites collected by Wadhwa and other space rock hunters will fill in until then. martian (1). (A Martian meteorite. Photo: Wikipedia) It sounds ...

Publications - Finesse
NASA
Sears, D.W.G. Shedding Light: The Luminescent Glow of Meteorites and Moon Rocks. ... A meteorite perspective on asteroid hazard mitigation. Planet.

A Serendipitous Shot Frames a Meteor Soaring Over Russia's Klyuchevskaya Sopka as It Erupts
Colossal
... the brilliant trail of a meteor streaking through the sky and Klyuchevskaya Sopka as it spews a mass of glowing lava. Striking and similarly explosive, ...

Meteorite caused dinosaur extinction, Belgian study confirms
The Brussels Times
A team of researchers led by the University of Brussels (VUB) have found definite proof that the dinosaurs' extinction was caused by a meteorite.

Extinction des dinosaures : la "pièce manquante du puzzle" enfin trouvée par les chercheurs
Sciences et Avenir
Cependant, faute de cratère de météorite, l'hypothèse qu'une activité volcanique intense a pu causer cette extinction massive va parallèlement ...

Woolly mammoths would have lived an extra 4000 YEARS in some parts of Europe and Asia if it ...
Daily Mail
Experts have previously blamed woolly mammoth extinction on meteor impacts, volcanoes, habitat loss and even disease, as well as humans and ...

People 'hastened collapse and extinction' of the woolly mammoth, says examine
The Times Hub
Specialists have beforehand blamed woolly mammoth extinction on meteor impacts, volcanoes, habitat loss and even illness, in addition to people ...

Space junk from Chinese spacecraft soars over Queensland
ABC News
Key points: Chinese rocket Long March 3B breaks up over Queensland; The debris of the spacecraft was expected to fall into the Pacific Ocean; The ...

UFO Spotted in Ludhiana? Residents Claim They Saw a Shiny Unidentified Object in Sky | Watch ...
India.com
... citizens were intrigued with the object, with many speculating that it could be a meteor, while others are asking for more information on it. Also Read ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27FEB2021 Early Edition

Fireball that lit up Prairie sky was a comet fragment travelling 220000 km/h: University of Alberta
Globalnews.ca
22): What appears to be a meteor or fireball it up the Monday morning sky in Alberta, with people in Edmonton and Calgary reporting the flash.

Race for space rocks: Meteorite hunters have good chance for success in Alberta, researcher says
CBC.ca
Race for space rocks: Meteorite hunters have good chance for success in Alberta ... the location of the fireball, which was reportedly seen in places like Jasper, ... "Usually we work with the finder because the value of these meteorites ...

Meteor lights up sky in Alberta
Yahoo Singapore News
the American Meteor Society (AMS) commented on its website. The AMS received hundreds of reports on the meteor falling that was mainly seen from ...

Fireball thrills St. Albert sky-watchers
St. Albert Today
Fireball thrills St. Albert sky-watchers. Meteor fragments may have landed in north Alberta. about 23 hours ago By: Kevin Ma.

Watch a fireball light up skies across Canada and the US
CNN
Watch a fireball light up skies across Canada and the US. There have been more than 400 reports of sightings, according to the American Meteor ...

WATCH: Bright meteor lights up early morning sky
ARY NEWS
Several thousand meteors of fireball magnitude occur in the Earth's atmosphere each day. The vast majority of these, however, occur over the oceans ...

Meteor lights up sky in Canada
KYMA
The American meteor society (AMS) commented on its website "The brighter the fireball, the more rare is the event". The AMS received hundreds of ...

Fireball spotted in Mallorca skies on Tuesday
Majorca Daily Bulletin
A fireball is a very bright meteor which ranges in colour from red to blue and its composition determines its colour; sodium produces a bright yellow ... NOTE- Information about colour produced by meteors is incorrect-LMH

Scientists stumble on a meteor smashing into Jupiter
CNET
Scientists stumble on a meteor smashing into Jupiter. Stare at ... that a large meteoroid had exploded in a bright fireball in Jupiter's upper atmosphere.

Scientists grow extremophile microbes on rocks from Mars
Big Think
The meteorite was discovered in the Sahara Desert, where it crashed some 1,000 years ago. Today, it's worth 250 times the price of gold. "Black Beauty ...

This India-born scientist is paving our way to Mars with space rocks
Times of India
So, meteorites collected by Wadhwa and other space rock hunters will fill in until then. martian (1). (A Martian meteorite. Photo: Wikipedia) It sounds ...

Russie : un photographe amateur a immortalisé le passage d'une météorite lors de l'éruption d'un ...
Demotivateur
Une météorite au milieu d'une éruption volcanique. Lorsqu'il a pris des photos, Tomas Van der Weijden a eu un véritable coup de chance puisque le ...

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26 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26FEB2021

Race for space rocks: Meteorite hunters have good chance for success in Alberta, researcher says
CBC.ca
Meteorites let scientists study how to receive deliveries from outer space. CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2021 11:12 AM MT

La caméra de surveillance de sa maison filme une MÉTÉORITE dans le ciel canadien (vidéo)
RTL info
On y voit une météorite illuminer le ciel. "Les gens disent que c'était une météorite ? J'aurais aimé la voir de mes propres yeux mais la caméra de ...

Watch: Bright Meteor Spotted Over Alberta, Canada
News On 6
A bright meteor passed over the Canadian province of Alberta on Monday (February 22). "The brighter the fireball, the more rare is the event.

VIDÉO : Météorite foudroyante éclaire le ciel canadien
Science et Vie
Plus de vidéos de la météorite canadienne : La société américaine des météorites (American Meteor Society, AMS), a reçu plus de 400 signalements et ..

Meteor lights up sky in Canada
KYMA
(KYMA, KECY) - A bright meteor passed over the Canadian province of Alberta this week. The American meteor society (AMS) commented on its ...

Two meteors to fly by earth, one named after the God of Chaos, Apophis
ABC 4
The meteor exploded with an estimated 26 to 33 times the force of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. Over 100 years ago, another explosion in Russia, the ...

Life on Mars: Scientists grow rock-eating organisms on Martian meteorite
Daily Express
Life on Mars: Scientists grow rock-eating organisms on Martian meteorite. MICROBES have been grown on an ancient piece of Martian rock by scientists ...

Woman with city link is paving our way to Mars with space rocks
Times of India
Martian meteorites, Wadhwa says, provide “insights into the planet's origin ... A keen trekker and explorer, Wadhwa has been on meteorite collecting ...

How a drug addict tradesman almost got away with owning a stolen 11 kilo meteorite - and the ...
Daily Mail
A drugged up pool builder who hid a stolen five billion-year-old meteorite as a rock ornament in his garden has been jailed for drug-related charges.

Hot stone: Man brought 'down to earth' over stolen meteorite
The Cairns Post
Sisters Cecilia Boissevain and Ghis Gallo were shocked to hear that Cairns police had recovered a large meteorite that was stolen from their family ...

Scientists share images of gorgeous meteoroid explosion on the surface of Jupiter
International Business Times UK
Scientists using powerful telescopes from NASA's Juno spacecraft saw a bright meteoroid explosion in the atmosphere of the gas giant. The researchers ...

Fireball spotted in Mallorca skies on Tuesday
Majorca Daily Bulletin
The Research Network of Fireballs & Meteorites recorded the fireball in several parts of the country on February 23: Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La ...

Institute maps ice on Mars to fuel future missions
erienewsnow.com
One way to confirm the presence of ice is by examining the craters left by recent meteor strikes, but such “ice-exposing impacts,” are rare, Morgan said.

A method for computing luminous efficiencies from meteor data
NASA Technical Reports Server
required to vaporize chunks of froth in the meteor wake. ... meteoroids for meteors previously thought to have been produced by fragile low-density ...

La météorite d'automne a été trouvée!
NetCost & Security
En décembre 2020, les géologues Andreas Forsberg et Anders Zetterqvist ont trouvé le plus gros fragment de la météorite tombée sur le centre de la ...

Meteorite hunters find Sweden's first ever new-fallen iron meteorite
The Local Sweden
Two Swedish meteorite hunters have discovered the iron remains of the giant fireball meteor which which lit up the night sky in November. Andreas ...

Ådalen, Sweden: 14 kg iron meteorite found
Probably the main fragment of the 7 Nov fall.
https://www.thelocal.se/20210223/meteorite-hunters-find-swedens-first-ever-new-fallen-iron-metoerite
I think this is the world's first iron meteorite with known oribital
elements.
And the sound of the meteorite, the "projectile sound" (falling pitch)
sometimes reported can be heard here, recorded only a few km away:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwY1Wib5d5U
--Steinar

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24 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25FEB2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News: The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News ...
Lunar Meteorite Hunters - blogger
Two Swedish meteorite hunters have discovered the iron remains of the giant fireball meteor which which lit up the night sky in November. Andreas .

Lumpy, 30-pound meteorite that crashed in Sweden recovered in local village
Livescience.com
A 30-pound chunk of iron meteorite found in Uppsala, Sweden. (Image credit: Andreas Forsberg/Anders Zetterqvist.) A half-melted hunk of iron-rich rock ...

Une météorite de 14 kilos découverte en Suède
Metro Belgique
Deux géologues ont découvert à Enköping, en Suède, une météorite ferreuse de près de 14 kilos. Il s'agirait des débris les plus importants de l'impact ...

A meteorite of about 14 kilograms was found in Sweden | Science
Dividend Wealth
Two geologists discovered an iron meteor weighing nearly 14 kilograms in Sweden. The Naturhistoriska riksmuseet, Stockholm's natural history ...

Meteor lights up Cochrane sky
Cochrane Today
1 / 2 Cochrane resident Shane Garyk saw the meteor on Monday (Feb. 22) during his commute to work.Photo submitted.

Dashcam catches meteor flashing in the sky
Yahoo News Canada
Dashcam catches meteor flashing in the sky. Tue., February 23, 2021, 11:21 a.m.. This fireball over Alberta was spotted in the neighbouring province ...

Fireball thrills St. Albert sky-watchers
St. Albert Today
Meteor hunters should watch for char-black rocks that may be magnetic and report their findings to University of Alberta meteor researcher Chris Herd at ...

Des images d'une météorite dans le ciel de l'Alberta
La Presse
Selon un expert interrogé par la chaîne canadienne CTV, la taille de la météorite s'apparente à celle d'un ballon de plage. L'American Meteor Society a ...

What we can learn from meteors
Globalnews.ca
Dr. Patrick Hill with the University of Alberta joins Global News Morning Calgary live via Skype to explain how scientists will attempt to track the meteor ...

Fragments of Monday morning meteor may have landed in Alberta
Lethbridge News Now
GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB. — A meteor that lit up the sky early Monday morning may have left fragments in Northern Alberta. The meteor was spotted at ...

Bright green fireball meteor lit up the pre-dawn sky over Alberta
The Weather Network
Meteoroid-Meteor-Meteorite-Fireball-Bolide-NASA-ROM-GoogleEarth-. As the meteoroid encounters air molecules in its path, it compresses those ...

Meteor news: Huge fireball sparks nuclear missile concerns in Canada
MSN UK
Aamer said: "The meteorite I saw was unique as it was too bright and the whole sky lit up for a much longer time. a tree with snow on the ground: ...

Meteor news: Huge fireball sparks nuclear missile concerns in Canada
Daily Express
Aamer said: "The meteorite I saw was unique as it was too bright and the whole sky lit up for a much longer time. Meteor news: Huge fireball sparks ...

Video: Bright Fireball Illuminates Morning Sky Above Alberta in Calgary
Sputnik International
According to Chris Herd, a meteorite expert with the University of Alberta in Edmonton, the fireball that for several seconds blazed across the Alberta ...

Meteor - Calgary, Alberta - February 22nd 2021 06:23 (MST) - R/Space booted the post: Astronomy
Reddit-- Meteor - Calgary, Alberta - February 22nd 2021 06:23 (MST)

Security camera captures insanely close falling meteor
Yahoo News Canada
That meteor falls just a little too close for comfort in this incredible clip. Captured in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Credit to '@JoshuaKayne'. Our goal is ...

Scientists stumble on a meteor smashing into Jupiter
CNET
Researchers using NASA's Juno spacecraft to check out Jupiter's auroras say they got lucky last spring and caught a very bright meteoroid explosion ...

Asteroid Twice As Big As Empire State Building to Fly Past Earth Next Week
Newsweek
It's important for NASA to track such asteroids, as evidenced by the Chelyabinsk meteor exploding over Russia in 2013, injuring more than 1,600 ..

'Stadium Sized' Minor Planet Is Heading Towards Earth: NASA
BOL News
The difference between asteroids and meteorites is basically the same size: meteoroids are less than one meter in diameter, while asteroids are more ...

Astro Bob: See Vesta, the brightest asteroid, in binoculars
Duluth News Tribune
Dawn confirmed that a class of meteorites found on Earth called Howardites, ... This is a slice of the eucrite meteorite NWA 2724 found in the Sahara ...

Scientists Have Grown Microbes on Actual Rock Bits From Mars
ScienceAlert
So far, the only samples we have are chunks of meteorite, dislodged from the red planet and travelling through the Solar System until they smack into ...

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23 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24FEB2021

Meteorite hunters find Sweden's first ever new-fallen iron meteorite
The Local Sweden
Two Swedish meteorite hunters have discovered the iron remains of the giant fireball meteor which which lit up the night sky in November. Andreas ...

Suède: deux géologues découvrent une météorite de fer de... 14 kg (vidéo)
Sudinfo.be
Ces dernières semaines, plusieurs fragments de la météorite avaient déjà été retrouvés. Celle-ci mesure 30 cm et en serait le morceau le plus grand. Il ..

What we know about the 'particularly bright' meteor that lit up the morning sky across AB and Sask ...
Omny.fm
Guest: Gary Boyle, The Backyard Astronomer, Honoured by Asteroid 22406 Garyboyle.

Meteor Lights Up Sky Over Alberta, Canada
Yahoo Entertainment
Meteor Lights Up Sky Over Alberta, Canada. Mon, February 22, 2021, 3:01 PM.

VIDEO: locals catch glimpse of meteor lighting up the sky
FortSaskOnline.com
A meteor shooting across the sky was caught on video in Fort Saskatchewan. Photo supplied. Early risers were greeted to quite the sight Monday ...

Meteor lights up morning sky
CityNews Edmonton
Did you see the meteor this morning? Feb 22, 2021, 7:02 PM.

Meteor sends blast of light across the sky in Alberta, Canada
WTSP.com
CALGARY, AB — A fireball lit up the sky Monday morning over parts of Alberta, Canada. The bright meteor was reported by thousands of people in ...

'Never seen anything like that': Meteor lights up skies above Calgary
Globalnews.ca
Many Calgarians were checking their security cameras Monday after a meteor was seen all over Alberta and parts of Saskatchewan. Linda Olsen ...

RAW: Meteor video from Auburn Bay
660 News
Calgary resident Michelle LeForte shared this video of the meteor spotted over Calgary around 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 22, 2021. Feb 22, 2021, 11:08 AM.

Bright meteor lights up the Alberta sky on Monday morning
Globalnews.ca
Now, as Morgan Black reports, the hunt is on to find exactly where the meteor landed

Frammenti di un meteorite lunedì mattina potrebbero essere atterrati in Alberta
Pianeta Strega
L'American Meteorite Society stima, utilizzando i dati raccolti dai rapporti, che la traiettoria di volo del meteorite sia terminata a sud-ovest di Athabasca ...

Local Amateur Astronomers Looking For Footage of Rare Meteor Over Fort McMurray | 100.5 ...
100.5 CRUZ FM
Local amateur astronomers are asking the public to check all outdoor video footage to see if they caught a rare meteor sighting. Dwayne Tilley was hel ...

Meteorite - Calgary, Alberta - February 22nd 2021 06:23 (MST) : space
Reddit
Turns out it was a meteor that ended up hitting a house about 20 miles away. I didn't discover that piece of news until the next day. I really thought it ...

Speedy fireball lights up Alberta sky Monday morning
rdnewsnow.com
In 2017, Hildebrand and a graduate student recovered a meteorite in the ... “Everyone who saw or recorded the meteor on Monday morning, you're ...

Did you see it? Fireball flashes across the Prairie sky
CBC.ca
Be sure to report the details of any anomalies spotted in the night sky to groups like the University of Alberta's meteorite reporting system, and always ...

Doorbell cameras capture bright fireball lighting up sky over Canada
Aberdeen Evening Express
instead I saw the meteor which really surprised me.” Chris Herd, curator of the meteorite collection at the University of Alberta, told Canadian outlet ...

VIDEO: Fireball meteor streaks across sky, spotted by early-morning risers in Alberta, BC – Langley ...
Langley Advance
Chris Herd, a meteorite expert at the University of Alberta, said a meteor that bright is classified as a fireball. If you caught the #fireball (#meteor) at 6:23 ...

Blast of light across the sky: Meteor streaks atop Calgary, spotted throughout Alberta
CTV Toronto
Chris Herd, a meteorite expert and professor at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, confirmed the fireball was a meteor. If you caught the #fireball (# ...

Un météore traverse le ciel de l'Alberta
Le Journal de Montréal
Des fragments de la formation rocheuse, des météorites, pourraient être retrouvés non loin, a indiqué le Dr Herd. Il s'agirait également d'un événement ...

Lacombe resident captures falling meteor on a dash cam
LacombeOnline.com
One lucky Lacombe resident witnessed a truly amazing site on his way to an early morning jog. Peter DeWitt saw a meteor light the sky early in the ...

Sask. residents witness fireball hurtle across the sky
CKOM News Talk Sports
Hurd said scientists right now are trying to map the trajectory of the meteor to narrow down a more precise location so they can begin looking for ...

Aliens? In the UK they reported seeing a huge fireball
Prudent Press Agency
However, quickly Meteorite Organization International and UK Meteorite Network Clarify this and specify that it was meteor. An unsurprising fact ( ...

Un astéroïde d'un kilomètre de long s'approche de la Terre mais ne nous tombera pas dessus
RTBF
Lire aussi : Comète, astéroïde ou météorite : quelles sont les différences ? Décidément, la période est propice aux astéroïdes. Après 2019 YP5, de la ...

The Apophis Asteroid Can Be Seen Over the Hudson Valley Tonight
wpdh.com
Chances are, the fireball simply disintegrated in mid-air. Once a meteor strikes the Earth's surface it officially becomes a meteorite. It actually happens a ...

Did the solar system's planets form in 2 waves?
Futurity: Research News
“Meteorites have a different 'fingerprint' depending on whether they originated in the inner or the outer solar system.” Where they originate determines ...

Origin of Volatiles on Asteroid 4 Vesta
Planetary News
Fortunately, a group of meteorites called HEDs (short for howardites, eucrites, and diogenites) is thought to come from Vesta and thus provide us with ...

Mars missions can inspire next generation scientists, papal astronomer says
The Catholic Universe
Br Macke said the Vatican meteorite collection has about half a dozen ... using data from Martian meteorites and comparing it with data from different ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23FEB2021

The Apophis Asteroid Can Be Seen Over the Hudson Valley Tonight
i95rock.com
On October 9, 1992, a meteorite struck a parked 1980 Chevrolet Malibu in Peekskill. Yes, this really happened. You may have seen some of the ...

Mars missions can inspire next generation scientists, papal astronomer says
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Macke said the Vatican meteorite collection has about half a dozen specimens from Mars, including samples from the important Chassigny meteorite, ...

Meteor strike today
sqhk.co
On Sunday night, a bright fireball was reported by visual observers in Tennessee. At about 7:22 p.m. Central, the meteor was spotted by four of the All ...

Meteorite attraversa i cieli dell'Inghilterra, tante le segnalazioni. Il video registrato da una ...
Centro Meteo Italiano
La telecamera di sicurezza di un appartamento riprende il passaggio di un meteorite: la scoperta inaspettata dopo aver visionato il filmato. Meteorite ...

Met Bull Update : 25 new North African meteorites
by Mike G.-Galactic Stone & Ironworks
There is a new Meteoritical Bulletin update. There are 25 new
approvals from several different desert localities.
Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=1&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0

Comet Giacobini-Zinner and the Draconid Meteor Shower - NASA/ADS
NASA/ADS
ACM'93 313 Comet Giacobini-Zinner & the Draconid Meteor Shower Iwan P. Williams and Zidian Wu Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary And Westfield ...

Meteor exploded so brightly it triggered doorbell cams across Northern England
RT
“I've seen meteors before but this one I was stunned by the colour, the length of the fireball and the length of time it was in the sky,” said one stunned ...

Meteor breaks up over ocean in incredible footage | Facebook
Facebook
Meteor breaks up over ocean in incredible footage. ... More. ·. Facebook © 2021. Meteor breaks up over ocean in incredible footage. The Independent.

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22 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22FEB2021

WATCH: Fireball streaks across Oklahoma sky
KOCO Oklahoma City
A fireball in the sky from a possible meteor, seen Friday afternoon by many Oklahomans across the state ...

Incredible moment security camera captures meteor streaking across sky before exploding into ...
Daily Mail
Home footage has captured the incredible moment a meteor exploded in a fireball over Northumberland.

Interactive Map of Earth's Asteroid and Meteor Impact Craters
HeritageDaily
A bolide (an extremely bright meteor like the recent Chelyabinsk meteor in Russia) approximately 10–15 km in diameter collided with the Nuna ...

Astronomy Fact of the Day: February 20, 2021 - Saint Louis Science Center
St. Louis Science Center
A Perseid meteor photographed in 2016. Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls. For those interested in learning about meteor showers, one great resource is the ...

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21 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21FEB2021

WATCH: Fireball streaks across Oklahoma sky
KOCO Oklahoma City
A fireball in the sky from a possible meteor, seen Friday afternoon by many Oklahomans across the state....

Leeds residents speculate after 'fireball' spotted in skies of the city
Yorkshire Evening Post
Leeds residents took to social media to speculate after a 'fireball meteor' was spotted across the skies of the city on Thursday night. By Daniel Sheridan.

Exploding meteor is caught on doorbell camera streaking across the sky
Daily Journal Online
... up the night sky. It is believed the clip, shot at 9:18 p.m., shows a meteor known as a bolide crashing to earth and disintegrating in the atmosphere.

Incredible moment security camera captures meteor streaking across sky before exploding into ...
Daily Mail
Home footage has captured the incredible moment a meteor exploded in a fireball over Northumberland. Advertisement. Ruth Rose, 25, got a text alert ...

Meteor exploded so brightly it triggered doorbell cams across Northern England
RT
Reports streamed in to the International Meteor Organization (IMO) and the UK Meteor Network from all over the northern UK about the celestial ...

Rare Multi-Colored Meteor Tail Captured on Camera???
Yahoo! Voices
China's foreign ministry said on Friday that seeing the plight of Americans suffering in a severe winter storm that hit the state of Texas this week ...

Perseverance rover lands on Mars, but there's much we already know from Martian meteorites on ...
ABS-CBN News
Although Martian meteorites have been found across Earth, most have ... When a meteorite strikes the surface of Mars, the “target” rocks are subject to ...

Growing Earth Bacteria On A Martian Meteorite
Astrobiology News
Growing Earth Bacteria On A Martian Meteorite. Source: UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA; Posted February 19, 2021 2:02 PM;

New High Desert Museum exhibit looks up (very) close at 'Cosmic Microscapes'
KTVZ
... is a collaboration between Seattle photographer Neil H. Buckland and University of Washington professor and meteorite scientist Dr. Tony Irving.

Ramgarh crater to be developed as tourist hub
Times of India
Because of the impact of the meteorite, a lake of 1-km length and 250-meter width was formed which exists today, said a senior official of the geology ...

Penjelasan LAPAN tentang Benda Luar Angkasa yang Jatuh Ke Bumi, Ada Yang Alami dan Buatan
MEDIA UTAMA
... (Pussainsa DELAPAN), menjelaskan bahwa benda alam yang jatuh ke bumi dapat berupa meteor, asteroid, atau komet. Ukurannya pun beragam.

2021 The EIGHTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

20 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20FEB2021

NASA's Persevere rover reaches Mars surface
Times of Oman
With the rover, a part of a meteorite that originated from the red planet and was found in Oman in 1999, has returned home. NASA said: "The Countdown ...Oman meteorite

What we've learned about the red planet from 260+ Martian meteorites
TNW
Although Martian meteorites have been found across Earth, most have been collected from Antarctica or the deserts of northwest Africa. In both cases, ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19FEB2021
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - blogger
An example of a meteorite studded with chips of rock from earlier ages. Credit: Courtesy Hu et al. For decades, scientists have analyzed meteorites to try ...

‎Behind the Front: Meteors and Meteorites on Apple Podcasts
‎Apple Podcasts on the App Store
This week on Behind the Front, WBRC Chief Meteorologist J-P Dice discusses meteors and meteorites with Dr. Bill Cooke at NASA. What are Earth's ...

Europe's largest meteorite crater is home to deep ancient fungi
Phys.Org
... years ago, more than 300 million years after the meteorite impact. "We propose that the anaerobic fungi decomposed organic bituminous material in ...

Traces of ancient mushrooms found in Europe's largest meteorite crater
FREE NEWS
Fissures in the rocks of impact craters have been suggested as a suitable medium for deep colonization of microbial communities. In a new study, ...

XAFS and XRD study on Fe, Ni, and Ge in iron meteorite NWA 859 | SpringerLink
SpringerLink
Iron meteorites record the evolutionary and cosmochemical processes of their parent bodies. Fe–Ni phases in iron meteorites show complex textures ...
Physical and Chemical Properties of Meteoroids (Chapter 2)
Cambridge University Press
Meteoroids - October 2019.

Effects of excitation and ionization in meteor trains - OUP Journals & Magazine
IEEE Xplore
Effects of excitation and ionization in meteor trains · and σ ·, for ionization and excitation on collision between Fe atoms and air molecules, measured ...

Juno just saw a spacerock crash into Jupiter
Phys.Org
Through this process of elimination, and Occam's razor, it seems the team happened upon a sighting of a meteor hitting Jupiter's atmosphere. This is ...

LAPAN Ungkap Cara Cegah Asteroid Berbahaya Jatuh ke Bumi
iNews
Benda antariksa yang jatuh ke Bumi bisa berupa buatan seperti satelit dan komponennya. Namun, ada juga benda berupa alami seperti meteor, ...

Leeds residents speculate after 'fireball' spotted in skies of the city
Yorkshire Evening Post
The network have tweeted a number of meteor sightings across the UK in the last week, including in Surrey, England. Did you see the meteor or have ...
2021 The EIGHTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

19 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19FEB2021

Seeking life on Mars: NASA's Perseverance rover expected to land on Martian soil Thursday
Daily Press
... an hour, 25 times the speed of sound, will penetrate the Martian atmosphere like a meteor and begin its descent — while the world watches virtually.

5 weird things NASA's Perseverance rover is bringing to Mars
Space.com
The specific bit of meteorite scientists added to the instrument made a round-trip journey to the International Space Station before it hitched a ride on ...

Wild Days of the Early Solar System: Ceramic Chips Inside Meteorites Provide Snapshot of 4.5 ...
SciTechDaily
An example of a meteorite studded with chips of rock from earlier ages. Credit: Courtesy Hu et al. For decades, scientists have analyzed meteorites to try ...

5 choses étranges que le rover Perseverance de la NASA apporte à Mars
45 Secondes
» SHERLOC; Météorite de Mars. Dans quelques jours seulement, le rover Perseverance de la NASA devrait atterrir sur Mars ...

A study on meteor head echo using a probabilistic detection model at Jicamarca
Repositorio Geofísico Nacional
A coded long pulse is applied to the Jicamarca 50 MHz high power large aperture radar to study meteor head echoes. We develop a probabilistic ...

Asteroid Apophis: Astronomers take stunning image of feared 'God of Chaos'
Daily Express
In this instance, the scientists discovered a small thermal reaction which could slightly alter Apophis's course. DON'T MISS Meteor booms over Wales ...

The Red Comb
nasa.gov
Geologists estimate that a meteorite the size of a large motor vehicle soared ... Across millions and billions of years, many meteoroids, comets, and ...

Don't freak out—but a monster asteroid is going to be whizzing way too close to Earth soon
SYFY WIRE
It may be larger than 97% of asteroids, but remember that many asteroids and meteorites are small enough to burn up or at least break up in the ...

Dinosaurs may have been killed off by a comet instead of an asteroid
CNN
MUST WATCH. Meteor, meteorite, asteroid, comet: What's the difference? 01:13. (CNN) Dinosaurs might have been wiped out by a comet instead of an ..

Spectacular Meteor in Melbourne Sky on Valentine's Day 2021 [Clear Video] – Virtual Orbit
Virtual Orbit
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Met Bull Update - Lunars, Nakhlite, and OC's
by Mike G.-Galactic Stone & Ironworks
There are six new approvals, including two lunars, a martian, and two
Algerian meteorites (remember when nobody would classify the latter?).
Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=&sfor=names&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=1&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0

Un spectacle qui parle de météorites, des hasards de la vie, de la confiance en soi
L'Eveil de la Haute-Loire
Un spectacle qui parle de météorites, des hasards de la vie, de la confiance en soi. Brives-Charensac · Loisirs · Spectacle. Publié le 18/02/2021

Meteorite attraversa il cielo, tante le segnalazioni dalla Spagna. Il video
Centro Meteo Italiano
Meteorite avvistato in Spagna e registrato in video grazie al progetto SMART: ecco il filmato in cui si vede il passaggio della palla di fuoco. Meteorite ...

Il meteorite che ha estinto i dinosauri era in realtà un frammento di cometa
FocusTECH
Circa 66 milioni di anni fa, un meteorite largo più di 6 miglia si è scontrato con la Terra, colpendo la zona che ora fa parte del Messico. L'impatto ha ...

Une comète, et non un astéroïde, aurait causé l'extinction des dinosaures
Le Temps
... avec la Terre qui est responsable de la disparition des dinosaures, et non une météorite issue de la ceinture d'astéroïdes entre Mars et Jupiter.

Comète, astéroïde ou météorite : quelles sont les différences ?
RTBF
Une météorite (qui est bien un nom féminin même si le masculin a longtemps été utilisé également) est une roche extraterrestre provenant d'un objet ...

LAPAN Jelaskan Fenomena Benda Jatuh Antariksa 'Hujani' RI
CNN Indonesia
Peristiwa meteor jatuh dan dentuman di sejumlah wilayah Indonesia pun ... yakni meteoroid yang masuk ke atmosfer dan jatuh ke permukaan Bumi.

Meteorito vira "remédio" na Indonésia; entenda o caso
Canaltech
This is the meteorite stone landed on a hamlet in Southern Sumatra, Lampung last weekend, which is considered as a "magical healing stone".

Arizona history Feb. 21-27
Jacksonville Journal-Courier
On this date in 1897, reports were received from Tucson, Benson, Tombstone and Pantano, describing a brilliant meteor which passed over at a very ...

2021 The EIGHTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

18 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18FEB2021

A NASA Spacecraft May Have Seen A Five-Ton Meteor Explode In Jupiter's Atmosphere
Forbes
This appears to have been a meteor hitting the planet, when it then ... “We suggest that this was a fireball produced by a 250 to 5,000-kilogram ...

Theories abundant over Whitianga big bang
SunLive
There are no reports of a meteor hitting NZ overnight. Do you know what the bang/explosion was? You may also like..

Sepekan Diteliti, Batu Meteor di Lampung Diberi Nama Astomulyo Meteorite
KOMPAS.com
Sepekan Diteliti, Batu Meteor di Lampung Diberi Nama Astomulyo Meteorite. Kompas.com - 17/02/2021, 15:55 WIB. Bagikan:.

A Consideration that the Fireballs Associated with the Perseids Meteor Shower are an Indication of ...
ESSOAr
It is accepted that the Perseids Meteor Shower each August is related to the comet Swift Tuttle. It is apparent that the outgassing as the comet travels ...

Here's how NASA will safely land a $2.7 billion rhino-sized rover in a dangerous Martian crater
Livescience.com
When NASA's $2.7 billion Perseverance rover plunges like a meteor into the Martian atmosphere on Thursday (Feb. 18), it will put on a show unlike ...

Ici on agit ! | Contribution The Conversation Pourquoi y a-t-il de l'eau sur Terre ?
Le JSL
Une étude sur des météorites récemment publiée par notre équipe révèle que l'eau – ou du moins ses constituants, l'hydrogène et l'oxygène – aurait ...

L'extinction des dinosaures pourrait venir d'une comète et non d'un astéroïde, selon une étude
Business Insider
Mais les origines de cette météorite tueuse de dinosaures, appelée Chicxulub, restent mystérieuses. La plupart des théories suggèrent que Chicxulub ...

L5 chondrite meteorite from Steingarden Nunataks 07006 meteorite (STG 07006), Steingarden ...
Mindat.org
Locality type: Meteorite Fall Location. Classification. Type: L5 chondrite meteorite. Confirmation. Validity: Believed Valid. References. References ...

Nasa news meteor hitting earth
sqhk.co
A 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite landed in Algeria in 1990, the remnants of a larger asteroid born during the dawn of our solar system. Scientists have ...

Met Bull Update - 20 new approvals, including two falls (Tihigrin and Madura Cave)
by Mike G.-Galactic Stone & Ironworks
There is a new Meteoritical Bulletin database update with 20 new
approvals going back to 2007. This includes two new falls from 2020.
Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=%2A&sfor=names&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=7&pnt=Normal%20table&dr=&page=0

2021 The EIGHTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

17 February 2021

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17FEB2021

VIDEO: Peneliti: Air Rendaman Meteorit Berbahaya
CNN Indonesia
Peneliti Sains, Atmosfer, dan Keplanetan Institut Teknologi Sumatera memastikan air rendaman batu meteorit yang jatuh di Lampung dan sempat ...

The Surprising Discovery of Ceramic Chips Inside Meteorites Means There Were Wild ...
Universe Today
Meteorites are excellent windows into early solar system formation. Many were formed in the those early days, and unlike rocks on the Earth, most are ...

Explore Jezero Crater, the future home of NASA's Perseverance rover
KCTV Kansas City
The spacecraft will streak across the Martian sky like a meteor on February 18 as it enters the atmosphere, moving at 12,000 miles per hour, said Allen ...

Robotic eyes spy the flash of a meteor on Jupiter
Nature.com
... cosmic collisions, although the Voyager 1 spacecraft spotted the flash of a meteor hitting Jupiter's atmosphere in 1979, when it flew past the planet.

Something Crashed Into Jupiter Last Year – And A NASA Spacecraft Saw It Happen
Forbes
This appears to have been a meteor hitting the planet, when it then ... to 5,000-kilogram meteoroid entering Jupiter's atmosphere,” they wrote in their ...

Meteor masses and luminosity. - Rice University
Onesearch - Rice University
Meteor masses and luminosity.-book.

The Thule Culture: Medieval Mariners Migrating In Search Of Meteoritic Iron
Ancient Origins
About 10,000 years ago a big meteorite fell to the Earth on northern Greenland and broke apart. About 1,300 years ago, Dorset Culture people in the ...

Gamma Crucids 2021 (GCR#1047) | Meteor News
Meteor News
Abstract: A meteor outburst from a previously unknown shower now called the gamma Crucids (code GCR and IAU shower number 1047) has been ...

Blood Rain Turns Mountains Into Martian Landscape
tntribune.com
The strongest link between blood rain and a meteor strike occurred in Egypt, which dates back to 30 BC. It was mentioned by ancient Roman historian ...

Itera: Astomulyo Meteorite Sebaiknya Dimanfaatkan untuk Sains
Netizenku.com
Ditinjau dari komposisinya, Astomulyo Meteorite memiliki unsur Fe (besi), Mg (magnesium), Si (silika) yang dominan. Selain itu pada meteorit juga ...

Une curieuse roche découverte par un rover chinois sur la face cachée de la Lune
Science et Vie
Il pourrait s'agit d'un éjecta d'un cratère voisin suite à l'impact d'un météorite sur notre satellite naturel. Cette découverte a été annoncée sur un ...

VIDÉO. Le météore du 12 février filmé au-dessus de Reims
L'Union
Le météore n'est pas à confondre avec la météorite. Le premier n'est observé que dans l'atmosphère, le second se dit d'un météore qui a touché le ...

2021 The EIGHTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!