27 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27MAR2015

HOLMBERG: Meteorite in the James River? Finder is wishing upon a star.
CBS 6 Richmond - 19 hours
"It kept shining back up at me," Arthur Capuano of Petersburg said. "I knew what it was . . . I felt I knew what it was."

Second natural quasicrystal found in ancient meteorite
SpaceDaily - 21 hours
The top panel shows the symmetry of the first natural quasicrystal, icosahedrite. The lower panel shows the symmetry of the recently ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26MAR2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
Meteor over Halifax March 24, 2015. Captured by our webcam on the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia Video can be licensed via .

Bright Flash lit up sky over Prince Edward Island
PerfScience
But according to astronomer David Lane, director of the observatory at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, it was likely a bright meteor called a fireball.

Meteor over Halifax Nova Scotia
TheBigWobble
Meteor over Halifax Nova Scotia. A streaking ball of white flame resulting from a meteorite fall over Canada's East Coast Tuesday night lit up the sky ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover Finds Biologically Useful Nitrogen On Mars
The Aero-News Network - 15 hours
First Detectable Nitric Oxide Released From Heating Sediments A team using the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument suite aboard NASA's ...

Curiosity rover finds nitrogen on Marsgizmag - 16 hours
In another hopeful sign that Mars was once habitable, NASA's Curiosity rover has detected nitrogen in the soil of the Red Planet for the ...
Skywatching Webcasts: Total Lunar Eclipse of April 4 by Slooh
Space.com
The next major stargazing webcast will be on April 4, 2015 during the first of two total lunar eclipses. Viewing information will be posted here once it ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 28-April 3, 2015
American Meteor Society
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as the Lyrids become active during the month. They are active from the 18th through the 25th, with a ...

Fireball lights up PEI sky
The Guardian Charlottetown
“Did you see a fireball in the sky at about 9 p.m.? The Gamma Normid meteor shower is underway,” tweeted Day, chief meteorologist for CTV Atlantic.

Bright meteor lights up western Nova Scotia skies
Truro Daily News
HALIFAX - A bright meteor that flared across the night sky Tuesday, lit up webcams and social media across the province, too.

Central Australia home to world's biggest asteroid impact zone
The Australian
The meteor thought to have caused South Australia's Acraman crater 580 million years ago had been blamed for a mass extinction of primitive life ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25MAR2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
The meteor was spotted by at least one Newfoundlander around 9:20 last night. He told VOCM News he noticed a bright light in the sky over Goobies .

Deep Impact
Brian Koberlein
There's new evidence that a large meteor impact occurred in Australia about 350 million years ago, but the findings are not without controversy.

Fireball not meteorite, could be rocket debris: Scientists
onmanorama
International scientists who conducted studies on the remains of thefireball said that they could not find anything similar to particles of meteorite in the ...

Fireball lights up PEI sky
The Guardian Charlottetown
“Did you see a fireball in the sky at about 9 p.m.? The Gamma Normid meteor shower is underway,” tweeted Day, chief meteorologist for CTV Atlantic.

Meteor spotted in the sky in Nova Scotia
Newsflare
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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24MAR2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
The new discovery in Australia dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, one of the best preserved meteorite craters in the world. The crater in Australia is .

Perseids, Lyrids, Geminids, Leonids, Draconids, Orionids, Aquarids, Taurids
The CELESTIAL Convergence
2015 is looking set to be a good year for meteor showing watching — with good peak-rates and nice dark skies being likely for most of the major ...

HOLMBERG: Meteorite in the James River?
WTVR.com
RICHMOND, Va. — Arthur Capuano of Petersburg still believes it's a 220-pound meteorite that he pulled out of the James River in downtown ... Sorry a developing case of "IT ONLY A ROCK FEVER"

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26 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26MAR2015

Fireball flashes over PEI
CBC.ca
But the bright flash that lit up the sky over P.E.I. and around the Maritimes around 9 p.m. Tuesday night was likely a bright meteorcalled a fireball, says ...

Meteor over Halifax March 24, 2015
Posted on YouTube Nova Scotia Webcams 64,252 views

Meteor over Halifax March 24, 2015
ucoadpi.com
Meteor over Halifax March 24, 2015. Captured by our webcam on the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia Video can be licensed via ...

Meteorite impact zone in Australia may be the largest ever discovered
Mashable
The size of the crater is much smaller than the new discovery at just 180 kilometers, yet the meteor that hit is believed to be of similar size at 10km wide ...

Fireball lights up the sky over Nova Scotia
CTV News
The fireball appeared over Nova Scotia at approximately 9 p.m., trailing a white streak of fire across the sky before it flared into a white ball and ...

Maritimers spot 'great ball of fire' in night sky
CTV News
Did you see a #fireball in the sky at about 9pm? The Gamma Normid meteor shower is underway. 9 fireballs have been reported to SpaceNews.

Meteorite impact zone in Australia may be the largest ever discovered
Mashable - 17 hours
The impact zone of a meteorite that may have hit the Earth in the Australian outback around 300 million years ago is double the size ...

Fireball over Halifax caught on camera
CBC via Yahoo Canada News - 15 hours
People across Nova Scotia took to social media Tuesday after seeing a ball of fire in the night sky. Astronomer David Lane, director of the ...

Shooting Star Lights up Sky above East Iceland
Iceland Review - 6 hours
People in Hallormsstaður and Jökuldalur in East Iceland witnessed how the sky suddenly lit up with a bluish light yesterday evening. ...

NASA Finds New Evidence of Life-Supporting Ingredient on Mars
ABC News via Yahoo! News - 4 hours
NASA's Curiosity rover has found new evidence of nitrogen on Mars, proving that the red planet has -- or at least had -- the right stuff to ...

NASA's Curiosity finds new ingredient of life on MarsComputer World Australia - 9 hours
After already finding evidence of water on Mars, NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered another key element necessary for life on the Red ...

WATCH: Meteor lights up sky over Halifax
Globalnews.ca
Several webcams, operated by Nova Scotia Webcams, captured themeteor as it burned up in the atmosphere. At one point, the meteorappears to ...

Meteor Rockets Over Atlantic Provinces
VOCM
The meteor was spotted by at least one Newfoundlander around 9:20 last night. He told VOCM News he noticed a bright light in the sky over Goobies ...

Extinction-level asteroid will 'just miss' Swansea Bay on Friday
South Wales Evening Post
Above: Footage of a meteor which hit Russia in 2015, injuring 950 people. NASA's Near Earth Object Programme is tracking the asteroid which was ...

Scientists in Australia find world's largest meteor crater
Circa
A meteor with a six-mile diameter smashed into Earth before dinosaurs walked the planet. 2 · Copy URL to this point. The dust and greenhouse gases ...

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25 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25MAR2015

Meteor spotted in the sky over Nova Scotia
MSN.com
Footage has emerged of a meteor cross the sky of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The video, shot on Tuesday...

Meteor Rockets Over Atlantic Provinces
CFCB 570 AM
The meteor was spotted by at least one Newfoundlander around 9:20 last night. He told VOCM News he noticed a bright light in the sky over Goobies ...

Fireball lights up the night sky over Nova Scotia
The Weather Network
A webcam in Halifax harbour captured a meteor as it shot through the sky and then burst into a glowing ball of fire. The aerial explosion was visible ...

Maritimers spot 'great ball of fire' in night sky
CTV News
Did you see a #fireball in the sky at about 9pm? The Gamma Normidmeteor shower is underway. 9 fireballs have been reported to SpaceNews.

Webcam captures what appears to be a meteor
Chum FM
A webcam in Nova Scotia captured what appears to have been a meteor Tuesday night. Tags: meteor(3) · Nova Scotia(10). Categories: Canada(1388).

Goodness gracious great balls of fire
CBC.ca
Meteor over Halifax March 24, 2015. novascotiawebcams. ·. 7 hours ago. Add to story or collection; Share on Twitter; Share on Facebook; Share on ...

Australia puzzled over ancient asteroid impact
Times of Malta
Nor can scientists find any sign of an ash layer similar to the one left by the similar-sized meteor believed to have killed off the dinosaurs 65 million ...

Meteor spotted across night sky in England and Wales
BBC
A meteor has been spotted travelling across the night sky by people in many parts of England and Wales.

Meteor over Halifax March 24, 2015
YouTube
Captured by our webcam on the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel in Halifax, Nova Scotia Video can be licensed via Newsflare:

Massive meteor pit sparks new theory
PressReader
Massive meteor pit sparks new theory. SYDNEY: An ancient meteorite crater 400km wide was discovered in central Australia, scientists said on ...

Meteor over Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 24, 2015
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Meteor over Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
Godlike Productions
I wonder if this has anything to do with the approach of 2014-YB35...

The Largest Meteor Impact on Earth Has Just Been Found in Australia
Before It's News
A very long time ago, a massive meteor, while entering Earth's atmosphere, broke into two huge pieces. They were at least 6 miles (10 km) across.

Massive meteorite impact area discovered in Australia
AFP via Yahoo! News - 19 hours
Washington (AFP) - A massive impact area from a huge meteorite that struck the Earth millions of years ago has been found in central ...

Gigantic Meteorite Crater Found In Australia
Sky News via Yahoo UK & Ireland News - 13 hours
Scientists say they have found signs of a devastating meteorite which hit Australia millions of years ago. While the surface crater from the ...

Hints of huge buried impact craters reported in Australia
Nature - 9 hours
Controversial idea suggests traces of a meteorite blast may exist kilometres below the surface.

Massive meteorite site found in AustraliaBigPond News - 15 hours
The largest impact zone from a meteorite ever discovered on Earth has been found in central Australia.

Site Last Updated 10:15 am, Tuesday
The Borneo Post - 21 hours
WASHINGTON: A massive impact area from a huge meteorite that struck the Earth millions of years ago has been found in central Australia, ...

I carried Mars rock in hand luggage
BBC
The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars.

Bright meteor
Stargazers Lounge
Bright meteor - posted in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets: Managed to catch this last night with the PD video cam, looking east, time ...

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24 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24MAR2015

Extinction-level meteor crater in Australia is largest ever recorded
Siliconrepublic.com
An enormous crater measuring 400km in width caused by two separate meteorite impacts have been found in central Australia which is now the ...

Just Discovered In Australia: The Largest Asteroid Impact Ever
Popular Science
The new discovery in Australia dwarfs Meteor Crater in Arizona, one of the best preserved meteorite craters in the world. The crater in Australia is ...

Scientists locate largest-ever meteorite crater in Australian outback
UPI.com
Surface scars in the Australian outback are the product of an ancientmeteorite -- one that split in two just before impact, creating the largest-ever ...

World's largest asteroid impact zone found in Australia
CBC.ca
Each crater is itself bigger than the 180-kilometre-in-diameter Chicxulub crater in Mexico, linked to the the meteor strike thought to have wiped out the ...

This is what happens when a meteor lands in the Alps
Reddit
I really wanted to make the title "This is what happens when you find a meteor in the Alps" but wasn't sure if people would get the reference. permalink.

Huge Australian asteroid impact 'Curtains for many life species'
Digital Journal
They suggest the massive meteor must have broken in two moments before impact. ABC News reports that material from both impact sites appears to ...

How large would a meteor need to be to make an impact on the ocean floor?
Reddit
I just read an article about a recent discovery of what is considered to be now the largest crater from a meteor some millions of years ago and...

400km meteor crater identified in Australia
PressReader
400km meteor crater identified in Australia. SYDNEY: An ancient meteorite crater 400km wide has been found in central Australia, scientists said ...

Scientists shocked: Largest meteor crater ever discovered in Australian Outback
Nature World Report
The huge meteor would have wiped out any life on Earth at the time — but scientists are still puzzled over just how old the crater is. An unbelievably ...

World's largest asteroid impact zone found
Chicago Tribune
A meteor strike in central Russia that left today hundreds of people injured is the biggest known human toll from a space rock, a British expert said.

Massive meteorite impact area discovered in Australia
AFP via Yahoo! News - 4 hours
A massive impact area from a huge meteorite that struck the Earth millions of years ago has been found in central Australia, scientists said ...

Scientists locate largest-ever meteorite crater in Australian outback
UPI - 5 hours
Brooks Hays ACTON, Australia, March 23 (UPI) -- Surface scars in the Australian outback are the product of an ancient meteorite -- one that ...

Largest-ever meteorite crater found in Australian outback
Daily Telegraph - 11 hours
Scientists say underground 'scars' in central Australia mark the largest meteorite crater ever found

400-kilometre-wide meteorite crater found in Australia
Thailandnews.net - 5 hours
The meteorite broke into two pieces shortly before impact, according to Andrew Glikson from the Australian National University, who led ...

World's largest asteroid impacts found in central Australia
Science Daily - 8 hours
A 400 kilometer-wide impact zone from a huge meteorite that broke in two moments before it slammed into the Earth has been found in Central ...

Massive meteorite impact area discovered
News24
2015-03-23 22:37. A meteor streaks across the sky against a field of stars during a meteor shower near Grazalema, Spain. (Jorge Guerrero, AFP, file).

Third Rock From the Sun predicts great vaporizing meteor in 2015
Imgur
Third Rock From the Sun predicts great vaporizing meteor in 2015. 9 hours ago · 29,770 views · stats. View comments on reddit. Download full ...

Breaking News: Canada Large Meteor Event 18MAR2014
YouTube
Breaking News: Canada Large Meteor Event 18MAR2014 SONICS REPORTED in Quebec!! - Possible METERORITE FALL! Breaking News - MBIQ ...

​Blood moon – the next great astronomical event after the solar eclipse
Leicester Mercury
April 21 – 22: The Lyrids Meteor Shower is seen as an "average" shower, producing around 20 meteors per hour at its peak. Some meteors can be ...

Strange Lights Over Russia Spur Rumors
Clapway
According to one of the Stavropol meteorologists, Natalya Klimenko, if it wasn't a meteor, or a storm, then it likely was something that a human being ...

2015 sky events: Lunar eclipse, meteor showers and more visible from Grimsby area
Grimsby Telegraph
April 21 and 22: The Lyrids meteor shower will take place which usually produces about 20 meteors per hour at its peak. Meteors may ...

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Japan Fireball Meteor 23MAR2015- 2015年03月23日22時35分40秒神奈川より西方の火球

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2015年03月23日22時35分40秒神奈川より西方の火球

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Japan Fireball Meteor 23MAR2015- 2015年03月23日22時35分40秒神奈川より西方の火球
c2015 上田昌良 / SonotaCo
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23 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23MAR2015

NASA finds surprising features in Chelyabinsk meteor debris
"Researchers at NASA have reported new data revealing some of themysterious history of the Chelyabinsk meteor. The 20-meter object burst into fragments over the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia over two years ago, but this new data analysis sheds new light on the nature of the meteor. ...

The best cosmic events to hit Nottingham's skies in 2015
Nottingham Post
April 21 and 22: A Lyrids Meteor Shower will take place. This 'average' shower usually produces about 20 meteors per hour at its ...

NASA data reveals mysteries of meteor that struck Chelyabinsk
UPI.com
New data has revealed some information about the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013.

2015 The SECOND Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

22 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22MAR2015

NASA finds surprising features in Chelyabinsk meteordebris
The Space Reporter
Researchers at NASA have reported new data revealing some of the mysterious history of the Chelyabinsk meteor. The 20-meter object burst into ...

NASA Surprised By Chelyabinsk Russian MeteorFragments
Forbes
More than two years after an estimated 20-meter class meteorfragmented high over the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, new data reported by NASA ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAR2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
He has spent much of his life rushing to the scene of fallen fireballs, in one instance helping to prove that a fallen meteor contained water that was 4 .

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Japan Fireball Meteor 21MAR2015 - 2015年3月21日03時221分26秒の火球

Japan Fireball Meteor 21MAR2015 - 2015年3月21日03時221分26秒の火球

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21 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21MAR2015

Search for fireballs across WA
The West Australian via Yahoo!7 News - 7 hours
Planetary scientists believe the fireball spotted over WA 12 days ago was one of the fastest ever seen, streaking across the sky at 35km a ...

Mystery beam of light baffles experts in Russia (+video)
TVNZ - 2 hours
Alien invasion or cloud-measuring device? Speculations fly over mystery beam of light

NASA scientist says this is where we'll likely find alien life first
Business Insider via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours 
Take a good look at all of the planets and the most-prominent moons in our solar system and ask yourself which one is most ideal for life. ...

Rosetta makes first detection of molecular nitrogen at a comet
European Space Agency-19 March 2015
ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has made the first measurement of molecular nitrogen at a comet, providing clues about the temperature environment in which Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko formed.

4 astronomical events you don't want to miss this spring
Globalnews.ca
The next meteor shower is the Eta Aquariids, from April 19 to May 26. Its peak is May 6-7. But these are best seen from the southern tropics. And they ...

Meteor trajectories
Physics Forums
Is anyone in this forum interested in computing meteor trajectories? jcsd. Astronomy news on Phys.org. • Milky Way's center unveils supernova 'dust ...

Asteroides y cometas
www.investigacionyciencia.es
Una selección de nuestros mejores artículos para ahondar en la ciencia de los asteroides y los comet...

Search for fireballs across WA
The West Australian
Planetary scientists believe the fireball spotted over WA 12 days ago was one of the fastest ever seen, streaking across the sky at 35km a second.

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MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES March 16-20, 2015

o Moreux Crater - False Color (16 March 2015)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150316a

o Becquerel Crater - False Color (17 March 2015)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150317a

o Granicus Valles - False Color (18 March 2015)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150318a

o Windstreaks - False Color (19 March 2015)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150319a

o Trouvelot Crater - False Color (20 March 2015)
http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20150320a

All of the THEMIS images are archive here:
http://themis.asu.edu/latest.html

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ScienceNetwork WA
Facebook
A fireball believed to be a meteor flashed across Perth skies this morning and was caught on a Dash-cam! Watch it here:...

Tsunami Alert for Puerto Rico and the East CoastMeteor Hit!!!
YouTube
Are preparation underway for a 200FT tsunami that will hit Puerto Rico and the East Coast? Watch and prepare before it's too late!!! Are preparation ... NOTAL BS!


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20 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20MAR2015

Weird asteroid spun so fast it literally exploded itself
Cnet
For the first time, astronomers have captured images of a rare type of asteroid that rotates so quickly it literally cracks itself ...

Our View from the Cosmic Shore: Early Modern Interpretations of Celestial Events
Hyperallergic
Sandby and scientist Tiberius Cavallo together witnessed a largemeteor break up in the atmosphere from the terrace of Windsor Castle in 1783....

Other Asteroids Contributed Elusive Olivine to Vesta
Planetary Science Institute- March 17, 2015
Tucson, Ariz. -- Olivine should be one of the most abundant minerals on asteroid Vesta, but it remains elusive. Scientists working on NASA's Dawn mission to Vesta were initially thrilled to find few scattered remains of this enigmatic mineral as evidence for telltale signs of planetary differentiation. ...

A meteoric career
Pamplin Media Group
He has spent much of his life rushing to the scene of fallen fireballs, in one instance helping to prove that a fallen meteor contained water that was 4 ...

Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite
YouTube
http://www.undergroundworldnews.com A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15000 years ago ...

Last Call for IASC - Asteroid Search Campaign
The submission date for the IASC Asteroid Search Campaign is March 21. That leaves only a couple of days left to get your application forms filled out.
Be one of the 5000 students that have found asteroids. Ask your teacher to fill out the form and apply to this citizen science project. Read more here.

Oddball 'Crystal' Survived Crash to Earth Inside Meteorite
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - 12 hours
A bizarre crystal-like mineral recently found in a meteorite that crashed to Earth perhaps 15,000 years ago adds more support for the idea ...

Oddball 'Crystal' Crashed to Earth Inside Meteorite
Discovery News - 7 hours
The second known natural quasicrystal was found inside a meteorite that crashed to Earth in Russia.

Crystal with 'forbidden symmetry' found in 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite that formed at the start of the solar system
Daily Mail - 5 hours
Scientists at Princeton University, New Jersey studied an ancient meteorite (shown) and found a quasicrystal with a structure that it was not ...

Second natural quasicrystal found in ancient meteorite
SpaceRef - 8 hours
Second natural quasicrystal found in ancient meteorite

Strange 'snow carrots' found at meteorite impact site
The Weather Network - 10 hours
Thursday, March 19, 2015, 9:23 - Russia was thrust into the world spotlight in February 2013, when the Chelyabinsk meteorite streaked across ...

Meteor Activity Outlook for March 21-27, 2015
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is near 3 for observers situated at mid-northern latitudes and 4 for observers ...

NASA's LRO Spacecraft Finds March 17, 2013 Impact Crater and More
March 17, 2015
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) acquired images of the lunar
surface before and after the largest recorded explosion occurred on the
surface. ...
Discovery News - 11 hours
A study based on 151 multi-planetary systems found by NASA's Kepler space telescope shows that most have a planet -- or two or three.

Extent of moon's giant volcanic eruption is revealed
EurekAlert! - 10 hours
( Durham University ) Scientists have produced a new map of the moon's most unusual volcano showing that its explosive eruption spread debris ..

Double Impact Crater in Canada Formed in Two Separate Impacts
By Amanda Doyle - Astrobiology Magazine- Mar 12, 2015
An asteroid smashing into a planet can dramatically alter the planet's habitability by setting back evolution or even encouraging biodiversity.

Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance - 10 hours
LONDON, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Mar 18, 2015) - The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), joined by Susan Truppe, ...

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19 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAR2015

Photos: See Five Fireballs That Lit Up Colorado Skies
Westword
The meteor had an average speed of 47 km/s (106,000 mph). NEXRAD Doppler radar (KFTG Denver) over the hour following thefireball does not ...

VIDEO: Massive meteor in the sky over Switzerland, Germany and Austria
Speisa
On Twitter, there were several who reported the phenomenon as ameteor, and the website lunarmeteoritehunters have collected some witness ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAR2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
Speaking to the Express Mr Macdonald said, "It was a beautiful, clear night and I got some nice pictures but capturing the meteor was a fluke.

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower - Live Broadcast
Slooh
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower runs from April 21 – May 20, 2015. Meteor activity peaks from May 5-6, and many meteors are still visible a few days ...

Chemical reactions that kickstarted life on Earth pinpointed
Daily Mail - 12 hours
Chemists at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge found that meteorite impacts (pictured) would have created hydrogen cyanide ...

Best views of Mercury's icy craters
BBC News - 7 hours
Scientists obtain the most detailed views yet of ice deposits inside the permanently shadowed craters at Mercury's north pole.

Real-time holographic displays one step closer to reality
PhysOrg - 12 hours
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have designed a new type of pixel element and demonstrated its unique switching capability, ...

Nanospheres cooled with light to explore the limits of quantum physics
PhysOrg - 9 hours
A team of scientists at UCL led by Peter Barker and Tania Monteiro (UCL Physics and Astronomy) has developed a new technology which could one ...

Superconductivity's turning point from niche to mass markets
PhysOrg - 9 hours
Following is an interview with Dr John Durrell, newly appointed Lecturer in Superconductivity, by Philip Guildford, Director of Research:

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18 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 18MAR2015

Meteor Streaks Over Loch Ness in Scotland
NBCNews.com
Scottish tour guide John Alasdair Macdonald says he's not a photographer." I just take some (photos) now and again to put on Facebook," he told the ...

Home»News»Local»What was that bright light streaking across the sky last night?
News1130
It was a meteor, according to astronomer Derek Kief with the HR MacMillan Space Centre, who says while shooting stars are common, it's rare to see ...

New clues from the dawn of the solar system!
A research group in the UA Lunar and Planetary Laboratory has found evidence in meteorites that hint at the discovery of a previously unknown region within the swirling disk of dust and gas known as the
protoplanetary disk ...

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17 March 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17MAR2015

Stunning Meteor Seen Over Loch Ness
Huffington Post UK
Speaking to the Express Mr Macdonald said, "It was a beautiful, clear night and I got some nice pictures but capturing the meteor was a fluke.

Loch Ness meteor outshone planets, says Greenwich astronomer
Inverness Courier
Dr Edward Bloomer has classed the meteor as a fireball - a particularly bright type of meteor which shines greater than magnitude -4 in the night sky.

Meteor explosion triggers loud booms over Switzerland, Germany and Austria
Strange Sounds
This meteor was seen from Switzerland to Austria on March 15, 2015. Disintegration triggered loud booms . Look at the amazing videos and pictures.

Ist in der Schweiz ein Meteorit eingeschlagen?
FOCUS Online
Eine Lichtkugel am Himmel und ein lauter Knall haben in der Schweiz und in Süddeutschland viele Menschen in Aufruhr versetzt. Experten zufolge ...

Wenig Chancen für Meteoritenjäger
St. Galler Tagblatt
Erst wenn das Objekt auf dem Erdboden aufgeprallt ist, kann man von einem Meteoriten sprechen. Beim Meteor vom Sonntagabend ist dies nicht mit ...

Meteor kommt der Schweiz ganz nahe
St. Galler Tagblatt
Zum Vergleich: Der Meteorit, der im Februar 2013 im Gebiet Tscheljabinsk in Russland eingeschlagen war, hatte beim Eintreten in die Erdatmosphäre ...

Meteor Caught On Dashcam As It Streaks Across Central Europe
Huffington Post
That's what happened to a driver in Austria as a meteor streaked through the night sky. There were also reported sightings in eastern France, Germany ...

Second natural quasicrystal ever found in ancient meteorite
Science Daily - 38 minutes
Scientists have discovered a quasicrystal -- so named because of its unorthodox arrangement of atoms -- in a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite ...

Meteorite Falls in Central Bulgaria
Novinite - 14 hours
A meteorite has landed in the Sredna Gora mountain near the town of Sopot, in Central Bulgaria. Locals reported seeing bright lights just ...

Falling meteorite in Cumbria prompts 999 calls
The News and Star - 12 hours
A major search was launched after distress flares, which turned out to be a meteorite, were reported in Cumbria.

Meteor über Deutschland
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azurewebsites.net
A 'meteor' mistaken by members of the public for a distress flare sparks a lifeboat search operation off the coast of Cumbria.

WATCH: Bright meteor lights up skies across parts of Europe
Globalnews.ca
Watch the video above: A bright fireball was captured by the Mirasteilas Observatory in Falera, Switzerland. TORONTO — Residents across a large ...

Meteor photographed from Loch Ness
BBC News
A meteor that may have caused phone calls to the Coastguard in Scotland and England was photographed from the shores of Loch Ness.

Fireball caught on camera, lights up European skies
Toronto Sun
A large fireball lit up the skies over Europe Sunday, and a few dashcams caught the rare spectacle. Judging by the amateur videos, the meteor lit up ...

Meteor spotted in Austrian skies
CBS News
March 16, 2015, 9:47 AM |Dashcam footage captured a meteorstreaking across the night sky in the Tyrol region of Austria. Sightings have also been ...

Meteor lights up skies over the Alps
The Local Austria
The meteor, which was seen in the skies above Tyrol and Vorarlberg, was also visible from parts of Switzerland, Bavaria, and eastern France. The ball ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15/16MAR2015

Germany / Switzerland / Austria Fireball Meteor15MAR2015 - Video!
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
Sternschnuppe, Meteorit 15.03.2015 Tirol Posted to YouTube by simi366 301 views. Check your security cameras! YOUR meteor report is important.

Ireland / Scotland Meteor 15MAR2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
The fireball was much larger than any meteor I have seen before. Much bigger and brighter than Jupiter. Saw the fireball grow in size very quickly, ...

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Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News - Blogger
Many experts regard the Russian meteor explosion as a global wake-up call about the very real dangers that asteroids present. IAWN and SMPAG are ...

Breathtaking Loch Ness fireball meteor lights up night sky in 'once in a lifetime' picture
mirror.co.uk
The meteor was so bright it would have terrified Nessie and even caused panicked locals to phone the coastguard after mistaking it for a distress flare.

Cumbrian coast 'meteor' sightings spark lifeboat search
BBC News
A 'meteor' mistaken for a distress flare sparked a lifeboat search operation off the English coast. Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team said it received ...

Meteor streaks across sky from Loch Ness to Austria (VIDEO)
New York Daily News
Sensational dashcam footage filmed by a motorist in Tyrol, Austria, shows the enormous orb plunging towards the Earth's atmosphere at 8:44 p.m. on ...

Fireball With Sonic Booms Over Germany and Switzerland
International Meteor Organization
The IMO has received over 45 reports of a bright fireball meteor over Germany and Switzerland that occurred on March 15th, around 19:48 Universal ...

Fireball meteor spotted in skies over Switzerland and Austria
Signs of the Times
Footage of an unidentified object, thought to be a meteor or meteorite, moving across the night skies above central Europe has emerged online.

Huge Meteorite Over Europe | نيزك عملاق يعبر سماء أوروبا فيديو
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Why is a meteor shower green in colour?
BBC News
Coastguards in Stornoway were inundated with calls from members of the public who reported seeing flares in the sky on Sunday night. Sightings ...

Falling meteor in Cumbria prompts 999 calls
News & Star
A major search was launched after distress flares, which turned out to be a meteor, were reported in Cumbria. Concerned members of the public ..

Hier rast der Meteor über Deutschland und die Schweiz
FOCUS Online
Ein greller Blitz, ein Knall – dieses kosmische Ereignis sorgt für Aufregung auf der Erde. Videos zeigen, wie der Meteor über der Schweiz und über ...

Dash cam footage: Fireball meteor spotted in skies over Switzerland and Austria
Telegraph.co.uk
Footage of an unidentified object, thought to be a meteor or meteorite, moving across the night skies above central Europe has emerged online.

Swiss residents report seeing streaking meteor
The Local.ch
Residents of several cantons in Switzerland reported seeing ameteor blazing across the sky on Sunday night that was also seen in Austria, southern ...

Meteor causes scare in southern Germany
The Local.de
When the evening sky suddenly lit up on Sunday evening, many south Germans were frightened, with some even calling the emergency services.

Shooting star Meteor Over Tyrol Austria Caught On Dashcam 3/15/15
YouTube
This Vine clip was Shared via twitter showing Dash Cam Footage of a Fireball Breaking up Over Switzerland. 3/15/15.

Dash-cam dazzle: Huge fireball captured in Switzerland's sky
RT
Witnesses reported seeing a green and white meteor flying over Switzerland on Sunday evening, with several dash-cam recordings soaring in ...

Meteorite Crashes into Woods in Switzerland
LiveLeak.com
Thousands saw tonight a huge meteorite flying over Germany and then to Switzerland. According to several witnesses, it crashed into the woods close ...

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'Anthropocene' epoch for Earth etches human impacts in stone
Los Angeles Times - 18 hours
Man's tenure on Earth is brief on the astronomical time scale, but the changes wrought by Homo sapiens have been measurable and profound.

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