28 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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27 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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26 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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25 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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23 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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22 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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21 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

20 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20DEC2020

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

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

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

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

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

19 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19DEC2020

State trooper's camera captures Geminid meteor over Minnesota
KVRR
It is usually the strongest meteor shower of the year. Astronomers say on a dark night, it's possible to see 50 or more meteors per hour. On an optimum ...

Timelapse Captures Geminid Meteor Shower Over Oklahoma
Yahoo News UK
The Geminid meteor shower happens annually and usually peaks between December 13 and 14. According to NASA, the meteors appear to radiate ...

Key Building Block for Organic Molecules Discovered in Meteorites
NASA
Scientists from Japan and NASA have confirmed the presence in meteorites of a key organic molecule which may have been used to build other ...

NASA Identifies More Than 10 Asteroids That Will Pass Near Earth Before Christmas
Explica
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a database on asteroids, meteorites and nearby objects approaching Earth.

The Sky This Week: Jupiter and Saturn meet on the winter solstice
Astronomy Magazine
The Ursid meteor shower, whose activity runs from December 17 to 26 this year, peaks early this morning. These meteors, which come from debris left ...

Scientist believe they've detected mysterious radio signal from alien planet
Chron
URSID METEOR SHOWERS HERE: Ursid meteor showers to light up the skies during December. Scientists think they've detected radio emissions ..

'Greenland' director studied the science of comets to prepare for disaster film
Space.com
... study asteroids and comets but he said that he found that their points of view disagreed on how the Earth's ecosystem was affected by the meteor.

Question: A Meteor With Mass 10.85 Kg Andvelocity +13.50 Km/s Collides
Chegg
Answer to A meteor with mass 10.85 kg andvelocity +13.50 km/s collides (head on)with a meteor with mass 5.65 kg andvelocity -11.60...

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

18 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18DEC2020

Cameras capture apparent meteor streaking across morning sky
WAOW
DULUTH, MN — People across the Northland witnessed an apparent meteor streaking across the sky early Wednesday morning. Reports from across ...

State Trooper Dashcam Captures Meteor From Geminid Shower
WCCO | CBS Minnesota
The patrol said that an officer caught what appears to be a meteor streaking across the sky while patrolling in Dakota County Wednesday morning. They ...

Dash-cam video catches Geminid meteor shower
RADIO.COM
At about :20 into the video, you can see a bright, flaming meteor flying across the screen. The video was taken on Wednesday morning in Dakota ...

Possible Meteor Caught On Dash Cam In Pine Co.
KWLM (Willmar Radio)
(Pine Co., MN) -- A possible meteor is caught on a sheriff's deputy's dash camera in Pine County. The sheriff's office posted video of the flash of light ...

Meteorite Video via Pine County Sheriff's Office
perfectduluthday.com
This dashcam video from the Pine County Sheriff's Office shows a bright light streaking in the sky at about 6:50 a.m. on Dec. 16 in the vicinity of ...

Mysteries Of The Tunguska Meteorite In Siberia's Thinning Forests
Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
It's so vast and remote that scientists have spent decades searching and failing to find one of the largest meteorites ever to fall to Earth -- the Tunguska ...

Japan and beyond: Week in Photos - December 12~18
Kyodo News Plus
Photo shows a shooting star of the Geminid meteor shower observed from Nosegawamura in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 13, 2020.

Geminids meteor shower
AAPOD2
Image Description and Details : Composite picture with 40 images.Each shooting stars have been replaced by matching the stars,to get the radiant ...

How To Enjoy January's Quadrantids Meteor Shower
The Discoverer
Think of the Quadrantids as the x-factor of annual meteor showers. Despite having the potential to be the year's most luminous celestial event, it also ...

Ursids (URS#015) another outburst in 2020?
Meteor News
Some historic reports about meteor rains from 1433 in Japan and 1532 in China at the solar longitude of Ursid activity may refer to past outbursts, but ...

Ursids meteor shower 2020: When is the Ursids meteor shower peak?
Daily Express
URSIDS meteor shower aficionados are in for a treat very shortly when a dazzling shooting star show will lit-up the skies. By Tom Fish. 08:37, Fri, Dec ...

Meteors Mingle With Star Trails in Mesmerizing Florida Timelapse
Yahoo News
The Geminid meteor shower added an extra element to the stunning star trails captured on a clear night in Fort Myers, Florida, recently. Local resident ...

So How Much Could You Get Selling A Meteorite That Hits Your Home?
2oceansvibe News
It all started on August 1 at around 5PM when a meteorite, roughly the size of a watermelon, crashed through a tin canopy on the side of Josua ...

How Can You Tell If Moldavite Is Real?
KHTS Radio
The meteorite remains roughly spread across a 40 square mile area, where ... That's because each stone has been shaped according to the meteor ... NOTE- Photo pictured IS NOT Moldavite- LMH

Scientists have found out what happened to the forests after the extinction of the dinosaurs
FREE NEWS
But the exact mechanisms that linked the fall of the meteorite to the extinction remain unclear. Scientists from McGill University conducted a study and ...

144 MHz signal from the Faroe Islands heard 3000kms away in Bulgaria during the Geminid ...
Southgate Amateur Radio Club
During this year's Geminid meteor shower, many radio amateurs worldwide were busy making contacts on the VHF bands by bouncing signals off the ...

ANGEO - Diurnal mesospheric tidal winds observed simultaneously by meteor radars in Costa Rica
ANGEO - Copernicus.org
This paper presents a study of diurnal tidal winds observed simultaneously by two meteor radars located on each side of the Equator in the equatorial ...

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

17 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17DEC2020

Cameras capture apparent meteor streaking across morning sky
KBJR 6
DULUTH, MN -- People across the Northland witnessed an apparent meteor streaking across the sky early Wednesday morning. Reports from across ...

Video: Minnesota Police Sheriff Appears to Capture 'Meteor Shower' on Camera
Sputnik International
The video showed dark morning sky illuminated with a bright flash of an apparent meteor falling down and shining for at least four seconds. Users were ...

Meteor Flashes Through Sky Over Eastern Minnesota
Yahoo News
A meteor created a bright flash as it streaked through the sky over east Minnesota and west Wisconsin early on Wednesday, December 16, ...

Streaking meteor's predawn flash stars in an arresting video for Minnesota sheriff's deputy
Star Tribune
A meteor that flashed across the east-central Minnesota horizon and lit up the sky before sunrise Wednesdaywas captured on the squad car dashcam ...

Streaking meteor's predawn flash stars in an arresting video for Minnesota sheriff's deputy
Minneapolis Star Tribune
While it is unlikely "that any of the bolide survived [long enough] to hit the ground to become a meteorite," LaCoursiere added, "anyone along the path ...

WATCH: Meteor Streaking Across Minnesota Sky Caught On Camera
B105
The Pine County Sheriff's office shared video of what is likely a meteor streaking across the sky this morning

Dash cam captures fireball light up the sky in Minnesota
FOX 9
Possible meteor captured on dash camera. A dash camera captured a possible meteor near Denham, Minnesota. Video Courtesy: Pine County Sheriff's ...

Dec. 5 'loud boom' likely a meteor
Main Street Nashville
It's rare to find a meteorite – a meteor that hits the earth – because they are so small and are often indistinguishable from regular rocks, Wellington said.

Are you splitting the prize from 2020? NASA warns that five meteorites are heading this way – RT ...
haveeruonline
NASA has shared a warning about five asteroids that will cross Earth on Wednesday and shoot out later this week, two of which will be closer to our ...

Massive 'Christmas Asteroid' to Zip Past the Earth Longer than Two Full-Length Football Fields
Nature World News
A meteor that survives its descent on Earth and reaches the surface is called a meteorite. Lastly, comets are cosmic bodies that also orbit our Sun. Their ...

Expert says meteors are not uncommon in mid-December
KBJR 6
The American Meteor Society says they fielded 66 reports of this morning's show in the sky. John Cardinale. More Stories ...

'Meteor' just man racing to get home before 11 pm curfew
RTL Today
What appeared to be a meteor shooting through the sky above Luxembourg on Tuesday night turned out to be a driver racing to get home before ...

Searching for stardust: How to find micrometeorites in your gutters
New Scientist
A meteorite is a chunk of debris left over from the early years of the solar system that has survived passage through our atmosphere and crashed to the ...

Video Shows Meteorite Bouncing Off Earth's Atmosphere
UNILAD
'Earthgrazers' are small meteorites that bounce off the Earth's atmosphere. According to the European Space Agency, only a handful are recorded ...

Indonesian coffin maker insists sale of fallen meteorite didn't make him a millionaire
National Post
“Currently there are no meteorites of such value, and of course no collector will pay that price,” said Collins. The grief caused by the meteorite has forced ...

A man watches a meteor during the Geminid meteor shower over Brimham Rocks, a collection of ...
Instagram
1095 Likes, 14 Comments - Sky News (@skynews) on Instagram: “A man watches a meteor during the Geminid meteor shower over Brimham Rocks, ...

'Big glowing thing' was electron rocket
Otago Daily Times
While many wondered if the bright object seen flying over Otago on Tuesday night was a meteor or a plane, Dunedin observatory astronomer Ian ...

The “big glowing thing” was an electronic missile
theinformant.co.nz
St Kilda resident and astrophotographer Andrew Clark thought it was a large meteorite. “It is definitely one of the books. “I've been an astronomer for ...

Mysterious Spiralling Object Seen In The Sky Above Turkish City
LADbible
They went on to say they didn't think it was a meteor because it was spiralling to the ground rather than shooting across the sky. Advert. 10. As yet ...

From Covid-19 dropping from space to plausible 'paradox-free time travel' | Wild space theories in ...
India Today
... landing on Earth on a meteorite. A study published in July this year hypothesized that the virus came from space and had reached Earth on a space ... GOOFY Hypothesis-LMH

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

16 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16DEC2020

Meteor Explosion In France Caught On Video [Watch]
International Business Times
Sadly this 2kg baby asteroid burned up completely, so there's no #meteorite. It wasn't a #geminid." A fireball is another term for a bright meteor that is ...

La “Boule de feu” vue aussi en Haute-Marne
le Journal de la Haute-Marne
Les météorites sont composées de métaux tel que le sodium, le nickel et le magnésium, qui produisent respectivement une couleur jaune, vert et bleu .

Astéroïde dans le ciel d'Auvergne : le phénomène expliqué par un astronome
France 3 Régions
Malheureusement il s'est désintégré, il n'était pas assez gros pour qu'il y ait une météorite à la fin », regrette l'astronome. Il ajoute que ce bolide ...

Grosso meteorite attraversa i cieli della Norvegia per oltre 15 secondi
InMeteo
Probabilmente si è trattato di un meteorite di grosse dimensioni che ha impiegato più tempo del solito per disintegrarsi durante il suo ingresso in ...

Scientists Investigate Mystery "Rolling" Sound Heard Around The World
IFLScience
One promising possibility is bolides in the upper atmosphere - meteoroids producing a sonic boom, where the meteor goes unseen and isn't noticed ...

First images of 'black alien dust' collected from asteroid Ryugu 190MILLION miles from Earth
The Irish Sun
... that break off are called meteoroids; Meteor: If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it begins to vapourise and then becomes a meteor.

He Sold a Meteorite That Hit His Home. Then Things Got Weird.
VICE
After a meteorite crashed through his roof and tabloids reported a sale of $1.8 million, a coffin maker from a remote village was briefly the most famous ...

NASA spacecraft spots Babylon 5 villain lookalike in Mars formation
CNET
This view of Mars from 2020 shows where a meteorite hit the surface and blasted the dust off of the landscape, leaving behind dark streaks.

First images of 'black alien dust' collected from asteroid Ryugu 190MILLION miles from Earth
The Irish Sun
... rock is burning up; Meteorite: If a meteoroid doesn't vapourise completely and survives the trip through Earth's atmosphere, it can land on the Earth.

Dark nebulae, meteorites and the origin of life
Grand Canyon News
Dark nebulae, meteorites and the origin of life. By Barry Malpas, Astronomy Columnist. Originally Published: December 15, 2020 1:59 p.m. ...

Astro Bob: Geminids a hit; December's dark days turn to light
Grand Forks Herald
Our next meteor shower, the Quadrantids, peaks in the small hours of Jan. 3. Unfortunately the 84 percent full moon will compromise the view. The ...

An asteroid will “skim earth” today; be closer than the moon
EsquireMe
Of course, when an asteroid hits atmosphere it becomes a meteor. And two days ago the Earth saw one of the biggest and brightest meteor showers ...

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

15 December 2020

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15DEC2020

Black 'Sand-Like' Asteroid Dust Recovered From Japan's Probe Box
Interesting Engineering
... returned its sample capsule, which reentered the atmosphere in a meteor-like streak of light before setting down in the Australian desert. It was then ..

Un « énorme bolide » aperçu dans le ciel de Saône-et-Loire
Le JSL
Ils évoquaient « une énorme météorite », une « étoile filante verte » ou ... chargé d'observer le ciel et de détecter les météorites) de Dijon et Troyes.

Meteor Explosion In France Caught On Video [Watch]
International Business Times
The general rule of thumb is that the brighter the fireball, the rarer it is. Fireballs can also develop two types of trails behind them -- trains and smoke trails ...

Una stella cadente “catturata” dalla telecamera dell'auto
La Fedeltà
Una stella cadente o forse un meteorite che è stato avvistato da diverse persone. E in questo caso anche documentato con un video. Si tratta di una ...

VIDEO: Southwest Idaho Door Cam Catches Reported Meteor Explosion
News Radio 1310 KLIX
It was enormous, and left a fiery trail that appeared to go for miles. The video was described as likely a meteorite that exploded upon entry into the ...

Geminid meteor shower dazzles Oman skies
Oman Observer
Muscat: Every year, the Geminid meteor shower is active between December 4 and 16. The skies of the Sultanate will witness meteor showers for two ...

UAE glows with hundreds of shooting stars
Khaleej Times
The Geminids meteor shower lit up UAE skies in the wee hours of Monday morning. Hundreds of residents and tourists travelled to Ras Al Khaimah's .

KU faculty member snaps picture of a meteor shower
The News International
A meteor shower captured by a faculty member of the Institute of Space Science and Technology University of Karachi Engineer Absar Ahmed Khan.

Why Sunday's meteor showers were extra special for UAE viewers
Gulf News
What is a meteorite? When a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, survives the journey and ends up on the surface of the Earth, it is called a ...

Une fortune venue du ciel ? Un Schilikois pense avoir trouvé une météorite dans son jardin
DNA - Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace
Une belle pierre un peu étrange, avec une autre pierre en son cœur. Pour lui, c'est certain, il s'agit d'une météorite. Selon les experts, c'est plus ...

Pour ce Schilikois, qui pensait avoir trouvé une météorite dans son jardin, c'est Noël avant l'heure
L'Alsace.fr
Pour lui, c'est certain, il s'agit d'une météorite. Selon les experts, c'est plus compliqué. Par Jean-Frédéric TUEFFERD - 06:00

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