The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24MAR2024

NASA gets ready for asteroid big as Empire State Building to hit Earth - Chron
Chron
"We're still in the very early days of this very meticulous work," Tim McCoy, a curator of meteorites at the Smithsonian's National Museum of ...

Rare iron meteorite sparks legal and scientific debate in Sweden - MSN
MSN
An iron meteorite crashes into a pine forest near Stockholm, leading to a legal dispute over ownership. Geologists discover the rare 30-pound ...

Scientists Searching Roofs of Ancient Cathedrals for Strange Cosmic Dust - Futurism
Futurism
To think that so much rides on a tiny rock — it's astonishing. More on meteorites: Weird Meteorite Appears to Have Left Earth and Then Come Back.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23MAR2024

Asteroid Bennu sample boosts ET life theory - The New Indian Express
The New Indian Express
... meteoroids, asteroids and comets. The theory argues that life did not ... meteorites. Almost a century later, the September 1969 explosion of a ...

Returning Indigenous artifacts from RAM important but complicated, experts say - Taproot Edmonton
Taproot Edmonton
... Meteorite, and the Shining Rock. The museum keeps the stone in an area near the admission desk, so people can visit it without paying. The stone ...

Who owns a meteorite when it lands? Sweden has its say
1News
A Swedish land owner won a legal battle overnight to keep a 14kg meteorite when an appeals court ruled that such rocks should be considered ...

Swedish appeals court rules space rock should stay with the owner of the ...
Houston Chronicle
Judge Robert Green said that meteorites or space rocks should be considered “part of immovable property just like other stones, even though it may ...

Suède : une météorite tombe sur un terrain privé, la justice déboute les géologues et la ...
Le Figaro
Une météorite a été au centre d'un conflit juridique en Suède.

Doorbell cameras capture bright fireball lighting up sky over Canada
Yahoo Movies UK
Chris Herd, curator of the meteorite collection at the University of Alberta, told Canadian outlet Global News the flash was likely caused by a meteor ...

Man saw meteor streak overhead — then held it in his hand
1News
Dennis Behan was part of that group and was sitting in his hot tub near Queenstown when he saw the rock shooting through the night sky. The meteorite ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAR2024 - Late news

Doorbell cameras capture bright fireball lighting up sky over Canada - Yahoo Movies UK
Yahoo Movies UK
Chris Herd, curator of the meteorite collection at the University of Alberta, told Canadian outlet Global News the flash was likely caused by a meteor ...

Meteor Caught on Live TV - WPRI - YouTube
YouTube
Meteor Caught on Live TV - WPRI with T.J. Del Santo WPRI 12's Pinpoint Doppler Weather service for Rhode Island and Southeastern Mass.

Quantifying the bulk density of southern delta aquariid meteoroids - Oxford Academic
Oxford Academic - Oxford University Press
Abstract. Physical properties of ten millimeter-sized meteoroids from the Southern Delta Aquariids (SDA) shower are derived using optical ...

The rumblings that led to the 'alien spheres' probably came from a truck
Astronomy Magazine
From meteorite to a passing truck. A road next to the Manus Island seismic station that scientists suspect caused the pseudo-meteor signature. Credit: ...

Swedish appeals court rules space rock should stay with the owner of the ... - The Lethbridge Herald
The Lethbridge Herald
STOCKHOLM (AP) - A Swedish land owner won a legal battle Thursday to keep a 14-kilogram (31-pound) meteorite when an appeals court ruled that such ...

Heat to blame for space pebble demise - ScienceDaily
ScienceDaily
... meteor showers," says Dr. Peter Jenniskens, meteor astronomer at the SETI Institute. "In contrast, the zodiacal cloud is mostly composed of ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAR2024 - New Zealand 13MAR2024 Meteorite Fall Found

New Zealand's 10th meteorite discovered by couple sitting in Queenstown spa - Newshub
Newshub
The 10th meteorite ever to be found in New Zealand's history was discovered on Thursday in the Mackenzie Country by a volunteer search team.

'It was pretty crazy': Team finds meteorite in Canterbury | Star News - Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
Something crashed out of the sky near Lake Tekapo this week, sending stargazers scrambling. It was a meteorite, believed to be the first ...

The first meteorite located in 20 years | 1News - YouTube
YouTube
The Wellington man who found the first meteorite in NZ in 20 years says it 'still hasn't sunk in yet'.

'Bit of a fairytale': Camera footage leads to discovery of 10th meteorite found in NZ
YouTube
The 10th meteorite ever to be found in New Zealand's history has been located in Mackenzie Country. But the story behind it is as epic as the ...

Listen to The Country online with Jamie Mackay: Meteorites with citizen scientist, Steve Wyn-Harris
NZ Herald
Listen to The Country online with Jamie Mackay: Meteorites with citizen scientist, Steve Wyn-Harris. The Country. 21 Mar, 2024 07:40 PM Quick Read.

'We found the bastard': NZ's 10th meteorite discovered in Otago - 1News
1News
About 20 searchers set off this morning to find the rock, south of Lake Tekapo. They were now celebrating at the pub after coming across the meteorite ...

Meteorite hunt leader describes seeing 'fireball streak through the sky' - NZ Herald
NZ Herald
By RNZ Meteorite hunter Dennis Behan, who spotted New Zealand's 10th meteorite tear through the atmosphere , says he “jumped out” after seeing his ...

Team tracks down first meteorite located in NZ for two decades - Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
A meteorite is a fragment of spatial matter that falls to the surface of a planet. Most meteorites that fall to Earth come from the Asteroid Belt. " ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21MAR2024

Swedish landowner can keep 14kg meteorite after court battle with geologists
The Guardian
The meteorite was ruled to be 'immovable property' after it fell on to private property in 2020.

Court finally decides if meteorite should stay with the owner of the land where it landed
The Independent
The appeals court said the iron meteorite 'is made up of substances that are already present in the earth's surface'

'We found the bastard': Aotearoa's 10th meteorite discovered | RNZ News
RNZ
Aotearoa's 10th meteorite has been discovered on Crown land in the South Island's Mackenzie Country by a group of eagle-eyed citizen scientists.

Team 'stoked' to find meteorite near Lake Tekapo - Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
"We now know we can locate meteorites with our tracking technology." The Otago University geology department would run some analysis on the meteorite, ...

Fireballs Aotearoa members have eyes peeled in search for freshly fallen meteorite - RNZ
RNZ
... meteorite in the Mackenzie country. It has been 20 years since one was last found in New Zealand. Three or four meteorites hit New Zealand every ...

The Massalia Asteroid Family As The Origin Of Ordinary L Chondrites - Astrobiology
the Astrobiology Web
... meteorite. The Massalia Asteroid Family As The Origin Of Ordinary L ... meteorites falling on Earth today. It is suitably located in the inner belt ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAR2024

New Zealand's 10th meteorite crashes into Mackenzie District, search is on for celestial object
NZ Herald
The group, whose aim is to recover freshly fallen meteorites, reported the fireball on Wednesday, March 13, about 9pm above North Otago and South ...

Meteorite may have landed in Mackenzie Country - Otago Daily Times
Otago Daily Times
... meteorite. The group, whose aim is to recover freshly fallen meteorites, reported the fireball on Wednesday, March 13, about 9pm above North Otago ...

Video: Bright greenish blue meteor lights up Galveston Bay sky
Beaumont Enterprise
Video: Webcam captures bright meteor fireball over the Galveston Bay during the late hours of March 18.

Astéroïde ou comète : le mystère de l'origine du roc qui a décimé les dinosaures
Science et vie
HYPOTHÈSE DU GÉOCROISEUR ASTÉROÏDE. © MARK GARLICK/SPL II y a 66 millions d'années (Ma), une météorite frappe la Terre, générant un cataclysme ...

Meteoritical Bulletin: Search the Database
usra.edu
MetBull help, Antarctic help, GoogleEarth help ••Map all ↓, Notes. 31 records found for meteorites with types that are exactly "L-imp melt"

'Interstellar' Meteor Signal May Have Been a Truck | Scientific American
Scientific American
... came from another star system and raise questions about a high-profile expedition to recover the fireball's fragments from the seafloor.

Irradiation induced mineral changes of NWA10580 meteorite determined by infrared analysis
arXiv
We simulated the space weathering effects on a meteorite and recorded the alterations of the crystalline structure, such as the change in peak ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAR2024

Giant Fireball Meteor Falls Over China: A Sign of the CCP's Downfall? - YouTube
YouTube
On March 4th, the first day of the CCP's Two Sessions, around 5:18 AM, a huge fireball fell over the sky of Beijing, streaked with a green tail.

Fireball "brighter than the full moon" passes over Portugal
The Portugal News
The phenomenon, which was caused by a meteorite that entered the atmosphere at a speed of 61 thousand km/h, was spotted in the Foros de Vale Figueira ...

Più costosi dell'oro: i meteoriti al centro di un business in forte espansione - rts.ch
Laredazione.eu
Quando un meteorite si scontra con la Terra, arrivano loro: individui o scienziati che formano una galassia di ricercatori di meteoriti. In Svizzera i ...

Plus chères que l'or: les météorites au cœur d'un business florissant - rts.ch
RTS
Lorsqu'une météorite s'écrase sur Terre, ils débarquent: des particuliers ou des scientifiques qui forment la galaxie des chercheurs de météorites. En ...

Les mystérieuses sphérules repêchées dans le Pacifique seraient le résultat d'une ... - RTBF
RTBF
Tout commence en 2014, le 9 janvier de cette année une météorite baptisée "IM1" explose au-dessus de l'océan Pacifique. Pour Avi Loeb, astrophysicien ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAR2024

Rajasthan Govt Recognizes Ramgarh Crater as India's 1st Geo-Heritage Site | Jaipur News
Times of India
It is a matter of great joy and pride for Rajasthan to officially designate Ramgarh Crater (Baron), India's third meteorite impact crater, as the ...

Extraordinary row breaks out between Harvard, Johns Hopkins scientists over origin of ... - Daily Mail
Daily Mail
... meteor-like object 'IM1,' dragging a deep-sea magnetic sled along the fireball's last known trajectory. Pictured is Loeb (right).

A Single Asteroid Caused Two Billion Craters on Mars, Scientists Claim - Yahoo News UK
Yahoo News UK
A team of scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in California have found that a single meteorite was likely responsible for creating billions of ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16MAR2024

A Single Asteroid Caused Two Billion Craters on Mars, Scientists Claim
Futurism
A team of scientists have found that a single meteorite was likely responsible for creating billions of craters on the Martian surface.

OTD In Space – March 15: Alais Meteorite Brings Organic Chemicals From Space - video ...
Dailymotion
On March 15, 1806, a meteorite fell from the sky near the town of Alais, France. Known as the Alais meteorite, this was the first object from ... Alais meteorite, CI chondrite France 15MAR1806 video news

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Large fireball seen falling across sky in South Island - Newshub
Newshub
Fireballs Aotearoa, a group that aims to recover freshly fallen meteorites, said it is assessing its data to determine whether a meteorite has fallen ... New Zealand 13MAR2024 Meteor

Les scientifiques découvrent de nouveaux indices sur l'origine de la vie sur Terre à l ... - Issues.fr
Issues.fr
Des recherches récentes sur la météorite Winchcombe ont découvert des molécules organiques extraterrestres vierges, notamment des acides aminés et des ...

Après la météorite, le monde les survivants - Figaro Live
Figaro Live
Après la météorite, le monde les survivants. Après la météorite, le monde les survivants. Mis à jour il y a 20 heures , publié il y a 20 heures.

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 14MAR2024

A single meteorite smashed into Mars and created 2 billion craters | New Scientist
New Scientist
... meteorite collision formed about two billion additional craters, called secondaries. When a meteorite slams into the ground, it can blast a huge ...

[2403.08552] Young asteroid families as the primary source of meteorites - arXiv
arXiv
Understanding the origin of bright shooting stars and their meteorite samples is among the most ancient astronomy-related questions that at larger ...

A computational model of meteor entry into earth's atmosphere
Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange
This work improves an existing model by Evans Lyne, Michael Tauber, and Rich Fought of meteor entry through Earth's atmosphere to allow ...

Spherules Thought to Be From 2014 Meteorite Impact Could Be 790000 Years Older - ScienceAlert
ScienceAlert
meteorite spherule up close A 0.4-millimeter diameter iron-rich spherule. ... But that doesn't mean interstellar meteorites don't exist. Given what we ...

A 790,000 Year-Old Asteroid Impact Could Explain Seafloor Spherules - Universe Today
Universe Today
But that doesn't mean interstellar meteorites don't exist. Given what we know, there are almost certainly interstellar objects on Earth just ...

Did 'alien' debris hit Earth? Startling claim sparks row at scientific meeting - Nature
Nature
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb says that an interstellar meteor showered Earth with particles. At a planetary science conference this week, ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 13MAR2024

Meteorite From a 4.5 Billion Year Old Asteroid Holds 2,600 Compounds - video Dailymotion
Dailymotion
Analysis of a space rock that landed on a frozen Michigan lake revealed a rich array of extraterrestrial organic compounds.

Uomo usa come fermaporta una strana pietra ma scopre che vale un tesoro
Scienze Notizie
La strana roccia di un peso di 10 chilogrammi usata come fermaporta in una fattoria locale, in realtà si tratta di un meteorite adesso ...

The humiliating truth behind Harvard astronomer's alien spherules - Big Think
Big Think
... meteor Loeb is chasing. Credit: The Galileo Project. Key Takeaways. In 2014, a meteor like many others crashed into Earth: with a poorly measured ...Crackpot scientist- Avi Loeb

Meteorite Locations
Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies - Arizona State University
Former Center Director Meenakshi Wadhwa participated in the 2013 Antarctic Search for Meteorites. The team spent 40 days canvassing the ice fields ...

Phosphorus's cosmic courier | Nature Geoscience
Nature
Schreibersite is found in meteorites and thought to dwell in planetary cores. Tingting Gu explains how it may also have supported life on the ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 12MAR2024

Scientists tracking path of meteor misled by noise caused by 'truck' - Science News - WION
WION
Scientists tracking the path of a meteor that fell on Earth 10 years ago were apparently misled by the noise caused by a passing truck rumbling ...

EVENT: Live - Antarctic Meteorites and the Origin of Our Solar System | NSF
National Science Foundation
... meteorite discoveries, with some 45,000 rocks found across the continent. Since 1976, teams in the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 10MAR2024

They Thought It Was an Interstellar Meteorite Strike. Turns Out It Was a Truck.
Popular Mechanics
... meteorite CNEOS 20140108 struck near the northeast coast of Papua New Guinea. Confirmed to be the first known interstellar meteorite to strike ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09MAR2024

Chemical Composition of Unfamiliar Origin from the Pacific Ocean Site of the IM1 Meteor
Avi Loeb – Medium
On January 8, 2014, US government satellites detected a fireball from a meteor, labeled IM1, that was moving faster than needed to escape the ... CRACKPOT SCIENCE Avi Loeb!-LMH

Signals Linked to 'Aliens' Debunked as Noise From Truck - Newsweek
Newsweek
... meteor plunging into the Earth's atmosphere—and rumored to have possibly been from interstellar space—may not have been from a meteor at all. The ...

Seismic Rumble From an 'Alien Technology' Meteor Was Actually a Passing Truck, Scientists Say
Gizmodo
Fernando's team concluded that the spherules are indeed meteorites, or a combination of meteorite and terrestrial material, but not related to the ...anti-crackpot science against Avi Loeb!-LMH

Sensational claim of possible alien debris hits a science speed bump - The Washington Post
Washington Post
Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb scoured the Pacific seafloor last summer in search for debris from a meteor that had exploded in a fireball on Jan.

'Alien' signal was likely a very big truck | Popular Science
Popular Science
“The fireball location was actually very far away from where the oceanographic expedition went to retrieve these meteor fragments,” Fernando said of ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08MAR2024

Un simple caillou de jardin se révèle être une météorite d'une valeur de 70 000 euros
Science et vie
On pourrait dire que l'argent est, en quelque sorte, tombé du ciel pour David Mazurek ! Une imposante météorite de 10 kg...

Caught on camera: Shooting star over Milwaukee - TMJ4
TMJ4
If Wednesday's meteor had survived the fall to Earth, we'd call it a meteorite! It's about time to watch on your time. Stream local news and ...

Il Mistero del Meteorite Gigante nel Deserto del Sahara - Scienze Notizie
Scienze Notizie
Un enorme meteorite nel deserto del Sahara suscita interesse scientifico. Una storia avventurosa di scoperta e mistero, con scienziati determinati ...

Geology landscapes of Valencia County: Craters
Valencia County News-Bulletin
The idea of meteorite impacts on the moon or on earth was just not accepted despite a few anecdotes of meteor sightings. Similarly, the Meteor ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07MAR2024

Pieces of "fireball" that exploded over Mississippi found on ground - AOL.com
AOL.com
"There are confirmed reports of meteorites being found in the area east of Natchez," NASA said, while sharing an image of one of the meteorite pieces ...

Bright fireball spotted in Thailand's sky likely a large meteor - Pattaya Mail
Pattaya Mail
The Thai Astronomical Society mentioned that the other possibility being a large meteor is that the fireball was debris from a spacecraft, satellite, ...

Fireball spotted from Wokingham
Wokingham.Today
Joe Nam contacted Wokingham Today after witnessing the meteor while driving on Keephatch Gardens, east of the town, at 6.40pm on March 2. He said: “I ...

A visit to the Mineralogy and Petrology Collection | YouAlberta - University of Alberta
University of Alberta
There are over 2,000 meteorites in the Meteorite Collection. The museum organizes and displays these specimens in different sections: The first ...

This Spanish Treasure Partly Comes from Outer Space - Popular Mechanics
Popular Mechanics
An ancient Spanish treasure discovered 60 years ago yielded some surprising new results when testing showed that pieces were made from meteorite iron.

On the Origins of Life - An Introduction to Meteorites and Meteor-wrongs at ROM
Royal Ontario Museum
Dive into the science of meteorites in a hands-on workshop that takes you on a journey through meteorite and planetary geology. Explore meteorite ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06MAR2024

KCCI archives: Dashcam video captures large meteor darting across Iowa sky
KCCI
If you saw the massive fireball that raced across the Iowa sky in 2010, you'll never forget it.

Bright Fireball Spotted in Thailand's Sky - NNT
NNT
The International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics at Chulalongkorn University also supports the theory that the object was an iron meteorite or ...

ไขคำตอบ "ดาวตกชนิดลูกไฟ" แสงเขียวเหนือท้องฟ้าไทย - Thai PBS
Thai PBS
กล่าวว่า ดาวตก (Meteorite) เกิดจากการที่วัตถุท้องฟ้าขนาดเล็กผ่านเข้ามาในชั้นบรรยากาศโลก เสียดสีกับชั้นบรรยากาศ ที่ระดับความสูงประมาณ 80-120 ...

Giant fireball in the sky Monday night was a huge meteor : Expert | Thai PBS World
Thai PBS World
The giant fireball, which streaked across the night sky on Monday night and was seen by many people in central provinces, was a huge meteor, ...

Spectacular Night Sky Fireball in Thailand Confirmed as Meteor by Experts
BNN Breaking
Residents of Thailand's central provinces witnessed an awe-inspiring fireball, confirmed as a meteor, igniting widespread intrigue and a boost in ...

Bright Fireball Spotted in Thailand's Sky - ASEAN NOW
ASEAN NOW
... meteor. The association also mentioned that the other possibility is that the fireball was debris from a spacecraft, satellite, or parts of a ...

Transverse motion of fragmenting faint meteors observed with the Canadian Automated ...
ScienceDirect.com
(2011) determined strengths between 105 and 107 Pa in a review of 13 fragmenting meteoroids that produced meteorites. For fainter objects, macroscopic ...

Mais où est la plus grosse météorite qui se soit jamais écrasée sur Terre, perdue depuis ...
RTBF
La météorite Chinguetti découverte en 1916 existe-t-elle vraiment ? Et où se trouve-t-elle ? Trois scientifiques...

Meteor Showers by Gary W. Kronk (auth.) - Z-Library
Z-Library
Discover Meteor Showers book, written by Gary W. Kronk (auth.). Explore Meteor Showers in z-library and find free summary, reviews, read online, ...

KCCI archives: Dashcam video captures large meteor darting across Iowa sky
KCCI
Herbert Schwartz, an astronomy professor who retired from Drake University in 2022, estimated at the time that the meteor was about a meter wide. He ...

Western Manitoba meteor sighting a 'once in a lifetime event' | CBC.ca
CBC
People living in western Manitoba who spotted a meteor on Tuesday night should count themselves "extremely lucky", a local astronomer says.

Fossil named 'Attenborough's strange bird' was the first in its kind without teeth
ScienceDaily
Enantiornithines were once the most diverse group of birds, but they went extinct 66 million years ago following the meteor impact that killed most of ...

Christmas Eve 'marsquake' rocked Red Planet, left massive crater – and exposed chunks of ice
Yahoo Movies Canada
Scientists believe the meteorite may have measured 16 to 39 feet wide. Remnants of the impact landed 23 miles away.

Spectacular Meteor Fireball Lights Up Skies Over Northern Netherlands, Captivating Observers
BNN Breaking
Residents of Friesland witnessed an extraordinary meteor fireball, capturing the attention of many across Europe. Discover more about this ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02MAR2024

Fireballs in the Desert, Brighter Than Oppenheimer's Trinity | by Avi Loeb
Medium
The lack of a crater can be explained by a meteor trajectory that is nearly tangential to Earth's surface. The authors' hope to find a large iron ...

Bounty from space: Africa's meteorite riches on show - Nature
Nature
Africa's mineral wealth is well documented, but the continent is also a site of significant meteorite recovery, according to African Meteorites, which ...

The World's Largest Meteorite Seemed to Vanish in 1916. Why Can't We Find It?
ScienceAlert
The story of the Chinguetti meteorite is a very compelling mystery.

How To Tell The Difference Between Comets And Asteroids | IFLScience
IFLScience
Phaethon makes trouble. Another feature of comets is that they often cause meteor showers in their wake. The dust particles that stream off comets as ...

Physicists suggest a possible way to confirm or deny the existence of the Chinguetti meteorite
Phys.org
Three physicists have taken a new look at the circumstances surrounding the mysterious Chinguetti meteorite and developed a means for confirming ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01MAR2024

Renewed Quest for Chinguetti: Scientists Probe Sahara for Earth's Largest Lost Meteorite
BNN Breaking
Explore the captivating search for the Chinguetti meteorite, a century-old mystery hidden beneath the Sahara sands, led by British researchers.

Libyan Desert's Yellow Glass: How We Discovered The Origin Of These Rare And Mysterious Shards
menafn
... meteorite crater . Now, thanks to advanced microscopy technology, we believe we have the answer. Along with colleagues from universities and ...

First observations from a new meteor radar at McMurdo station Antarctica (77.8°S, 166.7°E)
IEEE Xplore
First observations from a new meteor radar at McMurdo station Antarctica (77.8°S, 166.7°E). Abstract: A new 36.17 MHz all-sky meteor radar was ...

NASA's asteroid-smashing DART mission 'completely reshaped' its target Dimorphos, scientists say
ABC
... meteorite collision with Earth. ... The successful collision helped scientists who were working on preventing potential doomsday meteorite collisions ...

Humongous Meteor Captured Exploding Over Missouri Early Wednesday - 100.9 The Eagle
100.9 The Eagle
If you were awake bright and early Wednesday morning, you might have seen a spectacular sky sight over Missouri. It was a mammoth meteor that ...

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