03 August 2012

From Campos to Mars - students preparing for the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity

From Campos to Mars - students preparing for the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity

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From Campos to Mars; young people will watch the landing of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity on the red planet.
De Campos para Marte; jovens vão assistir sonda descer no planeta vermelho
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Brazilian students come fall of the U.S. probe on Mars
They expect the probe to explore a crater named after the city where they live: Campos dos Goytacazes.

Estudantes brasileiros acompanham dos EUA descida de sonda em Marte
Eles esperam que essa sonda explore uma cratera que leva o nome da cidade onde moram: Campos dos Goytacazes.
Three Brazilian students to the United States will follow the descent of a spacecraft on Mars. They are the Federal Fluminense Instituto de Campos, in the northern state of Rio and will attend a conference. ...

Três estudantes brasileiros vão para os Estados Unidos acompanhar a descida de uma sonda espacial em Marte. Eles são do Instituto Federal Fluminense de Campos, no norte do estado do Rio e vão participar de uma conferência. ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03AUG2012

Meteor | WOODTV.com Blogs
We've now had a handful of calls and emails about a meteor that occurred this evening around 9:40 PM. If you saw it, leave a comment and let us know what ...
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2012 Perseids Meteor Shower Next Week
SurfKY News
The Perseids Meteor Shower has been a favorite for star gazers around the globe for over 20 centuries now. From a historical point of view, the Catholic religion is a great follower of this particularmeteor shower, due mainly to the timing. The early ...

Perseids meteor shower watch to take place Aug. 11
WatertownDailyTimes.com
The Sci-Tech Center of Northern New York, 154 Stone St., will host its annual Perseid meteor watch at 9 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Perch River Air Monitoring Station, Vaadi Road. The Perseid meteor shower is so named because it appears to fall from a point in ...

Dickson Mounds program to include meteor shower
Canton Daily Ledger
Dickson Mounds Museum and the University of Illinois at Springfield's Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon (TFSE) will present a two-part program, "Meteor Showers--Bringing Visitors from Outer Space," as the Second Sunday Science Lecture Series topic ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02AUG2012 - blog*spot
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
Although the Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 12, there should be great viewing on the nights leading up to this date. Event activities run from 8 to 11 p.m., Saturday, August 11. Overnight campers must arrive between 5 and 8 p.m. ...
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Peru Meteorite & Cat Mutilations Discussed ...
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Star parties set for Perseid meteor shower
Herald and News
Star parties set for Perseid meteor shower 0 comments. The Klamath County Museum will host star parties Saturday, Aug. 11 at three locations for this year's occurrence of the Perseid meteor shower, according to a news release. Amateur astronomers will ...

Bethel(Nancy)
Bethel Citizen
The Perseid Meteor Showers will be at their peak on the nights of Aug. 10/11 and Aug. 11/12. These are some of the most awesome meteor showers of the year. They are called Perseids because they appear to come from the constellation Perseus. However ...

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02 August 2012

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Meteorite's left-handed molecules a blow to ET search
New Scientist Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:39 AM PDT
The handedness of molecules might not be a strong sign of life after all, complicating the hunt for extraterrestrials

How to Catch the Upcoming Meteor Showers - SKYE on AOL
The first two weeks of August will bring six active displays.
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Meteor passing under satelites, page 1
Why cant I find a bit of information about the meteor passing under the satelites on earth ...
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Meteorite's left-handed molecules a blow to ET search
New Scientist
... for an excess of left-handed molecules as an indicator of life. But a new study found thatmeteorites collected from Canada's Tagish Lake also have a excesses of left-handed aspartic and glutamic acids, two amino acids that are common in ...

Meteors shower on park
Aldergrove Star
Although the Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 12, there should be great viewing on the nights leading up to this date. Event activities run from 8 to 11 p.m., Saturday, August 11. Overnight campers must arrive between 5 and 8 p.m. to set up camp.

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

01 August 2012

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Vietnam's murky meteorite market
GlobalPost Tue, 31 Jul 2012 05:01 AM PDT
A meteor streaks across the sky against a field of stars during ameteorite shower early August 13, 2010 in Spain. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) How do you sell a tiny lump of tar for $32 million?

Vietnam police busts gang selling fake meteorite chunks
Thanh Nien Daily Mon, 30 Jul 2012 21:09 PM PDT
Ho Chi Minh City police are investigating a gang who conned people into buying fake meteorites in an elaborate scheme.

How Much Water is Inside Mars?
-- The interior of Mars appears to be as wet as the interior of Earth.
FULL ARTICLE at:
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/July12/water-inside-Mars.html

Stargazers in for a treat with Perseids meteor shower this August –PAGASA
GMA News
Weather conditions permitting, the famous Perseids meteor shower and various constellations will be among the treats awaiting stargazers this August, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said.

Meteor shower!
Utica Observer Dispatch (blog)
Unfortunately, there are clouds and showers about! So, I'll tell you about it, but I doubt even a savvy spotter will see anything :(. It's called the Delta Aquarids, averages about 10 per hour (one every 6 minutes), and eminates out of the southern sky ...

“During the Latter Half of the Year, We are on the Trailing Side of Earth ...
French Tribune
For all those meteor enthusiasts and summer campers who literally wait for the annual Perseid Meteor Shower day that every year comes in mid-August, it's the time to pack their bags and get set ready for the same. In Northern Hemisphere, the latter ...

Did K-T extinction event meteor puncture a hole in crust at Chicxulub?
Did K-T extinction event meteor puncture a hole in crust at Chicxulub? Earth discussion.
www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=622333

Watch for big meteor show Tuesday morning - Video ...
Video on NBCNews.com: Aug. 11: Turn to the pre-dawn skies to witness the light show of the ...
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Perseid Meteor Shower Peak on Aug 12 - and should be decent for ...
I just looked into summer meteor showers and discovered that the peak of the Perseid meteorshower is on Aug 12. It has a broad peak in terms of timing, so it ...
www.chesmontastro.org/node/8561

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19JUL2012
Australia Reported Meteor Over Ocean NOT! - Aircraft Contrail (w/photo sequence) 30JUN2012 This event gathered much attention in the Australian press and .
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Fraser Valley residents welcomed to camp out under meteor shower skies
The Province
Overnight camping will be permitted next week to celebrate the night sky at a remote Metro Vancouver park in the Fraser Valley. “This is about getting back to old-fashioned entertainment and watching the stars,” said regional park coordinator Jill ...

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31 July 2012

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Meteorite on display in Tate Britain
The Oxford Times
A METEORITE which fell in a north Oxfordshire village 180 years ago has gone on display in London. The cricket-ball sized rock is on display at Tate Britain and is part of an exhibition by the Oxford artist and filmmaker Patrick Keiller. According to ...

Vietnam's murky meteorite market
GlobalPost (blog)
How do you sell a tiny lump of tar for $32 million? Apparently you just tell buyers it's a meteoriteblessed with space magic. Vietnamese outlet Thanh Nien is reporting an elaborate scam in Ho Chi Minh City that nearly lured an (apparently quite rich ...

Forecasting a memorable Lawnchair shower
Nashua Telegraph
Between midnight and sunrise on these mornings, chances for an exceptional Perseid MeteorShower are possible. Meteors associated with this shower can be seen through late July and mid-August. As many as 60 per hour on average and as many as 170 ...

KIWA-AM 1550 | KIWA-FM 105.3 » Perseid Meteor Shower Party
At the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, over 60 meteors per hour can be seen streaking across the night sky. The very best time to view the phenomenon is in ...
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Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower tonight in Philadelphia skies
iradiophilly.com
Just like most annual meteor showers, the Delta Aquarids occur when the Earth's solar orbit crosses through the debris path left by comets on their way around the sun. Scientists believe this path was left by comet 96P/Machholz, discovered in 1986 by ...


Tagish Lake Meteorite Does Not Solve the Homochirality Problem
Discovery Institute
Scientists from the Goddard Astrobiology Analytical Laboratory believe their recent studies on a Tagish Lake (British Columbia) meteorite sample may provide an answer to this question. (See here for the press release. The research paper is still in press).

Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower Alert: 10 Things Stargazers Should Know
International Business Times AU
There are many meteor showers marked in the astronomical calendar each year. This end-July shower is called the Delta Aquarid because the meteors appear to be packed from the 'delta' star of the constellation Aquarius. 9. This shower favors those in ...

Increasing Meteor Activity - YouTube
2 min
Last night, NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected 17 Venus-bright meteors... WEBSITE ...
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30 July 2012

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Starwatch: the August night sky
The Guardian
As so often happens, though, August's highlight is the Perseids meteor shower which is already under way, albeit at a low level, and builds to a peak on the 12th before petering out by the 24th. Its bright swift meteors, some leaving glowing trains in ...

Don't Miss the Meteor Shower Next Two Nights and in August ...
By sheilaaliens
The annual Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on the night of July 28 to 29, 2012. Watch for meteors radiating from the southeast after midnight (though, the moon is sorta trollin' in a bright way). Expect to see up to 20 small, yellowish ...
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29 July 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29JUL2012

SciTechTalk: 1908. Target: Earth
Online Journal
Most people are aware of the Barrington Crater, commonly known as just the Meteor Crater, in the desert of northern Arizona. Generally considered the best-preserved crater on Earth, it was formed about 50000 years ago when a nickel-iron meteorite ...

Delta
The Epoch Times
The Delta Aquarids are expected to be at their best from July 28 to 29, although the waxing moon may dampen the light show. Typically, about 15 to 20 meteors per hour can be seen at the maximum hourly rate. The best time to watch is an hour or two ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21JUL2012
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near four no matter your location. For morning observers the estimated total hourly .
lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com/.../the-latest-worldwide-m...

Meteor Train
I was amazed to see my first persistent noctilucent Meteor Train which lasted over an hour! Although small and far awy, the meteor suddenly erupted into brilliant ...
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On Astronomy: Meteors are stars of August skies
Broomfield Enterprise
11, the Perseid meteor shower will peak. As evening twilight ends, you will see a few meteorstreaks across the sky. The shower really gets started after 11 p.m., when the radiant point, that imaginary point in the sky where the meteors all seem to be ...

Streaking UFO Fireballs Explode over Russia (Video)
Gather.com
The video, designated as a UFO sighting by the channel owner, includes the rarest of moments, when an apparent meteor becomes a meteorite by actually striking the Earth. Two amazed Russians, in the right place, at the right time and armed with a good ...

Oman to witness celestial fireworks tomorrow
Muscat Daily
Meteor showers will bathe the country in the wee hours of Monday giving a perfect opportunity to those who wake up for suhoor to make a trip to a faraway observation point and witness the spectacle. Although this annual celestial extravaganza peaked ...

Giant Fireballs Strike Russia July 2012 (video) Real event???
YouTube posted by danielofdoriaa 2012/07/28 20,271 views
Video MAY be faked or of space trash re-entry???

Increasing Meteor Activity Fire in the Sky Sottnet
Last night, NASA's All Sky Fireball Network detected 17 Venus-bright meteors. The orbits of the meteoroids, color-coded by velocity, are shown in the ...
www.sott.net/articles/show/248823-Increasing-Meteor-Activity

Meteor shower peaks tonight hampered by moon Technology & science ...
An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't expect too much, experts say.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/.../ns/technology_and_science-space/

Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, Hampered by Moon
Space.com
An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't expect too much, experts say. The Delta Aquarid shower should reach its zenith overnight from Saturday to Sunday (July 28 and 29). Unfortunately, many streaking meteors will likely...

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28 July 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28JUL2012

Star-gazers treated to meteor showers
WRAL.com (blog)
As Earth makes its way around the sun, it encounters a number of comets each year, passing through debris in the comet tails. Those sand-sized particles enter the Earth's atmosphere, creating a fiery trail over 50 miles up, creating a meteor shower.

Astroblog: Southern Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower, 28-29 July, 2012
By Ian Musgrave
Location of the radiant of the Southern Delta meteor shower. Left; location of radiant at 10:00 pm ACST on 28 July. Right; location of radiant at 3:00 am ACST 29 July (it is almost due north at this time), similar views will be seen a similar local ...
Astroblog

Delta Aquarid meteor shower fires up for the weekend | Astro Bob
Meteors from southern Delta Aquarid meteor shower radiate from near the star Delta Aquarii (hence the name) not far from the bright star Fomalhaut in the ...
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This Week: Two Meteor Showers | Farmers' Almanac
Sunday night will see peak activity for not just one, but two meteor showers.
www.farmersalmanac.com/.../this-week-two-meteor-showers/

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Peru Meteorite & Cat Mutilations Discussed ...
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Peru Meteorite & Cat Mutilations Discussed !! (coast to coast am)
Mike Farmer Carancas, Peru Impact Crater photo.
Meteorite Zombies--Take this with a grain of salt!!!

Village meteorite at Tate Britain
BBC Oxford Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:17 AM PDT
A meteorite that fell to earth in an Oxfordshire village in 1830 is being displayed at Tate Britain.

Summer Streakers How to Catch the Upcoming Meteor Showers | Spacecom
The late summer will feature a number of notable meteor showers to delight skywatchers. Here's how to view them.
www.space.com/16805-summer-meteor-showers-viewing-tips....

Watch out for meteor showers this weekend
Philippine Star
MANILA, Philippines - Residents of Mindanao can watch out for meteor showers this weekend, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said yesterday. “The Southern Delta Aquarids meteor shower will be ...

Launton meteorite at Tate Britain
BBC News
A meteorite that fell to earth in an Oxfordshire village in 1830 is being displayed at Tate Britain. The cricket-ball sized rock is part of an exhibition by the Oxford-based artist and filmmaker Patrick Keiller. His installation called The Robinson ...

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27 July 2012

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25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater discovered in Arctic
CTV News
SASKATOON -- Canadian researchers say they've discovered a 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic while they were updating maps. University of Saskatchewan professor Brian Pratt and Keith Dewing of the Geological Survey of Canada ...

'Military missile' or meteorite? Mysterious Fireball spotted over ...
Many Xiamen residents reported seeing an unidentified flying object flying through the sky at high speed on Tuesday evening, according to Wednesday's ...
www.sott.net/.../248744-Military-missile-or-meteorite-Mysteri...

Tagish Lake Meteorites Reveals Secrets Of The Early Solar System
redOrbit Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:13 PM PDT
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New clues have been unveiled that shed light on why living things use only molecules with specific orientations. Research analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada is providing strong evidence that liquid water inside an asteroid leads to a preference of left-handed over right-handed forms of common protein amino acids ...

Meteorite crater discovered
Fort Frances Times Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:54 AM PDT
SASKATOONâCanadian researchers say theyâve discovered a 25-km-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic. University of Saskatchewan professor Brian Pratt and Keith Dewing, of the Geological Survey of Canada, made the discovery while exploring Victoria Island in a helicopter two years ago.

Meteorite crater discovered in Arctic
The Chronicle Herald Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:26 AM PDT
Keith Dewing, of the Geological Survey of Canada, stands on a met eorite craterâs edge on the northwest of Victoria Island, in Northwest Territories in July 2010, after researchers discovered evidence of the crater from helicopter.

Meteorite may explain life's 'left-handedness'
TG Daily Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:53 AM PDT
The predominance of 'lefthandedness' amongst amino acids inmeteorites isn't, after all, an indication of biological activity, say scientists. read more

Enormous prehistoric meteorite crater found in Arctic
Hamilton Spectator Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:39 PM PDT
Canadian researchers say they discovered a 25-kilometre-widemeteorite crater in the western Arctic while they were updating maps.

Meet the Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower
National Geographic
Like most meteor showers, the Delta Aquarids are caused by Earth slamming into clouds of sand-grain-sized particles shed by an orbiting comet. Countless number of particles are deposited along the entire path of the comet, forming clumps and streams...

Meteor 120724 2321 - YouTube
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A bright meteor was observed off to the SW of Calgary, Alberta on July 24 at approx 11:21 pm ...
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2012 THE Year of Meteors!

26 July 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26JUL2012

Perseids Meteor Shower: Watching the Stars in Eilat
Arutz Sheva
In Eilat, astronomer Eitan Schwartz decided to cut his normal fees in half, and did the same with the family price in order to make sure that anyone could have the opportunity to enjoy the upcoming Perseids meteor shower. "It's something no one should ...

Norwegian astronomer starts a meteor shower
The Foreigner
Norwegian astronomer starts a meteor shower. One of Norway's most famous astronomers left a trail of fears and 'oh dears' in the wake of March's meteorite fall. The fireball, which caused meteorites to be spread over southern Norway and Sweden ...

This Year, Actually See a Meteor During August Shower
Patch.com
Are you someone who always means to watch the Perseid meteor shower, but forgets? Or maybe you sit on your deck for awhile, but never seem to see one? Change your luck this year at Cleveland Metroparks Perseid Meteor Watch from 10:30 to midnight ...

Meteorite crater discovered in Arctic
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Average: 4.8 (4 votes). Keith Dewing, of the Geological Survey of Canada, stands on a meteorite crater's edge on the northwest of Victoria Island, in Northwest Territories in July 2010, after researchers discovered evidence of the crater from ...

Sparks fly over 'missing' meteorite
Views and News from Norway
The Natural History Museum in Oslo put out a call this week for what its officials feared was a missing meteorite that hadn't been seen since its publicized landing in the Norwegian capital earlier this year. The museum's mystery was quickly solved ...

Meteorite may explain life's 'left-handedness'
TG Daily
"Our analysis of the amino acids in meteorite fragments from Tagish Lake gave us one possible explanation for why all known life uses only left-handed versions of amino acids to build proteins," says Dr Daniel Glavin of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Look for shooting stars
Methow Valley News
For stargazers August is the month of shooting stars. On the night of Aug. 11 and early morning of the 12th, the Old Faithful of meteor showers, the Perseids, will reach their peak. For a few nights before and after plenty of action will be visible but ...

Researchers discover 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in western Arctic
Guelph Mercury Wed, 25 Jul 2012 15:12 PM PDT
Canadian researchers say theyâve discovered a 25-kilometre-widemeteorite crater in the western Arctic while they were updating maps.

NASA And University Researchers Find A Clue To How Life Turned Left
PR Newswire Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:25 PM PDT
GREENBELT, Md., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness â why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also...

Canadian researchers discover 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in western Arctic
Vancouver Province Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT
SASKATOON - Canadian researchers say they've discovered a 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic.

Meteorite crater 25 km wide discovered in Arctic
Toronto Star Wed, 25 Jul 2012 11:53 AM PDT
Canadian researchers say the crater is at least 130 million years old and could be as old as 350 million years.

How life turned left: Meteorite fragments help explain why living things only use molecules with specific orientations
Science Daily Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:29 AM PDT
Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness -- why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also gave the strongest evidence to date that liquid water inside an asteroid leads to a strong preference of left-handed over right-handed forms of some common protein amino ...

25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic
Hamilton Spectator Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:19 AM PDT
Up to 350 million years old

Researchers find a clue to how life turned left
PhysOrg Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:34 AM PDT
Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness â why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also gave the strongest evidence to date that liquid water inside an asteroid leads to a strong preference of left-handed over right-handed forms of some common protein amino ...

Meteorite crater 25 km wide discovered in Arctic
Toronto Star
Brian Pratt/THE CANADIAN PRESS Keith Dewing of the Geological Survey of Canada, on a meteorite crater's edge on the northwest of Victoria Island, in Northwest Territories in July 2010. The Canadian Press. SASKATOON—Canadian researchers say ...

Meteor crater named after Prince Albert
650 CKOM News Talk Radio
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) have discovered a massive meteor impact from millions of years ago in Canada's western Arctic. Located on the northwestern part of Victoria Island, the impact crater, ...

Meteorite Offers Clues as to Why Life Prefers Left-Handed Amino Acids
Ecology Global Network
Researchers analyzing meteorite fragments that fell on a frozen lake in Canada have developed an explanation for the origin of life's handedness – why living things only use molecules with specific orientations. The work also gave the strongest ...

25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater found in Canadian Arctic
Hamilton Spectator
SASKATOON - Canadian researchers say they've discovered a 25-kilometre-wide meteorite crater in the western Arctic. University of Saskatchewan professor Brian Platt and Keith Dewling of the Geological Survey of Canada made the discovery while ...

Kitt Peak hosts METEOR MANIA!
Copper Basin News
This year Mother Nature is putting on a spectacular fireworks show! Travel far away from those annoying city lights to view a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak, YOUR National Observatory! Festivities begin late and ...

Saskatchewan researchers find meteor crater in Arctic Saskatchewan ...
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan along with the Geological Survey of Canada have discovered the country's 30th meteor impact crater — a ...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.../story/.../sk-meteor-crater.html

Geminid meteor shower peaks on night of December 13, 2012 ...
The peak night of the 2012 Geminid meteor shower is from late evening December 13 until dawn December 14. The most meteors will probably fall around 2 ...
earthsky.org/.../geminid-meteor-shower-peaks-on-night-of-de...

Did K-T extinction event meteor puncture a hole in crust at Chicxulub?
Did the meteor or comet that struck Earth at the end of the Cretaceous punch a whole in the crust down to the mantle? If so, why isn't that part of the crust weak ...
www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?p=4008370

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

25 July 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25JUL2012

New Clues To The Early Solar System From Ancient Meteorites
Space Daily
In order to understand Earth's earliest history - its formation from solar system material into the present-day layering of metal core and mantle, and crust - scientists look to meteorites. New research from a team including Carnegie's Doug Rumble and ...

With Public Help, Meteorite's Secrets Studied ...
2 min
UC Davis geologist Qing-Zhu Yin asks the public for help in gathering pieces of a rare ...
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Scientists turn to meteorites to discover how the Earth was formed out of the ...
Daily Mail (blog)
Examination of the samples determined that the highly siderophile elements present in the diogenite meteorites were present during formation of the rocks, which could only occur if late addition or 'accretion' of these elements after core formation had ...

Meteor to light up sky
Erwin Record
The Delta Aquarids are usually a steadily rambling meteor shower without a very definite peak from July 18 to Aug. 18. During the nights of July 28th and 29th however, the waxing gibbous moon will set after midnight leaving the hours between moonset ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

24 July 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24JUL2012

Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend | Spacecom
The annual Delta Aquarid meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't get their hopes up for a dazzling show, experts say.
www.space.com/16719-delta-aquarid-meteor-shower-preview....

Meteor: Amateurs Vs Scientists
Deccan Herald
The amateur scientists who stole the attention of the media after identifying a rock at Jogipura in Channarayapatna taluk as meteor could not answer to the posers of the scientists in Hassan on Monday. Participating in an interaction held at the press ...

Ancient astronomical observatory unearthed in Georgia
Examiner.com
Today the Taurid meteor shower peaks on the night of November 5th. Yet 1000 years ago, due to a phenomena called precession of the equinoxes brought about by the slight wobble in the Earth's rotation, this meteor shower would have peaked 14 days ...

Watch WNC Skies This Summer
WHKP
Another weekend to add to the sightseeing calendar is July 28 and 29, as the annual Southern Delta Aquarids meteor showers will come into their peak view. Each year in August, Earth passes into the debris trail left behind by comets. Some of the debris ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

23 July 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23JUL2012

Stars to Shine in Heavenly Show
Patch.com
Summertime and shooting stars go together. Earth spins us into prime seating for spectacular night shows of meteor showers, according to a Wildomar resident who belongs to an astronomers' group. This year, according to ...

Alan Rubin hosts a tour of UCLA's Meteorite ...
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Alan Rubin hosts a tour of UCLA's Meteorite Gallery. uclaplanets. Subscribe Subscribed ...
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New clues to the early Solar System from ancient meteorites
Science Daily Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:29 AM PDT
In order to understand Earth's earliest history -- its formation from Solar System material into the present-day layering of metal core and mantle, and crust -- scientists look to meteorites. New research focuses on one particularly old type of meteorite called diogenites. These samples were examined using an array of techniques, including precise analysis of certain elements for important clues ...

New clues to the early Solar System from ancient meteorites
Phys.Org
Diogenites are a kind of meteorite that may have come from the asteroid Vesta, or a similar body. They represent some of the Solar System's oldest existing examples of heat-related chemical processing. What's more, Vesta or their other parent bodies ...

Pebbles bearing inscriptions of Holy Quran verses on display in Tehran
Tehran Times
Entitled “The Heavenly Meteor”, the collection has been created by Iranian artist Hossein Pur-Razavi, the organizers of the exhibit announced in a press release on Sunday. The collection contains 16 pebbles, which have been showcased in the Visual Arts ...


The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23JUL2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
new_asset_attachment_attributes. Summertime and shooting stars go together. Earth spins us into prime seating for spectacular night shows of meteor showers, according to a Wildomar resident who belongs to an astronomers' group.
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News

Meteorites Hold Secrets Of Earth's Formation
RedOrbit
Those meteorites are known as diogenites, and researchers from the Carnegie Institution, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the University of Maryland studied nine samples (seven from Antarctica and two from the African desert). Diogenites ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!

22 July 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22JUL2012

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 14-20, 2012 | American Meteor Society
This will be the best time of the month to try and view meteor activity as the bright moon will spoil the showers that peak near months end. This weekend the ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-14-2...

North Georgia joins the NASA All Sky Fireball Network
(July 16, 2012) – North Georgia College & State University has joined NASA's All Sky FireballNetwork—a collection of seven specialized cameras from sites ...
www.northgeorgia.edu/.../North_Georgia_joins_the_NASA_A...

When a young artist meets an ancient meteorite
The Guardian
A large (120kg) iron meteorite, 4.5bn years old, and found buried in Argentina, 12 feet below the earth in the Formosa province in the strewn field that is known as Campo del Cielo, or Field of the Sky. Although known to natives, the cratered field was ...

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21 July 2012

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New answers found to Tunguska meteorite mystery
Pravda Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:48 AM PDT
The mysterious explosion that occurred in the early morning on June 30, 1908 near the Stony Tunguska River, has been haunting the researchers for over a hundred years.

Meteor Activity Outlook for July 21-27, 2012 | American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near four no matter your location. For morning observers the estimated total hourly ...
www.amsmeteors.org/.../meteor-activity-outlook-for-july-21-2...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20JUL2012
By Lunar Meteorite * Hunter
But television news reports gave it a new identity suggesting it was a meteor that struck the earth hundreds of years ago at a speed of 30 kilometres per second. They claimed that the composition of the rock indicated that it was from outer ...
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Man Discovers Unusual Rock, Expert Weighs In On What It May Be
KRBC Abilene Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:21 PM PDT
One Abilene man found what he thinks could be a meteorite. So we looked into how great a possibility one has of actually finding one locally, and just what this man really found.

Jury trial set for 'Meteorite Man'
KJCT 8 Grand Junction Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:48 PM PDT
A jury trial has been scheduled in the case of a western Colorado man accused of selling fake meteorites.

A 'meteoric' rise!
Deccan Herald
But television news reports gave it a new identity suggesting it was a meteor that struck the earth hundreds of years ago at a speed of 30 kilometres per second. They claimed that the composition of the rock indicated that it was from outer space and ...

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19 July 2012

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Australia Reported Meteor Over Ocean NOT! - Aircraft Contrail (w/photo sequence) 30JUN2012 This event gathered much attention in the Australian press and ...
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18 July 2012

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Meteorite lights up Ostrobothnia sky
YLE News
An exceptional bright light phenomenon was observed in many parts of Ostobothnia, western Finland, just after 5pm on Tuesday. According to the Ursa astronomical association, this was a meteoritewhich had passed through the Earth's upper atmosphere ...

Meteor extravaganza expected on July 29
VietNamNet Bridge
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors radiate from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris, called meteoroids, entering the Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel ...

Join amateur astronomers to view meteor shower
InsideHalton.com
BURLINGTON POST - Watch the Perseids meteor shower with the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers August 11 at the Binbrook Conservation Area.

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16 July 2012

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13-year-old New Mexico boy using metal detector finds 2-pound meteorite
Phys.Org
Sadly for Agee, most are merely terrestrial rocks, what he calls meteor-wrongs. Then he met 13-year-old Jansen Lyons. Two weeks ago, the teenager walked into the institute - his mother in tow - carrying what he said was a 2-pound hunk of space rock he ...

"Incoming!" Meteor shower in Indian district | Peace . Gold . Liberty ...
Administrative officials in Behrampore confirmed that they were first informed by local residents of Jalangi area who reportedly observed the meteor shower.
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Rio Rancho teen finds 2-pound meteorite - YouTube
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After years of searching and several thousand misses, 13-year-old Jansen Lyons finally found his ...
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Meteorites and asteroids were most-likely sources of Earth's water
New Kerala Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:36 AM PDT
Washington, July 13 : Comets and, or a type of very primitive meteorite called carbonaceous chondrites are believed to be the sources of early Earth's volatile elementsâwhich include hydrogen, nitrogen, and carbon and possibly organic material, too.

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14 July 2012

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Meteor Activity Outlook for June 29-July 6, 2012 | International ...
Meteor season finally gets going in July for the northern hemisphere. ... The estimated total hourlymeteor rates for evening observers this week is near two for ...
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Locals witness meteor - The West Australian
A rare and wondrous sight beheld residents last week when a strange phenomenon penetrated Broome's night skies.
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