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Meteor 'flash' - Duluth, MN - Dec 11, 2009 - 01:17am

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Meteor pass on the morning of Dec 11, 2009, a very clear night. I apologize for the quality, but it's a security camera. The camera is looking almost due north. This was seen from the Dakota's to W...

Meteor pass on the morning of Dec 11, 2009, a very clear night. The camera is looking almost due north. This was seen from the Dakota's to Wisconsin. You don't see the meteor, but rather the sky lighting up very nicely - very fast.

Bright blue-green flash turns night into day across northern Minnesota last ...

Examiner.com - ‎Dec 12, 2009‎

The bright flash across northern Minnesota skies last night was most likely a fireball meteor. A brilliant bright blue-green flash lit up a huge portion of ...

15DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

More Meteors Streak Across the Sky
Nick.com
If you were awake and outside between 11 PM Sunday night and 3 AM Monday morning Eastern time, you might have seen as many as 140 fiery meteors streaking ...

Astronomers seek fireball witnesses
The Press Association
The spectacular sight, which star-gazers claim happened just before dawn on Monday, is being attributed to a massive meteor shower currently taking place ...

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Geminid Meteor Showers
KTNA
From Kathleen -Thanks for your interest in local reports of Geminid Meteors. This is just for fun, so a high level of accuracy is not expected. ...

LIGO to offer meteor shower viewing today Mid Columbia Tri City Herald By the Herald staff The LIGO Hanford Observatory is inviting the public to its campus to watch the Geminid meteor shower from 7 pm to midnight tonight. ...

Geminid Meteor Shower San Diego Reader (blog) By Jerry Schad | Posted December 13, 2009, 5:19 pm The Geminid Meteor Shower, one of the year's two most regularly active showers, peaks on the evening of ...

Job vacancy: Computed Tomography Research Assistant
PublicTechnology.net
The aim initially, is to quantify the 3-D distribution of phases in mineralogical and meteorite samples. With previous experience and knowledge of computer ...



Geminid Shower 2009 - Full Motion
03:25
Even though the evening of the traditional Geminid peak (13/14th Dec) was very cloudy, there were enough breaks and enough Geminids to keep things ...
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Last chance to watch meteors
Newbury Weekly News Group
Today is the last day of the Geminids meteor shower, which has illuminated the sky over the weekend. The UK is expected to have a clear view of the ...

Earth's atmosphere originated from outer space, new study finds
Examiner.com
They found a clear meteorite signature in the volcanic gases, said Dr Greg Holland, the lead scientist of the project. This finding indicates that volcanic ...

SPACE.com -- Best Meteor Shower of 2009 Peaks Tonight
Dec 13, 2009 ... This year's annual Geminid meteor shower is expected to be a doozie, producing up to 140.

Geminid meteor shower
The Daily Inquirer
The Geminid meteor shower is what NASA dubs as the best meteor shower of 2009. It has already started but tonight, the real spectacle begins. ...

Best Meteor Shower of 2009 Peaks Tonight Yahoo News
This year's annual Geminid meteor shower is expected to be a doozie, producing up to 140 "shooting stars" per hour.

Video: Geminid meteor showers December 14, 2009 best meteor showers of the year
Examiner.com
The best meteor showers of the year, Geminid meteor showers are coming to North America during the early morning of December 14, 2009. If the sky is clear, ...

Pagasa: Good weather to allow clear view of meteor shower
GMA news.tv
Stargazers are likely to get a clear view of the annual Geminids meteor shower starting Monday night, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and ...

Geminids meteor showers to peak Monday night Inquirer.net By Alcuin Papa MANILA, Philippines—The annual Geminids meteor showers are expected to reach their peak Monday night. According to the Philippine Atmospheric ...

The starry night of Sts. Lucy and John of the Cross Examiner.com Sometime between midnight at the turning of the two days and dawn on St. John's feast day, the darkness is filled with meteor showers, the dust of comets ...

14DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Bright blue-green flash turns night into day across northern Minnesota last ...
Examiner.com
The bright flash across northern Minnesota skies last night was most likely a fireball meteor. A brilliant bright blue-green flash lit up a huge portion of ...

APOD: 2009 December 12 - Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley
Dec 12, 2009 ... Created as planet Earth sweeps through dusty debris from extinct comet Phaethon, the annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak on ...

Meteor shower lights up skies Monday night
Manila Bulletin
By JC BELLO RUIZ A galactic kind of fireworks—the Geminids meteor shower –
will light up the sky Monday night, the state-run Philippine Atmospheric, ...

Dazzling meteor shower to brighten up night skies on Dec 14-15
Daily News & Analysis
PTI New Delhi: Sky gazers are in for a treat as spectacular streaks of Geminid
meteor showers will brighten up the sky tomorrow night. ...

Daily Minute: Sunday, Dec. 13
Avon Messenger
60: Number of meteors visible in an hour at the peak of the Geminids Meteor
Shower. The best viewing nights are Dec. 13 and 14. Dec. ...

Geminid meteor shower Sunday Yuma Sun The Geminid meteor shower is expected to penetrate Earth's atmosphere and leave fiery trails in the sky at about 10:10 pm The Geminids are debris from an ...

Geminid, the 'Old Faithful' of meteor showers, is tonight Asheville Citizen-Times ROSMAN — Mother Nature brings its annual Christmas gift to skywatchers tonight, and the Geminid meteor showers are expected to be the best in years, ...

Shooting Stars Set To Light Up UK Night Sky Sky News More than 100 shooting stars per hour could streak across the sky tonight in one of the year's most dramatic meteor showers. The Geminid shower is one of ...

Meteor shower will be visible if clouds part overnight DesMoinesRegister.com The peak of the annual shower, tonight from about 9 pm to 5 am tomorrow, will send between 50 and 80 visible meteors blazing across the sky per hour. ... Intense Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight National Geographic Late tonight is the peak of the year's most prolific annual cosmic fireworks show—the Geminid meteor shower (Geminids picture). The meteor shower has been ... Meteor hit unlikely cause for climate change, study finds Honolulu Star-Bulletin By Helen Altonn It's "very unlikely" that a meteor or asteroid colliding with the Earth caused an abrupt climate change leading to the extinction of the ... If clouds break, Geminid meteors to light up sky Providence Journal By Thomas J. Morgan Bowling along at 18 miles per second, planet Earth is bulling its way through a band of space rocks called the Geminid meteors, ...

13DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

The Geminid Meteor Shower is coming! Experts forecast up to 140 meteors per hour!
Examiner.com
The Geminid meteor shower is coming! The Geminids, the last major meteor shower of the year, will peak in intensity on Sunday night/Monday morning. ...

Bright flashes light up night sky Friday
Grand Forks Herald
He said officials suspect the cause of all the excitement was a meteor because this week marks the peak of the Geminid meteor shower. A Becker County (Minn. ...

Winter meteors are real Gems
Scientific American
A spectacular lightshow is beginning in the night sky as the Earth runs into a vast stream of meteor dust. More than 100 shooting stars an hour could be ...

Things that Go Bump in the Night (or Day)!
Albany Times Union (blog)
However, Isachesen believed the circular feature was the result of an impact crater buried under the ground and that a meteor or comet struck the Earth. ...

explorersweb Week in Review
K2climb.net
Antarctic meteorite hunters ready for their field season The upcoming Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) field season will be the meteorite hunters' ...

Geminid meteors expected to offer display of shooting stars Sunday
Austin American-Statesman
If the predicted cloudy skies don't make an appearance, meteors should be visible away from city lights. By Joshunda Sanders If you can spare a few moments ...

Observing podcast: Geminid meteor shower, California Nebula, and Baby Nebula
Astronomy Magazine
December 11-18, 2009: The 2009 Geminid meteor shower makes a great target for beginning observers, while the California Nebula (NGC 1499) and the Baby ...

SkyandTelescope.com - Homepage Observing - A Great Year for ... Dec 8, 2009 ... The Geminid meteors, which peak on December 13-14, ... The Geminid meteor shower is extremely unusual in that its parent object isn't a ...

Intense Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Sunday Dec 11, 2009 ... With good viewing conditions expected, sky-watchers are in for an early holiday treat. The Geminid meteor shower—the year's most prolific—is ...

The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks on Dec. 13-14
KOLD-TV
TUCSON, AZ - The forecast for the Geminid meteor shower this year is excellent due to the lack of moonlight. Often considered by many astronomers to be the ...

Join the World in Looking for Geminids This Weekend with #MeteorWatch
Universe Today
Amateur astronomers around the world will be watching for what is predicted to be one of the year's best meteor showers, the Geminids. ...

12DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

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Geminid meteor shower peaks Sunday night
Examiner.com
The Geminid meteor shower peaks on Sunday night and Monday morning. The meteors will appear to radiate from a point in the constellation of Gemini. ..

Mysterious night sky prompts questions of light's origins
In-Forum
Officials suspect the phenomena was a meteor, as this week marks the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, Barrett said. A Becker County Sheriff's Department ...

Mysterious lights were likely meteors
DL-Online
Gordon said that the cold temperatures and clear sky made for the perfect conditions to see meteors entering the atmosphere. He said that the sheriff's ...

Intense meteor shower to peak this weekend
CBC.ca
Canadians willing to brave the cold and lucky enough to get a break in the clouds could be treated to a spectacular meteor shower Sunday. ...

Meteor shower could be seen in Augusta area
Augusta Chronicle
One of the larger meteor showers this year is set to occur Sunday night into Monday morning, and there just might be decent viewing in the Augusta area. ...

Interested in big Sunday Meteor Shower? Ask Bill Cooke of Marshall Space ...
al.com (blog)
By Shelby G. Spires Interested in seeing the largest meteor shower this year cascading across the night sky Sunday? Then Web chat with Marshall Space Flight ...



Cold, clear night may offer glimpse of early Geminids
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The annual Geminid meteor shower - arguably the best of the year if it weren't so darn cold - is also on tap for Sunday night into Monday morning, ...

Earth's atmosphere came from outer space
Telegraph.co.uk
The Earth's atmosphere and oceans which gave rise to life came from outer space probably on the back of meteorites or comets, scientists now believe. ...

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Meteorites land in Botswana
Botswana Press Agency
GABORONE - Some meteorites might have fallen from the sky in the area around the confluence of the Shashe and Limpopo rivers. In an interview, the principal ...

Russian scientists with Extraterrestrial insights reveal oversights about the Moon
The Canadian National Newspaper Exopolitics News (blog)
Naturally, the hull of such a spaceship must be super-tough in order to stand up to the blows of meteorites and sharp fluctuations between extreme heat and ...

Colored 'fireballs' light up evening sky
Lihue Garden Island
“I've seen meteorites all my life,” he said. But added that what he saw was much different. “It was either a gigantic asteroid or one of the biggest ..

11DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Gem' of a meteor shower underway
msnbc.com
By Joe Rao If you missed out on last month's Leonid Meteor Shower, don't fret. What potentially will be the best meteor display of the year is just around ...

Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, find scientists
EurekAlert (press release)
"We found a clear meteorite signature in volcanic gases," said Dr Greg Holland the project's lead scientist. "From that we now know that the volcanic gases ...

Norway Spiral Video: Mysterious Norway Spiral Baffles Scientists, Possible ...
Gaea Times (blog)
There was initial speculation that it might be a bright meteor but that dismissed because the Norway Spiral lasted for too long to be a meteor. ...

Geminid Meteor Shower; Hubble Finds New Galaxies
AccuWeather.com (blog)
Today, as promised, I'll be going into more detail about the upcoming Geminid Meteor Shower, and there's some exciting news about Hubble's latest ...

Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy in Norway
Telegraph.co.uk
Rather than signalling the arrival of alien lifeforms or a meteorite in the Norwegian city of Tromso, the spectacular plume of light was produced in the ...

Inwood Celebrates the International Year of Astronomy with Geminid Meteor ...
DNAinfo
The Geminids, debris from an extinct comet, are considered the most spectacular of the annual meteor showers, though they are often overshadowed by the ...

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Best (Meteor) Shower of 2009 - No Towel Required
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bundle up and get ready to watch a fiery lightshow stirred up by dead comets in Earth's upper atmosphere during the cold of winter in the ...

Meteor-killed-mammoths theory doesn't add up, new study says
Ottawa Citizen
By Randy Boswell, Canwest News ServiceDecember 10, 2009 3:06 AM A team of researchers is casting doubt on the theory that a huge meteorite strike around ...

Sky Spy : Stay up late to view good meteor shower
Arizona Daily Star
By Tim Hunter Meteors, also known as shooting stars or falling stars, always catch us by surprise. They truly look like stars falling from the sky. ...

10DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Stunning Spiral Light Show over Norway

Space Weather News for Dec. 9, 2009
http://spaceweather.com

This morning in arctic Norway, onlookers were stunned when a gigantic luminous spiral formed in the northern sky. Veteran observers accustomed to the appearance of Northern Lights say they have never seen anything like it. It was neither a meteor nor any known form of atmospheric optics. Rumors that the spiral was caused by the botched launch of a Russian rocket have not yet been confirmed. Visit http://spaceweather.com

for images and eyewitness reports of this mysterious apparition.


Spiral UFO puts Norway in a spin
The Sun
Nick Pope, former UFO analyst for the Ministry of Defence, said: "My first thought was this was a meteor, a fireball, or debris from an old satellite ...

Video:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/article300101.ece?vxSiteId=6247211d-66e0-4454-b73a-3f1610efa39a&vxChannel=Sun%20Exclusive&vxClipId=1347_SUN40801&vxBitrate=300

Study casts doubt on theory Hudson Bay meteorite triggered ice age
National Post
The theory that a meteorite strike "may have been the instigator for this cooling period was appealing because of several alleged impact markers, ...

Mars methane 'not from meteors'
BBC News
Scientists at Imperial College London say they have now ruled out the possibility that the methane is being constantly deposited by meteorites landing on ...

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Sunday, Dec. 13
University of Texas at Austin News
AUSTIN, Texas — The Geminid meteor shower will be at its best on the evening of Dec. 13, according to the editors of StarDate magazine. ...

Evidence of water in sand Mars rover's stuck in
San Francisco Chronicle
... but Spirit has been traveling across a basalt plain of lava flows from ancient volcanoes that is pocked by repeated meteorite impacts, Arvidson said. ...

9DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Bluish-green fireball sighted over northern Germany
The Local
Several eyewitnesses reported seeing a bluish-green fireball over northern Germany on Monday night – possibly a large meteor burning up in the Earth's ...

Botswana hunts for falling star in Bobirwa, Tswapong Mmegi Online "The meteorite burns in the sky, producing a glowing light before reaching the ground and they (meteriotes) range from marble-ball size to soccer-ball size ... Mars-Methan stammt nicht von Meteoriten - Biologische Herkunft ... grenzwissenschaft-aktuell.de - Germany London/ England - Forscher des "Imperial College London" schließen anhand einer aktuellen Studie aus, dass Meteoriten Methan auf den Mars gebracht haben ... Smithsonian expert on rocks from moon Washington Post Dr. Mason led the collection of meteor fragments that fell near the Mexican village of Pueblito de Allende in 1969. The meteorites contained grains of the ...

Убивший динозавров метеорит "поджарил" Землю
Lenta.ru - Москва,Russia
Ученым удалось установить, что падение метеорита 65 миллионов лет назад, приведшее к появлению кратера Чикшулуб, "поджарило", а не "сожгло" Землю. Статья ...

Absence of Evidence for a Meteorite Impact Event 13000 Years Ago
Science Daily (press release)
ScienceDaily (Dec. 7, 2009) — An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa has found no evidence supporting ...

Številni manjši meteoridi na Jesenicah
zurnal24 - Ljubljana,Slovenia
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No Evidence For Meteorite Impact Event 13,000 Years Ago
redOrbit Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:53 AM PST
Image Caption: The woolly mammoth was one of the large mammals that became extinct in North America at the onset of the Younger Dryas approx. 13,000 years ago. Credit: Image of Woolly Mammoth at the Royal BC Museum, Victoria, British Columbia courtesy Wikipedia Commons

Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13,000 years ago PhysOrg Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:24 AM PST An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have found no evidence supporting an extraterrestrial impact event at the onset of the Younger Dryas ~13000 years ago. COPS: When charged with assault, man tries meteorite defense Torrington Register Citizen Apparently Chase said he wanted to show the woman who lived at the residence a meteorite he had with him. He wanted to talk to the residents in the house ...

Comets, meteorites and asteroids
Bangkok Post - Thailand's English news Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:42 PM PST
Last month, there was a meteorite shower that was a spectacle to behold in the night skies of Thailand.

Get Ready For The 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower
RedOrbit
The best meteor shower of 2009 is about to fall over North America on a long, cold December night. "It's the Geminid meteor shower," says Bill Cooke of ...

Clear skies should help viewers of weekend meteor shower
Houma Courier
By Nikki Buskey HOUMA — One of the brightest meteor showers of the year will paint the skies above Houma and Thibodaux this weekend. ...

Mars study boosts hopes of finding life Telegraph.co.uk They have ruled out any possibility of meteorites delivering the high levels of the gas detected in the Martian atmosphere. ... Life on Mars theory boosted by new methane study Insciences Organisation Scientists have ruled out the possibility that methane is delivered to Mars by meteorites, raising fresh hopes that the gas might be generated by life on ... Origin of species: Did life begin right here? SooToday.com The scientists, William Cannon and John Slack from the US Geological Survey, say they've found rock fragments from the Sudbury meteorite strike scattered ...

8DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Absence of evidence for a meteorite impact event 13000 years ago
UH System Current News
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have found no evidence supporting an extraterrestrial impact ...

Peter Jenniskens at the TC3 2008 Workshop
SETI Institute
Talks were given by, amongst others, Dr. Muawia Shaddad, who led the meteorite recovery effort and is head of the local organizing committee, ...

Though protected, backyard meteorites belong to homeowners
Edson Leader
From there things get a little complicated, especially if you want to sell some of the meteorite pieces to another country. ...

2009 Geminid meteor shower viewing guide
Astronomy Magazine
The Geminid meteor shower peaks before dawn December 14. With the Moon out of the way, observers with dark skies may see 100 meteors per hour or more. ...

Geminids Meteor Shower: Nature's 'Holiday Light Show'
Space Daily
by Staff Writers The Geminids are one of the best meteor showers of the year and never seem to disappoint observers! Join Bill Cooke of the Meteoroid ...

ASTOUNDING 'GEMINID' METEOR SHOWERS TO LIGHT NIGHT SKY
Star of Mysore
A 'Shooting star' or a 'meteor' is caused by a tiny particle of dust entering the Earth's atmosphere. As it plunges downward, it experiences collision with ...

Life began with a bang in Sudbury, 1.8 billion years ago: scientists
Vancouver Sun
By Randy Boswell, Canwest News servicedecember 4, 2009 SUDBURY, Ont. - The mountain-sized meteorite that struck Sudbury nearly two billion years ago ...

Stargazing: Geminid Meteor Shower
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Dan Malerbo, Buhl Planetarium and Observatory One of the year's best displays of "shooting stars," the Geminid meteor shower, will peak Sunday night into ...

7DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Look Up: What's in the Sky This Week?
DCist.com
The most visible 'shooting stars' should appear almost all night, from 10 pm to dawn, with the peak around 2 am The Geminids are the most reliable meteor ...

Man is fueling holocaust of many other species
Deseret News
The fifth extinction took place 65 million years ago when a meteor smashed into the Earth, killing off the dinosaurs and many other species and opening the ...

Meteor shower set to light up
7DAYS
Stargazers are in for a treat as a meteor shower is set to light up the Dubai sky. Geminid meteor shower is expected to be seen on Sun-day, December 13, ...

In books and film, fascination with the apocalypse continues.
Boston Globe
“When Worlds Collide'' (1951) imagined humanity's desperate efforts to get off Earth before a meteor hit: A stark metaphor for nuclear threat. ...

When Worlds Collide (1951) movie - 6DEC09

When Worlds Collide 1951

First published in 1932, Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer's speculative novel When Worlds Collide was immediately purchased by Paramount as a possible project ... [click link above to watch the movie]

Canada Meteorite News- Sudbury Impact Makes Waves 5DEC09

Life began with a bang in Sudbury, 1.8 billion years ago: scientists
The Gazette (Montreal)
By Randy Boswell, Canwest News Service December 4, 2009 4:03 PM Locator map showing the site of a meteorite hit near Sudbury about 1.85 billion years ago ...

Did life begin in Sudbury?
Canada.com Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:27 PM PST
The mountain-sized meteorite that struck Sudbury nearly two billion years ago already known to have made the northern Ontario city a global mining mecca may have also triggered changes in Earth's ocean chemistry that allowed complex life to begin evolving on the planet, two U.S. government scientists have theorized. ...

5DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Learn more about the meteorite Northwest Africa 869
Astronomy Magazine
This month I will focus on a stone meteorite that is readily available — even though we are seeing less and less of it and the prices are steadily ...

Clear skies expected for next weekend's meteor shower
Daily Comet
One of the brightest and best meteor showers of the year will paint the skies above Houma and Thibodaux next weekend. The Geminid meteor shower is expected ...

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Geminid meteor shower to peak on 14th December 2009 PhysOrg.com (PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower is predicted to peak at 0510 GMT on 14th December. Meteors (or 'shooting stars') are the result of small ...

The Joy of a Meteor Shower Telegraph-Journal Meteor showers arise when earth passes through a trail of ice and dust particles that were shed from a comet. The meteors appear to come from one spot, ... 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower to reappear December 7 PRLog.Org (press release) On December 7th through the 17th, be ready for the appearance of the annual Geminid Meteor Shower! This year, the peak of the shower is predicted to occur ...

Spectacular meteor shower
Sarnia Observer
The most spectacular meteor shower of 2009 will occur on the evening of Dec. 13 and into the early hours of the 14th. No moon will be out to interfere with ...

Sample Of Martian Colony At London Museum
Oneindia
A meteorite from Mars, with a sample of Martian colony, has been put on display at Natural History Museum, London. According to the NASA scientists, ...

Australia Meteor past- Perth, Western Australia 3DEC05

Meteor fireball seen near Perth, Western Australia, 3DEC2005.


Video on YouTube

Channel 6 TV news story:
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/bizarre&id=3693396

4DEC09 Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

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Stolen Meterorite Returned
WCBI Columbus Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:57 PM PST
TUPELO -- The 1,100-pound meteorite stolen last year from Leake & Goodlett has been returned to the business on Main Street. The stone was taken off its pedestal by thieves on Nov. 19, 2008 and was delivered by truck to the store today. No one has taken responsibility for the theft. (Fake Stolen Meteorite Returned)

Scientist Smackdown: Are There Signs of Life in a Meteorite From Mars?
Discover Magazine
ALH 84001, the meteorite of Martian origin that NASA scientists claimed in 1996 contained evidence of life on Mars, has returned to the scene. ...

Mars Had Liquid Water in Recent Past, Rover Finds
National Geographic
The area is filled with cooled lava flows pitted by meteorite impacts. While on a routine drive, Spirit broke through a thin crust of hard soil that capped ...

Goldpreis weiter auf Rekordjagd: 1.226,10 pro Feinunze
DiePresse.com - Wien,Austria
Es gibt heute eine billige Technologie Meteoriten gezielt z. ... Dabei wird mit einem Spiegel Sonnenlicht auf eine Stelle des Meteoriten gelenkt wodurch ...

Museum Puts 'Martian Colony' on Display
Newser
NASA scientists who recently examined the Natural History Museum's fragment of the Nakhla meteorite believe bumps on its surface are fossilized Martian ...

Almahata Sitta metorite- "Naked Science: Countdown to Impact" 3DEC09

Richard Kowalski holding a specimen of the Almahata Sitta meteorite. Photo courtesy of http://fullmoonphotography.net

Naked Science: Countdown to Impact
The National Geographic Channel will air "Naked Science: Countdown to Impact" on Thursday December 3 at 10 pm Eastern Time. The program will include footage about the discovery of an Earth-bound asteroid impactor, 2008 TC3, by astronomer Richard Kowalski and the finding of the resulting Almahata Sitta meteorite fall in Sudan.
National Geographic Channel:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/naked-science/4652/Overview

Rocks from Space Picture of the Day- Photo story by Sara Cole:
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/December_3_2009.html

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3DEC2009 Meteor/Meteorite News

Discovery may be out of this world
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The scientists believe that oil they found inside meteorites comes from the breakdown of living organisms, just as on Earth. These hydrocarbons may exist ...

Meteorite count rises!
CKTB
Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario suspected a meteorite touched down somewhere in the Grimsby area. Another clue that something from outer ...

Meteor shower and much more in December sky
Seattle Times
The Geminids meteor shower may display more than 100 meteors per hour for Western Washington viewers the night of Dec. 13-14. By Rodney Ash The December ...

Is Denver ready for a close encounter?
Los Angeles Times
"It didn't fizzle out like a meteorite. I just stood there awe-struck," he said. "The next morning, I read someone had seen a green ball of light over ...

Moon talk includes humorous phase
Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Before he left the class, Weis pulled two clear plastic disks from his pockets that contained lunar samples and meteorite samples for the students to ...

Fresh Evidence of Ancient Life on Mars?
MIT Technology Review (blog)
A new study says it's the best explanation for materials found in a meteorite, but not everyone agrees. By Brittany Sauser In 1996, NASA researchers ...

Nasa vindt 'overtuigend bewijs' van leven op Mars
Het Laatste Nieuws - Belgium
De Amerikaanse ruimtevaartorganisatie heeft een meteoriet die 13.000 jaar ... In 1996 stelden Mackay en anderen al dat microfossielen in de meteoriet het ...

More meteor pictures requested
Independent Online
The Johannesburg Planetarium is asking members of the public for footage of a meteor that sped over Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and Botswana last month. ...

Gauteng meteor bolide

lights up sky in South Africa (21st 2009)

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Meteor lights up sky in South Africa (21st 2009) CCTV: footage of a meteor spotted over the skies of Gauteng, South Africa on the 21st of November ...
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Martians in Britain
The Sun
The microscopic aliens are on a slice of a meteorite in London's Natural History Museum. The scientists, who used a scanning electron microscope to take ...

Utah Meteor/Meteorite News- Utah 18NOV09 Meteor Update 2DEC09

Utah Meteor Update:
Calculations estimate meteor lit up 500000 miles

KSL-TV
They now estimate the meteor lit up 500000 square miles bright as day, and they've learned a lot more by studying some spectacular images. ...
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Explosion, Utah 18NOV09

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posted on 30NOV09
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Meteor over Utah seen from Colorado

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This is a video from a Colorado police car of the Meterite that landed in Utah. The cop was cruising the streets of Grand Junction Colorado when ...
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