21DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Meteor hunt in Beijing continues
China Daily
Witnesses in Beijing and nearby Tianjin recorded a clearly visible fireball-like meteorite descending near the west horizon of Beijing at 10:23 pm on Dec 16 ...

У столиці Китаю впав метеорит
информационный портал Ukranews
У Пекіні почалася "метеоритна лихоманка": Люди кинулися на пошуки метеорита. Фото із сайту mustagclub.ru За даними газети China Daily, досить великий ...

Picture of the Day – Aurora Shimmer and a Meteor Flash
Space Fellowship
Both aurora and meteors occur in Earth's upper atmosphere at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so, but aurora are caused by energetic charged particles from ...

Марс подвергся атаке метеорита
Газета "Янтарный край"
Команда камеры высокого разрешения HiRISE орбитального разведчика предъявила публике фотографию ударного кратера, возникшего прямо на глазах у ученых. ...

Spaceweather.com: 2009 Geminid Meteor Shower photo gallery (Page 5)
Summary: The Geminid meteor shower peaked in 2009 under ideal viewing conditions . A new Moon provided dark skies for a display of 120+ meteors per hour on ...

20DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

City woman sees strange light in sky Thursday
Middletown Press
Roy Kilgard, an astronomer and research professor for Wesleyan University's Astronomy Department, said the alleged sighting may have been of a meteor. ...

火流星陨石或坠北京西郊亮比满月落地爆闪图搜狐新闻

你在视频看到的好像是在老馆上方划落但实际上划落的地方与天文馆要有一二百公里的距离北京天文馆馆长朱进表示这颗火流星如果在坠落地面时没有燃烧殆尽就有可能有陨石 ...

Skeptical about methane and Uranus

Discover Magazine (blog)
Also, scientists tested the idea that the methane seen to change on Mars with the seasons might be from meteorites, and find that they don't supply nearly ...

APOD: 2009 December 19 - Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash
A study in contrasts, it also captures the sudden flash of a fireball meteor from December's excellent Geminid meteor shower. Streaking past familiar stars ...

A Clear Voice for Science
Berthoud Recorder
Some meteor showers, like the Perseids in August, have been watched each year at the same time for many centuries. But the Ursid meteor shower, ...

UFO Flies Over Russia's Kremlin?
MyFox Illinois
Last week many were mystified by mysterious blue-green lights the stopped mid-air and circulated over Norway. Some people believed it could be a meteor or ...

Beijing, China Meteor Fireball Bolide 16DEC09

火流星陨石或坠北京西郊亮比满月落地爆闪图搜狐新闻
你在视频看到的好像是在老馆上方划落但实际上划落的地方与天文馆要有一二百公里的距离北京天文馆馆长朱进表示这颗火流星如果在坠落地面时没有燃烧殆尽就有可能有陨石 ...


Meteor hunt in Beijing continues
China Daily
Witnesses in Beijing and nearby Tianjin recorded a clearly visible fireball-like meteorite descending near the west horizon of Beijing at 10:23 pm on Dec 16 ...

У столиці Китаю впав метеорит
информационный портал Ukranews
У Пекіні почалася "метеоритна лихоманка": Люди кинулися на пошуки метеорита. Фото із сайту mustagclub.ru За даними газети China Daily, досить великий ...

Translated article:
In China's capital has fallen meteorite
Ukranews
According to the newspaper China Daily, a large meteorite fell in the eastern suburb of a big city last Wednesday. This phenomenon is observed in many city residents, who describe their observations online. Later, the Beijing Observatory confirmed the fall of the meteorite, publishing dvosekundnu shooting events. After that Beijing has started "meteoric fever: many scrambled to find space body, which has now become known as" discovery of the year. We know that the meteorite fell in the mountainous areas Bayhuashan, but astronomers can not name the exact location of the fall. According to their estimates, the place is falling at a distance of 40 to 100 miles from the center of the Chinese capital.

19DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Witnesses report 'fireball' meteor Clay Center Dispatch The Dispatch received two reports this morning from witnesses who saw a meteor streaking across the sky bright enough to lighten the Clay County countryside ... Fireball seen from Nebraska to Oklahoma Clay Center Dispatch The large green fireball meteor reported by a couple of Clay County residents the night of Dec. 16 has been confirmed by witnesses from Nebraska to Oklahoma ... Greensburg Meteorite Returns Home KAKE In 1949, a half-ton meteorite was discovered and moved to the Big Well Museum. Greensburg residents remember the two being linked together for years. ...

'Fried Egg' may be impact crater BBC News Central peaks are often associated with meteorite impacts and form when the compressed crater floor rebounds. A peak is not definitive proof of an impact, ... New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars PhysOrg.com This image of the meteorite, seen through a scanning electron microscope, shows bumps that resemble a fossilized colony of microbacteria. ... 2008年6月大学英语六级考试真题和答案| 四六级考试 By cetstudy  Within 50years he hopes scientists will prove that alien life came here in Martian meteorites（陨石）。 Chris McKay,a planetary scientist at NASA's Ames Research Center.believes that in 50 years we may find evidence of alien life in ... Mesmerising meteors: Cosmic firework lights up the sky above the Mojave Desert Daily Mail This incredible picture shows a huge meteor hurtling to Earth during the annual Geminid meteor shower. Astro-photogrpaher Wally Pacholk captured this ... NASA Names New Deputy Associate Administrator for Exploration PR Newswire (press release) A primary part of the research involved using meteorites from Mars to assess the history of water and the potential for life on the Red Planet. ... 隕石 【高画質】直径400kmの巨大隕石が衝突したとき、地球で何が起こるのか. 266140 views ... 隕石落下. 123185 views. もしも巨大津波が発生したら tsunami strike ... 隕 - Specialized - Tangorin.com Japanese Dictionary Add to vocabulary. いんせき 【隕石】; inseki 【隕石】. aerolite. Geology dictionary. ... いんせき, inseki, 隕石, meteorite ... Green meteor lights up night sky Telegraph.co.uk A green meteor was seen over the Mojave Desert in California as part of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Astro-photogrpaher Wally Pacholka captured the ... Latest News and Information on Panspermia 坦白说，在那些陨石当中，有相当数量的陨石不止蕴含水分，也蕴含许多的碳，而这些碳以 许多化合物的型态存在著，包括有机化合物(有机化合物 . ...

Nebraska Meteor Fireball Bolide/Impact?- 16DEC09 18DEC09

SpaceWeather reports:
... An earthquake was nearly concurrent with a large fireball in Nebraska.
"Sky watchers, not only in southeastern Nebraska, but also in neighboring Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, saw a "bright fireball" with "green streamers" moving from northwest to southeast." ...

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17DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Polarization Microscopy with High Flexibility
AZoNano.com
Bar olivine chondrule in the Coolidge meteorite in transmitted-light with Polarization (left) and Polarization with ë-plate (right). ...

Quadrantid meteor shower to occur January 3-4 Examiner.com The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to occur on the night of January 3-4, 2010. Scientists predict that approximately 40-80 bright blue meteors will ...

DailyTech - WISE Spacecraft Seeks Near Earth Objects, New Stars ...
隕石は光を反射しない場合があるから、いままで大きい隕石の半分も見つけられてい なかった ... 統計学に頼っているから隕石の衝突はまず無いといえ、なんかノンビリ。 ...

New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email
io9
ISRO is also exploring how organic matter might have found its way to the lunar surface in the first place — whether it might have be the result of meteor ...

Organic molecules found ... on the moon?
msnbc.com
Finding organic materials on the moon could help scientists understand the history of comet and meteorite impacts, as well as provide valuable resources for ...

Another Hubble View; Fate Of The Sun
AccuWeather.com (blog)
Thanks to those of you who sent in your meteor observations; sounds like some of you had great views! Don't forget that a new Astronomy video will be posted ...

Die Verlockung der Meteoriten
DiePresse.com - Wien,Austria
... Gestein, das zB beim Einschlag von Meteoriten entsteht) und planetare Geologie. Ferner war er Gastprofessor in den USA, Südafrika und in Großbritannien. ...

A Breakdown of Iran's Missile Arsenal
New York Times
Shahab means ''meteor'' or ''shooting star'' in Farsi. Variant of the Shahab-3 model, but lighter and with a range of 1110 miles (1800 kilometers). ...

Leonid meteor shower times: When you should look skyward / The ... In 2009, the Leonid meteor shower will strike between 3:30 am and 5:30 am Eastern time.

Geminid Meteor Shower Visible this Weekend - CBS News Dec 8, 2009 ... The Little-Known Geminid Shower Often Puts on a Better Show than the Perseid or Leonid Shower.

New Mountain-Bike Safari in South Africa
Luxist (blog)
... flora and fauna of the region, plus the oldest and largest meteorite impact deposits on earth - not to mention the aforementioned "big five" game. ...

16DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Collecting in Antarctica - Weloo
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chondrules that these little -- they;#39;re like little, glassy beads about the size of BB shot, or a little bit bigger than that. That;#39;s the ...

Mammoths lived in Alaska later than thought
Anchorage Daily News
... believes the findings cast doubt on the theory of a sudden mass extinction 13000 to 15000 years ago by meteor strike, disease or overhunting by humans. ...

Dinosaur at home in Devon Meadows
Berwick Leader
DEVON Meadows meteorite hunter and natural history enthusiast, Tom Kapitany, has a special American visitor at his place this Christmas. ...



Geminid Shower 2009 12-14th December, Bangor, Co. Down.
07:05
If you missed the Geminids this year, sit back and watch the show as seen from Bangor, County Down (Use HQ mode)  ...
youtube.com

The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks tonight - City of Brass Dec 13, 2009 ... The Geminids are coming tonight! "It's the Geminid meteor shower," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office.

Meteor shower 'fails to impress'
BBC News
Stargazers who stayed up throughout the night to witness what was expected to be an intense meteor shower were left disappointed. The Leonid meteor shower, ...

Duluth, MN fireball 11DEC09 15DEC09

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 ...
youtube.com


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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【高画質】直径400kmの巨大隕石が衝突したとき、地球で何が起こるのか. 258586 views ... もしも巨大隕石がベルリンに落下したら meteor strike. 58741 views ...

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
Če najdete te kamne, ki ustrezajo opisu, obvestite muzej na naslov meteorit@mrc.pms-lj.si ali na številko 01/241 09 40. Fotografirajte jih pred dotikanjem. ...

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 ...