09 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09JAN2015

Meteor activity seen over Romania
RoSA
Meteor activity seen over Romania. on 08 January 2015. A bright light followed by a loud noise was recorded on the Romanian sky at 3:05 am on the ...

VIDEO: Meteoroid fireball turns night to day in Romania
International Business Times UK
An extremely bright fireball turned night into day in Bucharest, Romania, when it flew overhead and burned up in the atmosphere. Romania's Space ...

Footage captures meteor lighting up Bucharest night
The Globe and Mail
A disintegrating meteorite illuminates the sky over Bucharest, giving Romanians an impromptu light show. ...

Mystery Antarctic 'Crater' Could Be House-SizedMeteor Impact | Video
YouTube ⋅ 02:34
A 2004 infrasound recording suggests a 'large body' likely hit the King Baudoin Ice Shelf in East Antarctica. On Dec. 20th, 2014, a circular structure ...

Inside NASA: From 3D Printing Spacecraft To Augmenting Humanity Itself
Gizmodo Australia
“There is a meteor that hit Mars, and as we drive around Mars we saw that meteor,” Tom recalls. “It's interesting because it's made out of materials that ...

NASA Satellite Set to Get the Dirt on Soil Moisture
A new NASA satellite that will peer into the topmost layer of Earth's soils to measure the hidden waters that influence our climate is in final preparations for a Jan. 29 launch. ...

Security cameras in Bucharest capture space rock blaze across sky
Daily Mail - 6 hours
At 3:05am local time, several security cameras throughout the city of Bucharest captured the incredible sight of the space rock lighting up ...

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08 January 2015

Bucharest, Romania Bolide Meteor 07JAN2015 w/ 31 videos

Bucharest, Romania Bolide Meteor Approx 0305 Local 07JAN2015
With Fragmentation !!  LOUD BOOMS! Meteorites likely produced!
METEORRATS, METEORiteRapidActionTeamS, Respond! Teams scrambled.
w/ 31 videos
Updates Pending- check back...
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Estimation of the area above which the meteor detonation took place, and the meteoroid trajectory respectively.
Source- Romanian Space Agency

Bucharest, Romania Bolide Meteor Approx 0305 Local 07JAN2015
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YOUR meteor report is important.
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Video 1
Meteorite explodes over Bucharest Romania January 7, 2015
Posted to YouTube by THEEYEINTHESKY 179 views

Video 2
Meteor shower 01.07.2015 Romania
Posted to YouTube by tatiana birsa 63 views

Video 3
Meteor Hits Bucharest, Jan 07, 2015 - Romania
Posted to YouTube by Liviu Popovici 558 views

Video 4
Meteor over Bucharest Romania 07.01.2015
Posted to YouTube by ctrlAG 161 views

Video 5


Meteor Bucharest Romania
Posted to YouTube by ctrlAG 10,671 views

Video 6



Meteor explosion over Bucharest Romania Cam 3
Posted to YouTube by ctrlAG 400 views

Video 7


Meteor explosin over Bucharest Romania Cam 1
Posted to YouTube by ctrlAG 53 views

Video 8


Meteor explosion over Bucharest Cam 2
Posted to YouTube by ctrlAG 287 views

Video 9


Meteor over Romania! Incredible footage!
Posted to YouTube by Eye Stocker 4,287 views

Video 10 - TV News Compilation
 
Un meteorit a aparut deasupra Romaniei
Posted to YouTube by HotVideo Romania 301+ views

Video 11


Imagini noi cu meteorul care arde pe cer Vezi VIDEO surprins in Moldova
Posted to YouTube by Stirile MD 46 views

Video 12
Meteoroid Burns Up In The Skies Above Romania |
Meteor Explosion | Meteorite Burning over Bucharest
Posted to YouTube by World Viral News 301 views

Video 13
Meteorite explosion over Romania
Posted to YouTube by News11 52 views

Video 14


Meteor over Bucharest - Afumati 2015
Posted to YouTube by Romulus Corneanu 13,746 views

Video 15


quick entry
Posted to YouTube by maracine anton 164 views

Video 16

meteorite light
Posted to YouTube by Lisa TheCat 6 views

Video 17- TV NEWS Compilation
Над Бухарестом згорів метеорит
Posted to YouTube by ТСН 2,283 views

Video 18


Meteorite falling over Romania 07.01.2015
Posted to YouTube by Release The Gamers 9,079 views

Video 19


Метеорит взорвался над Румынией видео 3 A meteorite exploded over Romania
Posted to YouTube by ARTHUR GID/SEKRET 38 views

Video 20- NICE!


Meteorite Bucharest January 7th 2015
Posted to YouTube by trafficmanfm 200 views

Video 21


meteor - otopeni - romania
Posted to YouTube by birlan69 6 views

Video 22


Meteor 7 ianuarie 2015 - București
Posted to YouTube by PaulDorneanu 32,781 views

Video 23

Meteor Romania 07/01/2015 HD
Posted to YouTube by Adrian Pascale 127 views
Note from the poster-
The date and time of the vehicle camera was not set. It runs on the factory settings still. It's a new vehicle.


Video 24


meteorite
Posted to YouTube by Lisa TheCat 4 views

Video 25


meteorite
Posted to YouTube by Lisa TheCat 4 views

Video 26


meteorite light
Posted to YouTube by Lisa TheCat 27 views

Video 27


Romanian meteorite 07Jan2015
Posted to YouTube by 123TSI 114 views

Video 28 - Fantasitc Video!


Imagini explozie meteorit Cluj
Posted to YouTube by Ionut Geana 94 views

Video 29 includes 8 different CCD camera captures- 
Fantasitc video with dog and chickens alarmed.


Înregistrarea exploziei meteoritului in atmosferă, România, 07.01.2015
Posted to YouTube by zangah 591 views

Video 30 includes 8 different CCD camera captures- 


Meteorit deasupra Brailei
Posted to YouTube by infobrailatv 10,251 views

Video 31 includes4 different CCD camera captures- NICE!


Meteorite strike 07.01.2015 Romania, 4 cams, zoom and slow motion
Posted to YouTube by Vlad Vana 13,757 views

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Initial Meteor Sighting Report-
07JAN2015 Tudor Romania, seen in several cities 3 am 3 can't tell Greenish color, loud booms heard during the 2/3 seconds it seemed like it was daylight outside split in to 2/3 fragments

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 08JAN2015

Bucharest, Romania Bolide Meteor 07JAN2015 w/ videos
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Meteor Hits Bucharest, Jan 07, 2015 - Romania Posted to YouTube by Liviu Popovici 558 views. Video 4. Meteor over Bucharest Romania 07.01.2015...

Meteorite explosion over Bucharest
NBC News ⋅ 00:34
Watch a meteorite disintegration on Wednesday over the sky in Bucharest, Romania. The video was recorded by NXDATA-2 rooftop security camera. ...

Meteorite sky view - Bucharest Romania 07.01.2015
LiveLeak.com
... Blog |; More Blogs |; Browse Channels. Meteorite sky view - Bucharest Romania 07.01.2015. Meteorite sky view - Bucharest Romania 07.01.2015 ...

Romanian meteorite 07Jan2015
YouTube ⋅ 00:09
Romanian meteorite. ... Romanian meteorite 07Jan2015. <a href="/channel/UC22iP6PjH68sDP_vB4dQReA" class=" yt-uix · 123TSI.

Was a 1905 Cowichan meteor a message from outer space?
Cowichan Valley Citizen
While working in his father's garden about half past 11 o'clock, a meteor about 10 inches in diameter was hurled through space and buried itself in the ...

Brasil Fireball Meteor 06JAN2015
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Brasil Fireball Meteor 2245 PET 06JAN2015 ... Watch Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2015: Live Stream Information, Details on First Shooting Stars .

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Meteor 06JAN2015
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports- 06JAN2015 Mike Malinsky Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 21:10:00 2.5 N-S facing W Long green tail, then burnt up as ...

'New Year's Comet' Lovejoy Reaches Its Peak: Watch for It
By Alan Boyle- NBC News- January 7, 2015
It's prime time for Comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2), this month's "It" comet:
Wednesday night marks the comet's closest approach to Earth, at a distance
of 44 million miles (70 million kilometers), ...

"The Big Bang Theory": Did Tannerite Explosion Cause Loud Boom?
PA home page
There are a lot of "big bang theories" floating around, everything from plate tectonics to meteor showers, fracking to sonic booms, even alien lifeforms.

New evidence undermines mammoth-killing cosmic impact
Big News Network.com
It's the latest scientific paper to question the theory that a massivemeteor instigated the Younger Dryas cold period, the centuries-long frigid drought ...

MUST SEE: Incredible surveillance video catches meteorite crashing to earth overnight
Q13 FOX Seattle - 6 hours
BUCHAREST, Romania — The dark skies over much of the country of Romania lit up early Wednesday morning as some kind of object streaked across ...

Mammoths were killed off by humans, not an asteroid say scientists
Daily Mail - 12 hours
A new study by archaeologists at University College London and the University of California has lent support to theories that human hunters ...

No Alien Signals Detected From Kepler's New Exoplanet
Discovery News - 5 hours
After pointing the Allen Telescope Array at a newly-found exoplanet discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope, SETI reports there is no ...

Cosmic impact didn't kill off mammoths, new evidence suggests
redOrbit - 5 hours
Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Researchers from the University of California, Davis have found new evidence ...

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Goiânia, Brasil Fireball Meteor 07JAN2015

Goiânia, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0319 UTC 07JAN2015

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Goiânia, Brasil Fireball Meteor 0319 UTC 07JAN2015
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Meteor 06JAN2015

Edmonton, Alberta Canada Meteor Approx. 2113 MST 06JAN2015
8 Reports

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Alberta Canada Meteor Approx. 2113 MST 06JAN2015
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YOUR meteor report is important.
Please file your meteor sightings please HERE-
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-

06JAN2015 Mike Malinsky Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 21:10:00 2.5 N-S facing W Long green tail, then burnt up as yellow Low brightness, just a streak of green in the sky No crude artwork

06JAN2015 Laura Edmonton, AB, Canada 21:30PM 6 seconds East to West (Looked like it was coming down) No Sounds, Bright green with orange around it. It looked massive Florescent Green - Really bright No pieces falling It looked like It was burning so bright and then at the end it died out. I thought it was going to crash into the Earth it was so close and so bright. Not high up in the sky but eye level when sitting in a car.

06JAN2015 jack fulks edmonton, alberta 21: 20 2 to 4 seconds more or less E/W i was facing west white corona with a light green centre bright as a LED on a tail light no fragmentation angle coming down about 45 degrees

06JAN2015 Christy Edmonton, AB, Canada 21:15 PM, Mountain Time Zone 5 seconds Facing west Bright white streak, orange glow at the end, then burned out About as bright as the moon No I was driving, so I only glimpsed it, but it was pretty!

06JAN2015 Michelle S Edmonton, AB, Canada 21:13 MST 5 seconds plus within the window pane West sky, right to left slightly green ball, no sound at least as bright as a full moon none, round seems like it would have hit the ground, but no flash or sound from within our house; watching TV and two of us saw it.

06JAN2015 P Ross Taylor Sherwood Park AB Canada 21:13 MST 3 s very slightly N of W appeared to fall straight down Warm-bright, with wavy "tail" Much brighter than a planet Didn't appear to be Dropped below the tops of surrounding trees, gave the impression it may have reached the ground

All meteor sighting reports can be seen here
http://thelatestworldwidemeteorreports.blogspot.com/

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07 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 07JAN2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JAN2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
In what could possibly be a UFO in the process of crashing over California, dramatic video of what is definitely an Unidentified Flying ... NOT A Meteor; ...

Meteorite blast over Romania 2015.01.07
YouTube ⋅ 00:14
Meteorite blast over central Romania....the actual meteorite can't be seen but the flash indicates a bigger meteorite in size ...

Meteor shower expected Friday
CTV Montreal News - CTV News ⋅ 00:03
A meteor shower that has 'never been seen before' is expected Friday. Colin Haig, VP of Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, discusses.

New evidence undermines mammoth-killing cosmic impact
UPI.com
New research cast doubt on the idea that an intercontinental meteorstrike caused the extinction of the wooly mammoth. Photo by Tracy O/Flickr.

Year promises visual delight for sky-gazers
Times of India
PUNE: Two lunar eclipses, comet Lovejoy and a meteor shower are some of the celestial events to watch out for in 2015. Besides, Venus and Mars ...

NASA’s Kepler Marks 1,000th Exoplanet Discovery
NASA's Kepler Space Telescope has, to date, offered scientists more than 4,000 candidate planets -- the 1,000th of which was recently verified.

Volunteers Classify Possible Planetary Habitats
Citizen scientists are busy sifting through images from the WISE mission, logging 1 million potential planetary habitats..

Is this a UFO crashing and ejecting a miniature spacecraft ...or a meteorite breaking apart?
Daily Mail - 12 hours
The strange fireball was spotted by commuter Ken Roberts as he drove home from work. The American Meteor Society says it has received reports ...

Is this a UFO ejecting an escape pod or a meteorite breaking up? Mystery video sparks speculationDaily Mirror - 2 hours
A mysterious ball of light streaking across the night sky over California was caught on camera, sparking theories that it could be a UFO. ...

Mysterious Orb In California Sky Might Be UFO, Space Enthusiasts ClaimOpposing Views - 7 hours
Mysterious Orb In California Sky Might Be UFO, Space Enthusiasts Claim Mysterious Fireball Sighting Sparks UFO Theories 'Couldn't Have Been A ...

Meteors mean serious money
China Daily
In China's fast-growing meteorite market, buyers of all kinds are lining up for the outer space rocks ranging from big-spending investors desiring the ultra-expensive to young fashionist as seeking jewelry decorated with fragments of the outer-space gems. ...

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Brasil Fireball Meteor 06JAN2015

Brasil Fireball Meteor 2245 PET 06JAN2015
Brasil Fireball Meteor 2245 PET 06JAN2015
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Japan Fireball Meteor 03JAN2015- 2015年1月3日長い火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 0554 JST 03JAN2015
2015年1月3日5:54:14JSTの継続時間が5.2秒と長い火球

Japan Meteor 0554 JST 03JAN2015
2015年1月3日5:54:14JSTの継続時間が5.2秒と長い火球
c 2015 
上田昌良

SonotaCo Meteor Forum with photos and video-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3436&sid=5172e1a9884d6742a0145770c21263b1

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06 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 06JAN2015

Studies of Mars Meteorite Show Long History of Water, Hydrogen on Planet
The Christian Post - 10 hours
Further study of a meteorite from Mars showed that water and hydrogen have been present on the planet since the Noachian era, a time when ...

Fireball from 4 January 2015
UK Meteor Observation Network
On 4 January 2015 at 02:26:57 UT several UKMON cameras detected a large fireball streaking across UK. ...

2 confirmed fireballs streak over TN, visible in AL
WSMV Nashville
Officials with the Marshall Space Flight Center confirmed Monday night that two fireballsoccurred in the skies earlier in the evening. ...

Fireball lights up night sky in north Alabama, Tennessee
FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com
Dr. Bill Cooke at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville says a fireball passed over the region around 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The fireball ...

2 confirmed fireballs streak over TN, visible in AL
WAFF
Dr. Bill Cooke with the MSFC said the streak of light caused by the first fireball was "brighter than the planet Venus. This first fireball traveled from west ...

Astronomical Prices of Meteorites in Korea Still Controversial
SEOUL, Dec 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The 4.5 billion-year-old meteorites
that fell in Jinju city, South Korea in March 2013 are having a hard
time entering Korean scientific research circles due to their owners’
excessive compensation demands. ...

14 reports
American Meteor Society
AMS received 14 reports about a fireball seen over CA on January 4th 2015 around 02:47 (UTC)

Sky Events that Cannot Be Missed in 2015
The Utah People's Post
There will be plenty of amazing sky events that cannot be missed: total eclipses, view of planets and meteor showers. So make sure to note down ...

NASA Announces Briefing on New Mission to Track Water in Earth's Soil
NASA will hold a briefing at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) Thursday, Jan. 8, about the upcoming Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission. ...

UFO Crashing Over Southern California Jettisons Orb That ‘Flew Straight Up Into The Sky’
The Inquisitr - 5 minutes
In what could possibly be a UFO in the process of crashing over California, dramatic video of what is definitely an Unidentified Flying ... NOT A Meteor; likely an aircraft contrail.

Recipe for 'Earth-Like' Alien Worlds Discovered
Discovery News - 3 hours
After carefully measuring the masses of small, rocky exoplanets, astronomers have come to the conclusion that our solar system may not be ...

Get ready for the breathtaking spectacle of Comet Lovejoy
Pioneer News
The New Year has already brought a meteor shower with it. And now, there is more to look forward to. A stunning bright green comet discovered by ...

Wolf Moon shines bright: First full moon of 2015 kicks off month of celestial delights for stargazers
Daily Mail
However, the bright glare from the sunlight reflected from the lunar surface meant the annual Quadrantids meteor shower, which peaked in the early ...

2015 Meteor Shower Information
Cloudy Nights
2015 Meteor Shower Information - posted in Beginners Forum: Check out the 2015 MajorMeteor Shower Information. Beginner guide, descriptions of ...

Watch: Rain drops hit a sandy surface like meteorimpacts
Times LIVE
Researchers have found that when a meteor hits the earth, it has the same energy scaling and produces the same crater morphology as rain drops ...

2015 Meteor Shower Information
Stargazers Lounge
2015 Meteor Shower Information - posted in Getting Started General Help and Advice: Checkout the 2015 Meteor Shower Information. Also see how to ...

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05 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05JAN2015

2015 offers stargazers many spectacles
The Space Reporter
August 12 will witness the peak of the prolific Perseid meteor shower. In 2014, a bright waning gibbous Moon obscured much of the shower. However ...

Quadrantids Meteor Shower to peak on Early hours of Sunday morning
Infowars
The annual Quadrantids Meteor shower would be starting from Saturday night and would continue into the early hours of the Sunday morning.

2015's first meteor shower to peak
MSN.com
The first meteor shower of 2015 is set to peak over Britain today.

Meteoro abriu cratera no Sertão há 3,2 mil anos
jconline.ne10.uol.com.br
Pesquisadores querem transformar área em Santa Cruz da Baixa Verde em parque natural cidades/Ciência...
http://jconline.ne10.uol.com.br/canal/cidades/cienciamambiente/noticia/2015/01/04/meteoro-abriu-cratera-no-sertao-ha-32-mil-anos-162780.php


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Osaka, Japan Meteor 03JAN2015 - 2015年1月3日5:54:14JSTの継続時間が5.2秒と長い火球

Osaka, Japan Meteor 5:54:14JST 03JAN2015
2015年1月3日5:54:14JSTの継続時間が5.2秒と長い火球

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Osaka, Japan Meteor 03JAN2015
2015年1月3日5:54:14JSTの継続時間が5.2秒と長い火球
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SonotaCo Meteor Forum-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3436&sid=b6ea1398468f83ce2c5ded9fdeddac9d

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Yamaguchi, Japan Fireball Meteor 29DEC2014 12/29_18:52長経路流星

Yamaguchi, Japan Fireball Meteor 1852 JST 29DEC2014 - 12/29_18:52長経路流星
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Yamaguchi, Japan Fireball Meteor 1852 JST 29DEC2014
12/29_18:52長経路流星
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SonotaCo Meteor Forum-
http://sonotaco.jp/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3430&sid=b6ea1398468f83ce2c5ded9fdeddac9d

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04 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 04JAN2015

Japan Fireball Meteor 31DEC2014
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Japan Fireball Meteor 0523 JST 31DEC2014- 2014年12月31日5:23:58JST ... SonotaCoMeteor Forum- w/ several photos and videos of this event...

Get Ready: The Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend & 2015's First Full Moon
Posted to YouTube by nemesis maturity 1,845 views

NEOs Asteroids Close Approaches January 2015
Posted: 03 Jan 2015 01:30 AM PST
NEOs Asteroids Close Approaches January 2015 ALERT- Several Large Meteors PENDING! January 2015 Meteorsc2015 Dirk Ross There are currently 6 known NEO Asteroids discovered that will pass within approximately 10LD...

Quadrantids meteor shower to peak over Britain on Sunday
The Guardian
A meteor is seen streaking past stars over Qingdao, China, during 2013's Quadrantids shower. Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters. ...

Quadrantids meteor shower 2015: Stargazers gear up to see staggering 80 fireballs an hour
Daily Mirror ⋅ 00:49
The first meteor shower of the year will soon burst across our night skies ... impressive but you might get lucky and see a moderately bright meteor"....

Meteor Crater
Google
Meteor Crater lies at an elevation of about 1740 m (5709 ft) above sea level. It is about 1200 m (4000 ft) in diameter, some 170 m deep (570 ft), and is ...

First big meteor shower of 2015 comes tonight
Sacramento Bee (blog)
This weekend will see the first shooting-star-show of the new year - a big meteor shower on the night of January 3rd and 4th. ...

How to Watch the First Meteor Shower of 2015
TIME
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to be most visible in the northern hemisphere around 9 p.m. ET Saturday night and then early Sunday ...

When is best to watch the first meteor shower of the year in Gloucestershire tonight?
Gloucester Citizen
The Quadrantid meteor shower is expected to peak at around 2am on Sunday morning but the best viewing times are between midnight and dawn....

Quadrantid meteor shower: What time can you see it?
Essex Chronicle
NASA estmates up 80 meteors an hour will be seen at its peak this evening - matching the amount seen at the Perseid and Geminid meteor showers....

Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight: How to See It
FOX 11 Los Angeles
The first big meteor shower of 2015 is the annual Quadrantid Meteor Shower. It comes around each January and provides one of the most ...

How to see this weekend's Quadrantid meteor shower
AOL.com
Saturday night you'll have the chance to experience a first for 2015 ? the Quadrantid meteor shower. ...

Watch Live Tonight: The 2015 Quadrantid MeteorShower
Newsweek
The first meteor shower of 2015 peaks tonight, but an almost-full moon might wash out the brightest meteors, making for poor viewing conditions....

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03 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03JAN2015

Watch Quadrantids Meteor Shower 2015: Live Stream Information, Details on First Shooting Stars ...
IBTimes India
The Quadrantids meteor shower 2015 will on Saturday after 9pm and early Sunday morning and be watched live via online video webcast streaming.

Meteor shower to light up the sky this weekend
CBS News
Stargazers can start the New Year off with a bang this weekend as the first meteor shower of 2015 reaches its peak on Saturday night. The first meteor ...

Quadrantid Meteor Shower 2015: Where To Watch The First Shooting Stars Of The Year
International Business Times
The Quadrantid meteor shower will be lighting up skies in the Northern Hemisphere this weekend with the first shooting stars of 2015 -- but catching a ...

Meteoro Cai No Mato Grosso Do Sul - Brasil / MeteorFalls In Mato Grosso Do Sul
Disclose.tv ⋅ 01:18
Depois do claro no cu, um estrondo, um susto e muitas dvidas rondam Santa Rita do Pardo, a 266 km de Campo Grande ...

Quadrantids meteor shower peaks this weekend — where to see it
Washington Post (blog)
The Quadrantids, which is the first meteor shower of the year, peak this weekend. Unfortunately most of the eastern half of the country will be too ...

Quick, the Quadrantids! 2015's First Meteor Shower Hits Brief Peak
NBC News
The Quadrantid meteor shower is arguably one of the most quizzical phenomena of its kind: Not only is it the traditional opener for each year's ...

Meteor shower peaks this weekend; here's where to look
Globalnews.ca
TORONTO – If you have clear skies and are willing to brave frigid temperatures that are expected across the country, you might want to bundle up and ...

10 must-see stargazing events in 2015
Mother Nature Network
2015 boasts not only the annual variety of meteor showers but eclipses and distant planets appearing in the sky together. (Photo: janez ...

Weekend 'Quads' meteor shower a case of bad timing … but have faith
Astro Bob
It will take determination to see the annual Quadrantid meteor shower this weekend especially for U.S. observers. The annual blizzard of meteors – up ...

Geminid Meteor Shower: Dust From an Asteroid
Space.com
Editor's update for Dec. 31: The next Geminid meteor shower will peak on Dec. 13 and 14 in 2015. In 2014, the Geminids put on a dazzling display that ...

Want to see the Geminid meteor shower?
FOX 10 News | fox10phoenix.com
ATLANTA - Don't be surprised if you look into the night sky this weekend and see a shooting star or two. The Geminid meteorshower is set to peak ...

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02 January 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02JAN2015

First Meteor Shower of 2015 Peaks This Weekend
Sierra Leone Times
A Quadrantid meteor shower streaks across the night sky over Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands in this 2012 photo captured by photographer ...

Quadrantid meteor shower to peak Sunday but may not be easy to see
Focus Taiwan News Channel
2 (CNA) Astronomy buffs in Taiwan may have a chance to spot shooting stars this weekend as the Quadrantid meteor shower closes in on its peak, but ...

Astronomical Events In January 2015: First MeteorShower, Full Moon, New Moon Plus Brightest ...
International Business Times AU
Mark your calendars, sky gazers! January sky is going to offer some dazzling views. The first weekend of 2015 will see year's first meteorshower.

2015 packed with amazing celestial treats
Arab News
Several amazing astronomical treats are likely this year, starting with a meteor shower on Saturday, an astronomer said here on Thursday. This would ...

2015 Will Be A Great Year for Sky Watching in Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Times
Costa Rica News – Throughout the world, there will be four eclipses and seven meteor showers in 2015, or so the forecast predicts. Experts ...

First Big Meteor Shower of 2015 This Week
AOL On
This weekend will see the first shooting-star-show of the new year - a big meteor shower January 3rd and 4th. ...

The first Meteor shower of 2015 peaks this weekend
euronews
The first meteor display of the year will be the Quadrantid meteorshower. Meteor showers are usually named after the constellation in the sky where ...
Huge Fireball/Meteor Sightings Over Japan & Colorado Dec.31 2014
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Huge Fireball/Meteor Sightings Over Japan & Colorado Dec.31 2014
Before It's News
Japan Fireball Meteor 0523 JST 31DEC2014- 2014年12月31日5:23:58JST出現 -5.0等の火球. Colorado Meteor/s Approx 1710/1745 31DEC2014.

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Colorado Meteor 31DEC2014

Colorado Meteor/s Approx 1710/1745 31DEC2014
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Initial Meteor Sighting Reports-
31DEC2014 Michael Kruger Rangely, Colorado, USA 17:45/MST,PM 3 seconds N-S; facing west while observing Venus & Mercury after sunset Bright white meteor streak with a fireball flash at the endpoint. Bright white, like the gibbous moon Fireball flash at the end appeared to have two parts About 45 degrees off the western horizon.
31DEC2014 Rosie CRAWFORD, CO 81415 USA 17:10:00 5-10 SECONDS STRAIGHT DOWN IN THE WESTERN SKY. I WAS FACING WEST. FELL STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THE WESTERN HORIZON. PALE YELLOW, FIREBALL FULL MOON NO SAW IT OUT MY WESTERN FACING WINDOW. AS IF IT FELL FROM THE SKY, STRAIGHT DOWN. JUST AT DUSK.

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Japan Fireball Meteor 31DEC2014

Japan Fireball Meteor 0523 JST 31DEC2014- 2014年12月31日5:23:58JST出現 -5.0等の火球
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Japan Fireball Meteor 0523 JST 31DEC2014
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