Bright meteor fireball with sonic boom reported over Central Europe, meteorites possible
Sott
A bright green meteor fireball was observed and captured on camera as it streaked over Central Europe (Austria, S Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia) at 18:49 UTC (20:49 CET) on April 8, 2018. The American Meteor Society (AMS) received 50 reports of the event (1336-2018) ...
Did you see the big meteor yesterday...Europe w/video
Facebook
Did you see the big meteor yesterday evening? Here is another excellent view of yesterday's big fireball over the Pannonian and Alpine region, seen as...
Visit Wyoming's Big Meteor Crater
Kgab
Take a good look at some of Wyoming's landscape and it hart to image that the state does not have a big meteor impact crater somewhere. There is actually one near the center of Wyoming. Cloud Creek Crater is in Natrona County, about 48 miles northwest of Casper. As you might imagine it is circular.
NASA's new Mars lander set to launch next month
Hindustan Times
A trip to the meteor belt or sightseeing across Mars. NASA is launching a new spacecraft to Mars, that will study the deep interior of the red planet to learn how all rocky planets and their moons are formed. This is the first time that a space mission will be ...
Lyrid meteor shower 2018: When, where and how to watch
Palm Beach Post
Lyrid meteor shower 2018: When, where and how to watch. According to NASA, Lyrids are one of the oldest known meteor showers and have been observed for 2,700 years. The Lyrid meteor shower is known for its bright fireballs, but isn't as luminous as August's famous Perseid meteor shower.
The April night and morning sky
WLOX
Then, on April 22, the Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks with 20 bright meteors per hour visible to the eye. With a telescope, you can see galaxies of Leo and Ursa Major. You'll be able to point out the big dipper and Polaris, not the ATV but the north star. I encourage you to get out and look, and take your kids ...
Lyrid meteor shower 2018: When, where and how to watch
WFTV Orlando
The Lyrid meteors are named after their radiant, defined as the point in the sky from which they appear to come from, the constellation Lyra. According to NASA, Lyrids are one of the oldest known meteor showers and have been observed for 2,700 years. The first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor ...
Lyrid meteor shower to dazzle in April: When, where and how to watch
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The annual Lyrid meteor shower, named after the constellation Lyra, is just around the corner and expected to peak on April 22. It's the second meteor shower of 2018. » RELATED: Mark your calendar for these 2018 meteor showers ...
2018 Summer Star Parties at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
MyNorth.com
There will be prospects for star-gazing, eclipses, meteor showers, solar viewing, storytelling, and more. Starry night skies and natural darkness are important components of the special places the National Park Service protects. National parks enclose some of the last remaining harbors of darkness in ...
Event 1171-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1171-2018 KML. AMS received 8 reports about a fireball seen over AZ, TX and NM on Saturday, March 31st 2018 around 03:04 UT. D. Sound. 6 no. C. Sound. 6 no. Frag. 2 yes. 5 no. Twitter0. 8 Reports. a - Aurelia E. Level 2. b - ROB W. Level 4. c - Rob M. Level 4. d - Seth G. Level 1.
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09 April 2018
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+++Brilliant meteor seen over parts of... Europe w/video
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+++Brilliant meteor seen over parts of Europe tonight+++ Did you see it? A brilliant meteor was reported in the skies over Hungary, Slovenia, Austria,...
Fireball events recorded by the SMART Project
SAO/NASA ADS Title: Fireball events recorded by the SMART Project. Authors: José María Madiedo. Affiliation: AA(Universidad de Huelva, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales. ) Publication: eMeteorNews, eZine, ISSN 2570-4745 Online publication http://meteornews.org, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 47-48.
Glass 'Bread Crumbs' Could Lead the Way to Missing Crater
Live Science
A spattering of miniscule glass "beads" found in the mountains of Antarctica may lead the way to an 800,000-year-old meteor impact crater. The tiny spheres, known as microtektites, are each no wider than a human hair. They were sprayed into the atmosphere by a 12-mile-wide (20 kilometers) meteor ...
When can you see the Lyrid meteor shower and where is the best place to see this astronomical ...
Hertfordshire Mercury
Skywatchers and meteor shower lovers are set for another fantastic display this month as the Lyrids are set to appearing in the sky. This astronomical event ... As the bits of debris from the comet crash through the Earth's upper atmosphere they vaporise, turning into the colourful meteor shower. The Lyrid ...
Imagine We Have A Meteor Entering The Atmosphere...
Chegg
Answer to . Imagine we have a meteor entering the atmosphere at 30 km/s (a) Let's model the Earth's atmospheric density as an expo...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
+++Brilliant meteor seen over parts of Europe tonight+++ Did you see it? A brilliant meteor was reported in the skies over Hungary, Slovenia, Austria,...
Fireball events recorded by the SMART Project
SAO/NASA ADS Title: Fireball events recorded by the SMART Project. Authors: José María Madiedo. Affiliation: AA(Universidad de Huelva, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales. ) Publication: eMeteorNews, eZine, ISSN 2570-4745 Online publication http://meteornews.org, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 47-48.
Glass 'Bread Crumbs' Could Lead the Way to Missing Crater
Live Science
A spattering of miniscule glass "beads" found in the mountains of Antarctica may lead the way to an 800,000-year-old meteor impact crater. The tiny spheres, known as microtektites, are each no wider than a human hair. They were sprayed into the atmosphere by a 12-mile-wide (20 kilometers) meteor ...
When can you see the Lyrid meteor shower and where is the best place to see this astronomical ...
Hertfordshire Mercury
Skywatchers and meteor shower lovers are set for another fantastic display this month as the Lyrids are set to appearing in the sky. This astronomical event ... As the bits of debris from the comet crash through the Earth's upper atmosphere they vaporise, turning into the colourful meteor shower. The Lyrid ...
Imagine We Have A Meteor Entering The Atmosphere...
Chegg
Answer to . Imagine we have a meteor entering the atmosphere at 30 km/s (a) Let's model the Earth's atmospheric density as an expo...
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08 April 2018
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Lyrid meteor shower to put on spectacular show in April
Daily News
Stargazers are going to appreciate these April showers. Night skies in the Northern Hemisphere are going to sparkle with meteors this month as the annual Lyrid meteor shower puts on a spectacular display — with 10 to 20 meteors per hour at its peak. “The number of meteors can vary, and very rarely ...
Publisher Correction: Maya meteor mystery
SAO/NASA ADS
Abstract. In the version of this Research Highlight originally published, the figure credit was incorrect. The figure has now been correctly attributed to `Sébastian Lecocq / Alamy Stock Photo' in all versions of the Research Highlight.
Point Pelee National Park lines up events to celebrate its 100th birthday
Windsor Star
August will see the park open all night between Aug. 11-12 and Aug. 12-13 for the Perseid meteor showers. The public is invited to join members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Windsor Centre, for the Meteor Shower Beach Party at the West Beach from Aug. 11 at 9 pm to Aug. 12 at 2 am.
Photos
American Meteor Society
Meteor/Fireball 3-16-18 @ 2:56 ut Hawley, Tx. Meteor / Fireball event captured via Sandial Allsky Camera on 3-16-18 @ 2:56 ut from hawley, tx. Uploaded by. Palivec Kevin © Kevin Palivec. ...
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These two meteor showers will be visible from Essex in April
Essex Live
As the various portions of debris from C/186 Thatcher crash through the Earth's upper atmosphere they burn up and vaporise, turning them into the colourful meteor shower. The shower usually produces around 20 meteors every hour and will be a stunning event to witness, weather permitting of course.
Lyrid meteor shower
Fox News
In late April, skywatchers in the northern hemisphere will get a view of 2018's Lyrid meteor shower. Here is everything you need to know about this year's starry spectacle.
Look up! Spring night skies will bring meteors and stars galore
Poughkeepsie Journal
Some upcoming highlights of this year's spring night sky include two meteor showers and a close-up of Jupiter. First up early Sunday morning on April 22 is the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower. Meteors originate from the dust stream left behind by a comet. Stargazers may view up to 20 meteors per hour, ...
Lights Out Bend: Group wants Central Oregon town recognized for dark skies
KCBY.com 11
A photographer looks at the sky at night in northern Italy during the 2015 Geminid meteor shower. AA. BEND, Ore. (AP) - Bend at night is already darker than many cities around the country, but some residents want the city to do even more to become internationally recognized for its Central Oregon ...
Dash cams — they're not just for police anymore
Fenton Tri County Times
Occasionally, something crazy will be caught on camera, like the meteor seen in Michigan in January. Police use them to record traffic stops, arrests and other various incidents. Fenton Police Chief Jason Slater said all Fenton police vehicles have a windshield-mounted camera. The device continuously ...
A Meteor Is Found To Contain 3g Of Pb-206 To Every...
Chegg
A meteor is found to contain 3g of Pb-206 to every 1.00g of U-238. Assuming that the meteor did not contain any Pb-206 at the time of its formation, determine the age of the meteor. Uranium-238 decays to lead-206 with a half-life of 4.5 billion years. Enter your answer with units of years (this will be a lot ...
The Mazichuan meteorite (diogenite) fall in China 16SEP2016 has been approved in
the Meteoritical Bulletin database.
Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=66831
All 21st century meteorite falls - http://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
The Mukundpura, India meteorite (CM2) fall 06JUN2017 is now official!
Met Bull Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=66795
All witnessed falls since the year 2000 - http://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Essex Live
As the various portions of debris from C/186 Thatcher crash through the Earth's upper atmosphere they burn up and vaporise, turning them into the colourful meteor shower. The shower usually produces around 20 meteors every hour and will be a stunning event to witness, weather permitting of course.
Lyrid meteor shower
Fox News
In late April, skywatchers in the northern hemisphere will get a view of 2018's Lyrid meteor shower. Here is everything you need to know about this year's starry spectacle.
Look up! Spring night skies will bring meteors and stars galore
Poughkeepsie Journal
Some upcoming highlights of this year's spring night sky include two meteor showers and a close-up of Jupiter. First up early Sunday morning on April 22 is the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower. Meteors originate from the dust stream left behind by a comet. Stargazers may view up to 20 meteors per hour, ...
Lights Out Bend: Group wants Central Oregon town recognized for dark skies
KCBY.com 11
A photographer looks at the sky at night in northern Italy during the 2015 Geminid meteor shower. AA. BEND, Ore. (AP) - Bend at night is already darker than many cities around the country, but some residents want the city to do even more to become internationally recognized for its Central Oregon ...
Dash cams — they're not just for police anymore
Fenton Tri County Times
Occasionally, something crazy will be caught on camera, like the meteor seen in Michigan in January. Police use them to record traffic stops, arrests and other various incidents. Fenton Police Chief Jason Slater said all Fenton police vehicles have a windshield-mounted camera. The device continuously ...
A Meteor Is Found To Contain 3g Of Pb-206 To Every...
Chegg
A meteor is found to contain 3g of Pb-206 to every 1.00g of U-238. Assuming that the meteor did not contain any Pb-206 at the time of its formation, determine the age of the meteor. Uranium-238 decays to lead-206 with a half-life of 4.5 billion years. Enter your answer with units of years (this will be a lot ...
The Mazichuan meteorite (diogenite) fall in China 16SEP2016 has been approved in
the Meteoritical Bulletin database.
Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=66831
All 21st century meteorite falls - http://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
The Mukundpura, India meteorite (CM2) fall 06JUN2017 is now official!
Met Bull Link - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=66795
All witnessed falls since the year 2000 - http://galactic-stone.com/pages/falls
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
06 April 2018
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Glassy beads hint at site of mysterious missing crater
Imperial College London
Around 800,000 years ago, a 20 kilometre meteor collided with the earth, producing a zone of debris in Australasia which covers a tenth of the Earth's surface. However, despite the impact's relatively young age in geological terms, and the meteor's size, the resulting crater's location eludes us.
Dinosaurs were dying off long before asteroid hit: Study
The Indian Express
A new study has said that dinosaur numbers were decreasing even before the meteor shower from 66 million years drove them to extinction. 0. Shares. Share. By: PTI | New York | Published: April 5, 2018 9:35:15 pm. Dinosaur extinction, University of Albany, plant toxicity, meteor strike, angiosperms, ...
Stargazing April: getting to know our mysterious neighbor the Moon
The Independent
You can watch the Moon pass in front of the Hyades star cluster (near the bright star Aldebaran in Taurus) on 18 April. And we're expecting celestial fireworks on the night of 22/23 April, when fragments from Comet Thatcher burn up in the atmosphere as the Lyrid meteor shower: best to watch in the early ...
Meteor Crater
Vatican Observatory Foundation
Asteroids and meteorites are right on the top of my list of interests when it comes to astronomy. Visiting Meteor Crater National Landmark in Arizona has been a “bucket-list” item for my wife and I for a LONG time. We visited the the crater on Easter Sunday 2018, and it was simply spectacular! My first sight ...
Another mural to be completed soon
Wetumpka Herald
The newest mural will span 90 feet and highlight points in history from the area starting with the meteor crash to Native Americans to famous people from Wetumpka up until present time. After the Saturday priming party, Blank Space will complete the mural over the next week if weather cooperates but ...
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 7-13, 2018
American Meteor Society
The estimated total hourly meteor rates for evening observers this week is 3 as seen from mid-northern latitude (45N) and 4 from the southern tropics (25S). For morning observers the estimated total hourly rates should be near 6 as seen from mid-northern latitudes (45N) and 9 from the southern tropics ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
05 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 05APR2018
Glassy beads hint at site of mysterious missing crater
Imperial College London
Around 800,000 years ago, a 20 kilometre meteor collided with the earth, producing a zone of debris in Australasia which covers a tenth of the Earth's surface. However, despite the impact's relatively young age in geological terms, and the meteor's size, the resulting crater's location eludes us.
The stunning Lyrid meteor shower and the best places in Bristol to watch it
Bristol Post
That means the Lyrid showers are earlier than others throughout the year, with the Perseid meteor shower in the autumn normally peaking at 1am. Experts recommend people to look up towards the east to see the shooting stars from the Lyrids. The skies are expected to be clear on the nights of April 22 ...
We reveal the six unmissable astronomical events in the skies above Lincolnshire this April
LincolnshireLive
This meteor shower is described as one of the most spectacular events to happen in the skies. There could be up to 100 meteors an hour shooting across the sky, but there will be at least 20 on average in an hour. The Lyrid meteor shower is also known for some of its meteors leaving beautiful trails of ...
When is the Eta Aquarids meteor shower in 2018?
Coventry Telegraph
The 2018 Eta Aquarid meteor shower is expected to produce the greatest number of meteors in the small hours before dawn on May 5 and 6. However, the broad peak of the Eta Aquarid shower may present a decent showing of meteors during the hours before dawn on May 4 and May 7. The meteors ...
Harvard physicists say they know how and, roughly, when the world will end
RT
A new study from Harvard University suggests the world is destined to end in much the same way it began… with a really, really, big bang. Theories as to how planet Earth will eventually meet its demise have ranged from nuclear war to a catastrophic meteor collision or a slow fade into darkness.
Meteor wind observations with the MU radar
AGU Publications - Wiley
We conducted meteor wind observations with the middle and upper atmosphere (MU) radar at Shigaraki, Japan (35°N, 136°E), utilizing an interferometer to determine the arrival angle of a meteor echo. We found that meteor echoes are widely distributed in zenith angles as large as 50° and that the ...
Comparison of meteor radar and Na Doppler lidar measurements of winds in the mesopause ...
AGU Publications - Wiley
[1] Simultaneous sodium (Na) Doppler lidar and meteor radar measurements of horizontal winds in the mesopause region over Maui, Hawaii, were collected in July 2002 and October/November 2003. The coincident measurements span 96 hours and altitudes between 80 and 100 km. Statistical ...
It Came From Outer Space! (Sort Of)
SRQ Magazine
None can say for sure, all they know is that a meteor landed on the Venice Elementary School campus last night, skidding across the ground before coming to a stop by a hastily erected tent. And the scientists and caution tape make this serious business. And it is serious business—education. Thanks to ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
04 April 2018
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GLENN K. ROBERTS: Lyrid meteor showers active between April 14-30
The Guardian
Lyrid meteor showers active between April 14-30. Glenn K. Roberts (groberts@isn.net). Published: 6 hours ago. Watch for Venus in the western twighlight this month. On April 17, look for the two-day-old crescent moon to the left of Venus, says astronomy columnist GLENN K. ROBERTS.
The two spectacular meteor showers in Kent skies you won't want to miss this month
Kent Live
What is the best way to see the meteor showers? Best viewing will be from a dark location after midnight, so give yourself plenty of time to allow your eyes to adjust. You don't need any equipment - you will be able to see the showers with the naked eye.
Hull's skies to be set alight with 'firework display' of meteors this month
Hull Daily Mail
From April 16 to 25, the meteor shower, known as the Lyrids, will see shooting stars and their amazing trail dusts make their way across the skies. This year, the peak of this spectacle is expected to happen overnight from April 22, into the following morning. Lyrids meteors shower passing near the Milky ...
Watch out for some shooting stars, and a double-act featuring Venus, says Argus astronomer
South Wales Argus
THIS month, watch out for some April shooting stars and for an evening double-act featuring Venus and the Seven Sisters. First though for any early risers, the Moon, Mars, and Saturn group together to form a wonderful sight in the spring dawn sky on Saturday, April 7. Later this month, the Lyrid meteor ...
In Tonight's Sky: April Flowers and a Meteor Shower
NewsDakota
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The following is an article written and provided by Dr. Timothy Bratton, U.J. Prof. Emeritus of History and Amateur Astronomer. Venus is the only “evening star” this month; the remaining naked-eye planets rise after midnight. There is one decent meteor shower in ...
Lowell Observatory researcher discovers 'runaway' star 200000 light years from Earth
AZCentral.com
NASA decided this bowl-shaped cavity — 700 feet deep and more than 4,000 feet across — east of Flagstaff was the most lunarlike surface on Earth. Astronauts trained in the crater to prepare for the first moon landing. | Meteor Crater continues to serve as a research facility for space-bound humans and ...
'Scientists Around the World Trying to Solve Space Debris Problem' - Astronomer
Sputnik International
Unlike a meteor, where a meter comes into the Earth and it is travelling very fast and it leaves an impact crater space debris, space junk doesn't do that; so the risk to humans was next to zero and ultimately it did land eventually where it should've and it was the Southern Pacific ocean, where most other ...
Retrieving horizontally resolved wind fields using multi-static meteor radar observations
AMTD
Retrieving horizontally resolved wind fields using multi-static meteor radar observations. Gunter Stober1, Jorge L. Chau1, Juha Vierinen2, Christoph Jacobi3, and Sven Wilhelm1 1Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Schlossstr. 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany 2The Artic University of Norway, ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
The Guardian
Lyrid meteor showers active between April 14-30. Glenn K. Roberts (groberts@isn.net). Published: 6 hours ago. Watch for Venus in the western twighlight this month. On April 17, look for the two-day-old crescent moon to the left of Venus, says astronomy columnist GLENN K. ROBERTS.
The two spectacular meteor showers in Kent skies you won't want to miss this month
Kent Live
What is the best way to see the meteor showers? Best viewing will be from a dark location after midnight, so give yourself plenty of time to allow your eyes to adjust. You don't need any equipment - you will be able to see the showers with the naked eye.
Hull's skies to be set alight with 'firework display' of meteors this month
Hull Daily Mail
From April 16 to 25, the meteor shower, known as the Lyrids, will see shooting stars and their amazing trail dusts make their way across the skies. This year, the peak of this spectacle is expected to happen overnight from April 22, into the following morning. Lyrids meteors shower passing near the Milky ...
Watch out for some shooting stars, and a double-act featuring Venus, says Argus astronomer
South Wales Argus
THIS month, watch out for some April shooting stars and for an evening double-act featuring Venus and the Seven Sisters. First though for any early risers, the Moon, Mars, and Saturn group together to form a wonderful sight in the spring dawn sky on Saturday, April 7. Later this month, the Lyrid meteor ...
In Tonight's Sky: April Flowers and a Meteor Shower
NewsDakota
JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The following is an article written and provided by Dr. Timothy Bratton, U.J. Prof. Emeritus of History and Amateur Astronomer. Venus is the only “evening star” this month; the remaining naked-eye planets rise after midnight. There is one decent meteor shower in ...
Lowell Observatory researcher discovers 'runaway' star 200000 light years from Earth
AZCentral.com
NASA decided this bowl-shaped cavity — 700 feet deep and more than 4,000 feet across — east of Flagstaff was the most lunarlike surface on Earth. Astronauts trained in the crater to prepare for the first moon landing. | Meteor Crater continues to serve as a research facility for space-bound humans and ...
'Scientists Around the World Trying to Solve Space Debris Problem' - Astronomer
Sputnik International
Unlike a meteor, where a meter comes into the Earth and it is travelling very fast and it leaves an impact crater space debris, space junk doesn't do that; so the risk to humans was next to zero and ultimately it did land eventually where it should've and it was the Southern Pacific ocean, where most other ...
Retrieving horizontally resolved wind fields using multi-static meteor radar observations
AMTD
Retrieving horizontally resolved wind fields using multi-static meteor radar observations. Gunter Stober1, Jorge L. Chau1, Juha Vierinen2, Christoph Jacobi3, and Sven Wilhelm1 1Leibniz-Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Schlossstr. 6, 18225 Kühlungsborn, Germany 2The Artic University of Norway, ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
03 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 03APR2018
Physics of meteor flight in the atmosphere. By EJ Opik. Interscience tracts on physics and ...
Wiley Online Library
Physics of meteor flight in the atmosphere. By E. J. Opik. Interscience tracts on physics and astronomy. No. 6. Ed. by R. E. Marshak. London, (Interscience Publishers), 1958. Pp. viii, 174; 14 Figs.; 55 Tables. $1.95. First published: July 1959. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49708536526. About. Related ...
NASA comes to Venice to inspect a potential meteor strike
The Scoop News by Francesco Abbruzzino
The Scoop News giving you all the news and scoop for Venice, Sarasota, Englewood, and North Port.
??? REALLY? We are close to April 1st!
An update on UHF radar meteor observations and associated signal processing techniques at ...
Science Direct
Over the past 8 years UHF radar meteor observations made at Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico) have evolved significantly while several long-standing meteor science issues have been solved and new ones raised. We start with a review of the current signal processing approach that includes ...
New fish lineage makes a splash
Yale Daily News (blog)
Millions of years ago, the dinosaurs were forced into extinction after a meteor crashed into the Earth. But while it was bad news for the dinosaurs, Yale researchers have discovered that the meteor strike did produce one surprising result in its immediate aftermath: a period of flourishing fish diversification.
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Lowell Observatory
Come and talk to one of our educators under the night sky (weather permitting) about the meteor shower from 7 – 10pm! Get viewing tips about the best way to vie.
Two meteor showers set to take place in skies over Derby in April
Derby Telegraph
One of the greatest shows not on Earth takes place over Derby this month in the form of a meteor shower dubbed 'nature's firework display'. The Lyrids shower sees shooting stars with amazing dust trails produced for several days later this April. And there's a second meteor shower getting underway ...
Eyes to the skies as TWO meteor showers take place this month
Nottingham Post
Eyes to the skies as TWO meteor showers take place this month. The Lyrids displays will be followed by the Eta Aquarids shower. Share; Comments. By. Isaac AsheDeputy Social Media Editor. 13:53, 3 APR 2018. ...
Upstate NY Stargazing in April: The Lyrid meteor shower
NewYorkUpstate.com
Upstate NY Stargazing in April: The Lyrid meteor shower. Posted April 2, 2018 at 10:31 AM. The good, the bad, and the potentially ugly things that fall from space. Micrometeorites (IFLScience.com), a SkyLab fragment (from wikipedia), and the Chelyabinsk meteor trail (Alex Alishevskikh).( File photos ).
Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon
Space.com
Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon (Photo). by Miguel Claro, Space.com Contributor | April 2, 2018 07:21am ET. Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon (Photo). A single-exposure image shows a bright meteor and the planet Jupiter shining ...
China's first space station was decimated in a fireball over the South Pacific - here's how it went ...
Business Insider India
It would have been a sudden stop, however - moving that quickly into thicker air is a recipe for a fireball. Most likely, the drag would have quickly ripped off solar panels and antenna. Superheated plasma would have melted and disintegrated much of what was left. And finally, a rain of whatever remained ...
Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe
ZAWYA Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe. Researchers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to spot the star. Image used for illustrative purpose. A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower in Grossmugl, Austria, August 13, ..
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Wiley Online Library
Physics of meteor flight in the atmosphere. By E. J. Opik. Interscience tracts on physics and astronomy. No. 6. Ed. by R. E. Marshak. London, (Interscience Publishers), 1958. Pp. viii, 174; 14 Figs.; 55 Tables. $1.95. First published: July 1959. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.49708536526. About. Related ...
NASA comes to Venice to inspect a potential meteor strike
The Scoop News by Francesco Abbruzzino
The Scoop News giving you all the news and scoop for Venice, Sarasota, Englewood, and North Port.
??? REALLY? We are close to April 1st!
An update on UHF radar meteor observations and associated signal processing techniques at ...
Science Direct
Over the past 8 years UHF radar meteor observations made at Arecibo Observatory (Puerto Rico) have evolved significantly while several long-standing meteor science issues have been solved and new ones raised. We start with a review of the current signal processing approach that includes ...
New fish lineage makes a splash
Yale Daily News (blog)
Millions of years ago, the dinosaurs were forced into extinction after a meteor crashed into the Earth. But while it was bad news for the dinosaurs, Yale researchers have discovered that the meteor strike did produce one surprising result in its immediate aftermath: a period of flourishing fish diversification.
Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
Lowell Observatory
Come and talk to one of our educators under the night sky (weather permitting) about the meteor shower from 7 – 10pm! Get viewing tips about the best way to vie.
Two meteor showers set to take place in skies over Derby in April
Derby Telegraph
One of the greatest shows not on Earth takes place over Derby this month in the form of a meteor shower dubbed 'nature's firework display'. The Lyrids shower sees shooting stars with amazing dust trails produced for several days later this April. And there's a second meteor shower getting underway ...
Eyes to the skies as TWO meteor showers take place this month
Nottingham Post
Eyes to the skies as TWO meteor showers take place this month. The Lyrids displays will be followed by the Eta Aquarids shower. Share; Comments. By. Isaac AsheDeputy Social Media Editor. 13:53, 3 APR 2018. ...
Upstate NY Stargazing in April: The Lyrid meteor shower
NewYorkUpstate.com
Upstate NY Stargazing in April: The Lyrid meteor shower. Posted April 2, 2018 at 10:31 AM. The good, the bad, and the potentially ugly things that fall from space. Micrometeorites (IFLScience.com), a SkyLab fragment (from wikipedia), and the Chelyabinsk meteor trail (Alex Alishevskikh).( File photos ).
Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon
Space.com
Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon (Photo). by Miguel Claro, Space.com Contributor | April 2, 2018 07:21am ET. Meteor and Jupiter Light Up the Night Sky Over a Glistening Lagoon (Photo). A single-exposure image shows a bright meteor and the planet Jupiter shining ...
China's first space station was decimated in a fireball over the South Pacific - here's how it went ...
Business Insider India
It would have been a sudden stop, however - moving that quickly into thicker air is a recipe for a fireball. Most likely, the drag would have quickly ripped off solar panels and antenna. Superheated plasma would have melted and disintegrated much of what was left. And finally, a rain of whatever remained ...
Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe
ZAWYA Most distant star ever detected sits halfway across the universe. Researchers used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to spot the star. Image used for illustrative purpose. A meteor streaks past stars in the night sky above Leeberg hill during the Perseid meteor shower in Grossmugl, Austria, August 13, ..
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02 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 02APR2018
China says space station re-enters atmosphere over South Pacific
The Sydney Morning Herald
"It wouldn't be like a meteor in the sky; you would have time to react and get some footage of it," Dr Tucker said. "It's the sort of thing where, even in daylight, you're going to notice it." Re-entry would have taken between 10 and 20 minutes, and would have created pieces of debris no larger than an A4 ...
Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over Pacific
The Times of Israel
Space officials had promised the atmospheric disintegration would offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. But the remote location likely deprived stargazers of a spectacle of fireballs falling from the sky. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, ...
Spring Meteor Shower, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in April
MSN.com
Photographs by Nasa Mars and Saturn are seen up close in a composite image. As the seasons shift here on Earth, the celestial realm will deliver a planet bonanza, a wandering moon, and an early morning meteor shower. So pull out your binoculars and mark your cosmic calendar.
When and where you can see the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower
Gloucestershire Live When and where you can see the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower. It is thought to be one of the oldest meteor showers and there could be up to 20 shootings stars an hour.
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Dean H. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, The meteor was flashing in pulses, and the body continued to glow after its tail dissipated. Facing due west, meteor was moving south to north.
Event 1179-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1179-2018 KML. AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over OK, TX, MS, AR and MO on Sunday, March 25th 2018 around 04:06 UT. D. Sound. 8 no. C. Sound. 9 no. Frag. 9 no. 13 Reports. a - Penelope R. Level 3. b - Joshua P. Level1.
Meteor detection frequencies in Europe.
RTL-SDR.com
Hi i want to ask on which frequency i must tune in Europe when i want to detect meteor i know it is stupid question but i searched on internet and i cant find only one transmitter which is good. Please i need help i live in central Europe so if somebody have an idea on which frequency i must tune in please ..
Eta Aquariid meteor shower starts
Pear Tree Observatory
Eta Aquariid meteor shower starts. Calendar. When: April 18, 2018 all-day. 2018-04-18T00:00:00-05:00. 2018-04-19T00:00:00-05:00. Meteor Shower. Posted by admin at 10:41
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The Sydney Morning Herald
"It wouldn't be like a meteor in the sky; you would have time to react and get some footage of it," Dr Tucker said. "It's the sort of thing where, even in daylight, you're going to notice it." Re-entry would have taken between 10 and 20 minutes, and would have created pieces of debris no larger than an A4 ...
Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth over Pacific
The Times of Israel
Space officials had promised the atmospheric disintegration would offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. But the remote location likely deprived stargazers of a spectacle of fireballs falling from the sky. Jonathan McDowell, an astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, ...
Spring Meteor Shower, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in April
MSN.com
Photographs by Nasa Mars and Saturn are seen up close in a composite image. As the seasons shift here on Earth, the celestial realm will deliver a planet bonanza, a wandering moon, and an early morning meteor shower. So pull out your binoculars and mark your cosmic calendar.
When and where you can see the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower
Gloucestershire Live When and where you can see the spectacular Lyrid meteor shower. It is thought to be one of the oldest meteor showers and there could be up to 20 shootings stars an hour.
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Dean H. Experience Level, 3/5. Remarks, The meteor was flashing in pulses, and the body continued to glow after its tail dissipated. Facing due west, meteor was moving south to north.
Event 1179-2018
Fireball event
Events in 2018 1179-2018 KML. AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over OK, TX, MS, AR and MO on Sunday, March 25th 2018 around 04:06 UT. D. Sound. 8 no. C. Sound. 9 no. Frag. 9 no. 13 Reports. a - Penelope R. Level 3. b - Joshua P. Level1.
Meteor detection frequencies in Europe.
RTL-SDR.com
Hi i want to ask on which frequency i must tune in Europe when i want to detect meteor i know it is stupid question but i searched on internet and i cant find only one transmitter which is good. Please i need help i live in central Europe so if somebody have an idea on which frequency i must tune in please ..
Eta Aquariid meteor shower starts
Pear Tree Observatory
Eta Aquariid meteor shower starts. Calendar. When: April 18, 2018 all-day. 2018-04-18T00:00:00-05:00. 2018-04-19T00:00:00-05:00. Meteor Shower. Posted by admin at 10:41
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01 April 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 01APR2018
'Out of control' space lab to become celestial fireball on Monday: China
Times of India
BEIJING: A defunct space laboratory is set to become a celestial fireball as it re-enters earth's atmosphere in the next 24 hours, China's space authority said today, hitting speeds of over 26,000 kilometres an hour before disintegrating. The Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound ...
'Splendid' fireball: China's Tiangong-1 space lab to hit Earth on Monday
The Guardian
A defunct Chinese space laboratory is set to become a 'splendid' meteor shower as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere on Monday, Chinese authorities maintain. Hitting speeds of over 26,000 kilometres an hour before disintegrating, the Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound plunge ...
'Out of control' space lab to become celestial fireball Monday: China
Phys.Org
The Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound plunge Monday Beijing time, China Manned Space said in a statement, an estimate roughly in line with European Space Agency projections. A defunct space laboratory is set to become a celestial fireball as it re-enters earth's atmosphere ...
Meteor Fireball's Bright Flash, Loud Bang Captured by Sky-watcher in NE Alberta, Canada
BendedReality
What he captured on video at his spot near Anzac, Alta. was what Smith thinks was a meteor. “The biggest, brightest thing I've ever seen,” he said. In the video, the fireball can be seen moving through the sky, bright green in colour, before flashing bright white and orange in succession before flaming out.
NASA's InSight mission will use seismology to peer deep below Mars' surface
Astronomy Magazine
Luckily, this isn't NASA's first time conducting seismic testing. The Apollo missions used seismometers to measure manmade vibrations on the Moon, as well as observe naturally occurring meteor impacts and moonquakes. The Viking landers also attempted seismology on Mars in the 1970s, but since ...
What's Up in April: Lyrid meteor shower graces us on Earth Day
Press Herald
There will be a very close conjunction of Saturn and Mars in the morning sky, and then a nice conjunction of the slender waxing crescent moon with Venus and the Pleiades in Taurus by the middle of April. To top it off, the first good meteor shower since the Geminids last year will happen on Sunday night ...
Spring Meteor Shower, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in April
National Geographic
This annual meteor shower will reach its peak in the predawn hours of April 22. This year, the quarter moon will set soon after local midnight, creating great viewing conditions just before the shower kicks into high gear. Under dark skies away from city lights, sky-watchers can expect to see between 15 ...
Event 1155-2018
YouTube
Went back and checked my video and found the meteor it was low on the horizon that is why i did not see the first time. Credit:J Gresham.
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Times of India
BEIJING: A defunct space laboratory is set to become a celestial fireball as it re-enters earth's atmosphere in the next 24 hours, China's space authority said today, hitting speeds of over 26,000 kilometres an hour before disintegrating. The Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound ...
'Splendid' fireball: China's Tiangong-1 space lab to hit Earth on Monday
The Guardian
A defunct Chinese space laboratory is set to become a 'splendid' meteor shower as it re-enters Earth's atmosphere on Monday, Chinese authorities maintain. Hitting speeds of over 26,000 kilometres an hour before disintegrating, the Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound plunge ...
'Out of control' space lab to become celestial fireball Monday: China
Phys.Org
The Tiangong-1 is expected to make an uncontrolled earthbound plunge Monday Beijing time, China Manned Space said in a statement, an estimate roughly in line with European Space Agency projections. A defunct space laboratory is set to become a celestial fireball as it re-enters earth's atmosphere ...
Meteor Fireball's Bright Flash, Loud Bang Captured by Sky-watcher in NE Alberta, Canada
BendedReality
What he captured on video at his spot near Anzac, Alta. was what Smith thinks was a meteor. “The biggest, brightest thing I've ever seen,” he said. In the video, the fireball can be seen moving through the sky, bright green in colour, before flashing bright white and orange in succession before flaming out.
NASA's InSight mission will use seismology to peer deep below Mars' surface
Astronomy Magazine
Luckily, this isn't NASA's first time conducting seismic testing. The Apollo missions used seismometers to measure manmade vibrations on the Moon, as well as observe naturally occurring meteor impacts and moonquakes. The Viking landers also attempted seismology on Mars in the 1970s, but since ...
What's Up in April: Lyrid meteor shower graces us on Earth Day
Press Herald
There will be a very close conjunction of Saturn and Mars in the morning sky, and then a nice conjunction of the slender waxing crescent moon with Venus and the Pleiades in Taurus by the middle of April. To top it off, the first good meteor shower since the Geminids last year will happen on Sunday night ...
Spring Meteor Shower, and More Can't-Miss Sky Events in April
National Geographic
This annual meteor shower will reach its peak in the predawn hours of April 22. This year, the quarter moon will set soon after local midnight, creating great viewing conditions just before the shower kicks into high gear. Under dark skies away from city lights, sky-watchers can expect to see between 15 ...
Event 1155-2018
YouTube
Went back and checked my video and found the meteor it was low on the horizon that is why i did not see the first time. Credit:J Gresham.
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Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Meteorite Fall- UWO -Alien Fireballs Documentary
Grimsby, Ontario, Canada Meteorite Fall- UWO -Alien Fireballs Documentary Video
Alien Fireballs - Full Documentary (HD) 30,876 views
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Published on May 12, 2017
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Alien Fireballs - Full Documentary (HD) 30,876 views
Posted to YouTube by Space and Astronomy
Published on May 12, 2017
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31 March 2018
Tiangong 1 expected to Crash to Earth Producing Meteors on 01APR2018
Update- Fall now predicted for Monday.
China space lab may fall to Earth on Monday: European Space Agency
Hindustan Times
Chinese authorities have said the roughly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 is unlikely to cause any damage when it comes down and that its fiery disintegration will offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. The abandoned craft is expected to make its plunge between the afternoon of Sunday and early ...
Chinese space station hurtling towards Earth won't hit for another day
Telegraph.co.uk
A spokesman said that such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the country would step up ...
Chinese space lab may fall to earth later than expected: European Space Agency
The Straits Times
Such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth", it said. Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was placed in orbit in September 2011 and had been slated for a ...
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Chinese space station falling toward earth, expected to hit Sunday
9News.com KUSA
Phil Plait, an astronomer, says if you see it you may think it's a meteor show - but meteors are a little different. They're pieces of rock and ice and sometimes metal, and they're moving at very high speeds – think 20, 30, or 40 miles per second. “So when they burn up and burn across the sky they zip ...
Earth-bound space lab to be 'splendid' show, China says
Taipei Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that is to plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities said, but would offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency on Thursday said that the nearly 8-tonne Tiangong-1 would re-enter ...
China space station will offer 'splendid meteor shower' as April 1 crash date CONFIRMED
Daily Star
Instead, CMSEO said the spacecraft will “turn into a splendid [meteor shower] and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". China's space agency lost control of the space lab on March 16, 2016, when it entered the “final phase” of its five-year lifespan. Since then experts using ...
Out-of-control 9-TONNE Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will give 'splendid show' when it ...
The Sun
THE out-of-control Chinese space station heading for Earth this weekend is expected to put on a "splendid show", according to experts. The Tiangong-1 space craft is expected to tear across the sky - similar to that of a meteor shower - once it plummets into the Earth's atmosphere somewhere between ...
Earth-bound space lab won't cause damage, says China
The Straits Times
BEIJING • An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, the Chinese authorities said, but will instead offer a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 ...
China says Earth-bound space lab to offer splendid show like meteor shower
Hindustan Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the ...
Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend
Popular Mechanics
If you are lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time, you could see parts of the spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere, similar to a meteor shower. Astronomers and national space agencies are closely tracking the station, though in the final days leading up to reentry, it is impossible to say ...
Defunct Chinese space lab to plummet from sky this weekend
NEWS.com.au
But there is “no need for people to worry”, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on its WeChat social media account. Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as ...
Space Station Debris Could Hit Parts Of Indiana
Indiana Public Media
“It'll be a melted mangle of metal and you won't know what part of the spacecraft that came from” McCauley says. “It's just best to leave it alone.” He advises everyone to pay attention and stay alert and believes that the crash will be similar to a meteor shower, so there is no need to prepare in advance.
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China space lab may fall to Earth on Monday: European Space Agency
Hindustan Times
Chinese authorities have said the roughly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 is unlikely to cause any damage when it comes down and that its fiery disintegration will offer a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. The abandoned craft is expected to make its plunge between the afternoon of Sunday and early ...
Chinese space station hurtling towards Earth won't hit for another day
Telegraph.co.uk
A spokesman said that such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". Lu Kang, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry, said the country would step up ...
Chinese space lab may fall to earth later than expected: European Space Agency
The Straits Times
Such falling spacecraft do "not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth", it said. Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - was placed in orbit in September 2011 and had been slated for a ...
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Chinese space station falling toward earth, expected to hit Sunday
9News.com KUSA
Phil Plait, an astronomer, says if you see it you may think it's a meteor show - but meteors are a little different. They're pieces of rock and ice and sometimes metal, and they're moving at very high speeds – think 20, 30, or 40 miles per second. “So when they burn up and burn across the sky they zip ...
Earth-bound space lab to be 'splendid' show, China says
Taipei Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that is to plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities said, but would offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency on Thursday said that the nearly 8-tonne Tiangong-1 would re-enter ...
China space station will offer 'splendid meteor shower' as April 1 crash date CONFIRMED
Daily Star
Instead, CMSEO said the spacecraft will “turn into a splendid [meteor shower] and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth". China's space agency lost control of the space lab on March 16, 2016, when it entered the “final phase” of its five-year lifespan. Since then experts using ...
Out-of-control 9-TONNE Chinese space station Tiangong-1 will give 'splendid show' when it ...
The Sun
THE out-of-control Chinese space station heading for Earth this weekend is expected to put on a "splendid show", according to experts. The Tiangong-1 space craft is expected to tear across the sky - similar to that of a meteor shower - once it plummets into the Earth's atmosphere somewhere between ...
Earth-bound space lab won't cause damage, says China
The Straits Times
BEIJING • An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, the Chinese authorities said, but will instead offer a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 ...
China says Earth-bound space lab to offer splendid show like meteor shower
Hindustan Times
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a “splendid” show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the ...
Falling Chinese Space Station to Crash This Weekend
Popular Mechanics
If you are lucky enough to be in the right spot at the right time, you could see parts of the spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere, similar to a meteor shower. Astronomers and national space agencies are closely tracking the station, though in the final days leading up to reentry, it is impossible to say ...
Defunct Chinese space lab to plummet from sky this weekend
NEWS.com.au
But there is “no need for people to worry”, the China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) said on its WeChat social media account. Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as ...
Space Station Debris Could Hit Parts Of Indiana
Indiana Public Media
“It'll be a melted mangle of metal and you won't know what part of the spacecraft that came from” McCauley says. “It's just best to leave it alone.” He advises everyone to pay attention and stay alert and believes that the crash will be similar to a meteor shower, so there is no need to prepare in advance.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 31MAR2018
Sky-watcher catches big, bright and loud fireball near Anzac on video
CBC.ca
Paul Smith was falling asleep while watching the Aurora Borealis when the bright light of a fireball woke him up. 0:16. Paul Smith was nodding off in his vehicle at 2 a.m. on March 19 while watching and taking photos of the aurora borealis when he awoke to a bright light. The 39-year-old thought he was ...
NASA's InSight mission will use seismology to peer deep below Mars' surface
Astronomy Magazine
The Apollo missions used seismometers to measure manmade vibrations on the Moon, as well as observe naturally occurring meteor impacts and moonquakes. The Viking landers also attempted seismology on Mars in the 1970s, but since the seismometers were placed on top of the landers, they ...
Super Dual Auroral Radar Network observations of meteor echoes
AGU Publications - Wiley
We show that these unusual short‐range HF echoes are due to scattering off meteor trails. This explains why, among other things, the Doppler shift from the short‐range echoes taken from the SuperDARN Saskatoon antenna are consistent with the mesospheric winds observed by the Saskatoon MF ...
April Astronomy: The Month Brings a Meteor Shower, Brilliant Planets and a Constellation Framing ...
Coachella Valley Independent
The two brightest “stars” in the April evenings are really planets. Venus continues to gain altitude in the west to west-northwest at dusk, as the time of its setting shifts from 1.6 hours after sunset on April 1, to 2.2 hours after on the 30th. Jupiter doesn't appear on our evening mid-twilight chart until almost ...
Terrifying interactive map reveals millions of Londoners would die if a nuclear bomb was dropped ...
Evening Standard
A new interactive map has shown the devastating effect a nuclear bomb blast could have on London. The tool highlights the extent of the fireball, radiation, shockwave, and heat produced by different nuclear weapons, and how they could impact any given area. People can enter their postcode and learn ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Charles S. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, I was in bed and a bright light shone in my window. I sa a circle of light seem to descend behind the trees to the east. Location. Address, San Rafael, CA. Latitude, 38° 0' 49.93'' N (38.01°). Longitude, 122° 33' 50.83'' W (-122.56°). Elevation
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
CBC.ca
Paul Smith was falling asleep while watching the Aurora Borealis when the bright light of a fireball woke him up. 0:16. Paul Smith was nodding off in his vehicle at 2 a.m. on March 19 while watching and taking photos of the aurora borealis when he awoke to a bright light. The 39-year-old thought he was ...
NASA's InSight mission will use seismology to peer deep below Mars' surface
Astronomy Magazine
The Apollo missions used seismometers to measure manmade vibrations on the Moon, as well as observe naturally occurring meteor impacts and moonquakes. The Viking landers also attempted seismology on Mars in the 1970s, but since the seismometers were placed on top of the landers, they ...
Super Dual Auroral Radar Network observations of meteor echoes
AGU Publications - Wiley
We show that these unusual short‐range HF echoes are due to scattering off meteor trails. This explains why, among other things, the Doppler shift from the short‐range echoes taken from the SuperDARN Saskatoon antenna are consistent with the mesospheric winds observed by the Saskatoon MF ...
April Astronomy: The Month Brings a Meteor Shower, Brilliant Planets and a Constellation Framing ...
Coachella Valley Independent
The two brightest “stars” in the April evenings are really planets. Venus continues to gain altitude in the west to west-northwest at dusk, as the time of its setting shifts from 1.6 hours after sunset on April 1, to 2.2 hours after on the 30th. Jupiter doesn't appear on our evening mid-twilight chart until almost ...
Terrifying interactive map reveals millions of Londoners would die if a nuclear bomb was dropped ...
Evening Standard
A new interactive map has shown the devastating effect a nuclear bomb blast could have on London. The tool highlights the extent of the fireball, radiation, shockwave, and heat produced by different nuclear weapons, and how they could impact any given area. People can enter their postcode and learn ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Charles S. Experience Level, 1/5. Remarks, I was in bed and a bright light shone in my window. I sa a circle of light seem to descend behind the trees to the east. Location. Address, San Rafael, CA. Latitude, 38° 0' 49.93'' N (38.01°). Longitude, 122° 33' 50.83'' W (-122.56°). Elevation
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Anzac, Alberta, Canada Fireball Meteor 19MAR2018 w/ Video
Anzac, Alberta, Canada Green Fireball Meteor 02:00 MDT 19MAR2018 w/ Sonics- w/ Video
Sky-watcher catches big, bright and loud fireball near Anzac on video
CBC.ca
In the video, the fireball can be seen moving through the sky, bright green in colour, before flashing bright white and orange in succession before flaming out. Smith said he could hear a bang while it flamed out. He shared his experience with some Facebook groups of local aurora borealis watchers.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Sky-watcher catches big, bright and loud fireball near Anzac on video
CBC.ca
In the video, the fireball can be seen moving through the sky, bright green in colour, before flashing bright white and orange in succession before flaming out. Smith said he could hear a bang while it flamed out. He shared his experience with some Facebook groups of local aurora borealis watchers.
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
30 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30MAR2018
Scientists set to scour Antarctica for rare space rocks
News.com.au
SCIENTISTS are set to scour the frozen lands of Antarctica in an audacious attempt to uncover lost meteorites.
Image: Testing InSight
Phys.Org
China says Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid' show. March 30, 2018. An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower.
Chinese space lab set to fall from sky
The Japan Times
Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth,” it said. Anyone lucky enough to be looking at the right part of the sky when Tiangong 1 starts its fiery descent ...
Chinese space station set for fiery re-entry
RTE.ie
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the atmosphere ...
Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid show' akin to meteor shower
Times of India
BEIJING: An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will ...
China Focus: Tiangong-1 unlikely to cause damage to ground
Xinhua
During a meteor shower, about 1,000 to 20,000 meteorites fall to Earth per hour, and the probability of a person being hit by a meteorite of more than 200 grams is one-700 millionth, it said. The CMSEO announced earlier that Tiangong-1 has seen its orbit decay since it ended its data service on March ...
Out of control Earth-bound spacelab to offer 'splendid' show akin to a meteor shower
The Express Tribune
BEIJING: An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a 'splendid' show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will ...
Australia in impact zone for falling Chinese space station
Herald Sun
“You are more likely to be hit by a meteor than this thing,” Dr Tucker said. Present forecasts predict the station will begin to break up as it re-enters atmosphere anywhere from latitude +43 degrees to -43 degrees, a huge cross-section of the planet, sometime between 1.15pm tomorrow and 12.15pm ...
Four New Programs Dot April Planetarium Schedule at UW
University of Wyoming News
“The days are getting longer; a new set of constellations appear just after sunset; and our first visible meteor shower of the season all occur this month,” says Samantha Ogden, the planetarium's coordinator. “Additionally, we have enjoyed creating new and exciting live planetarium shows for our Friday ...
Night sky – April 2018: Welcome to your local galaxy association
Telegraph.co.uk
Although the rates from this shower aren't spectacularly high, the shower's radiant - the area of sky where the shower meteors appear to emanate from - is optimally positioned from the UK. A Lyrid meteor will appear to come from a location west of the bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Lyre.
The Wonder of Lonar
The Hindu
There are some old stone temples around the lake, many of them ruined and abandoned, some of them partially submerged. The lake itself is a sanctuary for many kinds of birds. Lonar is unique because it's the world's only high-velocity meteor crater in hard basalt: it doesn't erode or change its qualities ...
Interactive map shows the terrifying effects of a nuclear bomb blast on YOUR town
The Sun
This interactive map shows scope of a nuclear blast for any given area, demonstrating the extent of the fireball, radiation, shockwave, and heat spawned by a raft of different atomic weapons. The 15 Kiloton (KT) “Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima all the way up to the Soviet Union's 50,000 KT Tsar Bomba ...
Terrifying interactive map reveals what would happen if a nuclear bomb were dropped on YOUR ...
Daily Mail
... largest USSR bomb ever detonated. If a W-87 were dropped over New York City, for example, the effects would be catastrophic. The tool calculates the fireball would span .42 square miles and send a 26.87 square-mile shock wave. Radiation would extend .25 square miles, stretching into New Jersey.
D3 Mapping meteor landings on map. Unable to redraw points on zoom
freeCodeCamp Forum
I am trying to plot meteor landings on a projection of world map. I am scaling the map while zooming. But I am not sure how to redraw the points to the correct scale. I tried multiplying the projection result with the …
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 31- April 6, 2018
American Meteor Society
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as the Lyrids become active during the month. They are active from the 14th through the 30th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Sporadic rates during April are steady as seen from both hemispheres with southern observers enjoying twice the activity that ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Emily B. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, I have seen many strange anomalies in the sky.... This one blew my mind. Location. Address, Schomberg, Ontario (CA). Latitude, 44° 0' 13.04'' N (44°). Longitude, 79° 40' 34.31'' W (-79.68°). Elevation, 240.72m. Time and Duration. Local Date & ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Persistent train. Observation, Yes. Duration, -. Length, 5°. Remarks, The train was more akin to a glowing light spike that trailed after the fireball and also ended where the fireball meteor disappeared. The trailing end was thinner than what was following right behind the meteor body and glowed nearly as ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Mehdi B. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, I saw few meteors/fireballs in the past. This one was really impressive. reported on twitter as well. Location. Address, Toronto, Ontario (CA). Latitude, 43° 45' 17.06'' N (43.75°). Longitude, 79° 29' 40.09'' W (-79.49°). Elevation, 181.68m ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
News.com.au
SCIENTISTS are set to scour the frozen lands of Antarctica in an audacious attempt to uncover lost meteorites.
Image: Testing InSight
Phys.Org
China says Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid' show. March 30, 2018. An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower.
Chinese space lab set to fall from sky
The Japan Times
Such falling spacecraft do “not crash into the Earth fiercely like in sci-fi movies, but turn into a splendid (meteor shower) and move across the beautiful starry sky as they race towards the Earth,” it said. Anyone lucky enough to be looking at the right part of the sky when Tiangong 1 starts its fiery descent ...
Chinese space station set for fiery re-entry
RTE.ie
An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will re-enter the atmosphere ...
Earth-bound space lab to offer 'splendid show' akin to meteor shower
Times of India
BEIJING: An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will ...
China Focus: Tiangong-1 unlikely to cause damage to ground
Xinhua
During a meteor shower, about 1,000 to 20,000 meteorites fall to Earth per hour, and the probability of a person being hit by a meteorite of more than 200 grams is one-700 millionth, it said. The CMSEO announced earlier that Tiangong-1 has seen its orbit decay since it ended its data service on March ...
Out of control Earth-bound spacelab to offer 'splendid' show akin to a meteor shower
The Express Tribune
BEIJING: An out-of-control space laboratory that will plunge back to Earth in the coming days is unlikely to cause any damage, Chinese authorities say, but will offer instead a 'splendid' show akin to a meteor shower. China's space agency said on Thursday that the nearly eight-tonne Tiangong-1 will ...
Australia in impact zone for falling Chinese space station
Herald Sun
“You are more likely to be hit by a meteor than this thing,” Dr Tucker said. Present forecasts predict the station will begin to break up as it re-enters atmosphere anywhere from latitude +43 degrees to -43 degrees, a huge cross-section of the planet, sometime between 1.15pm tomorrow and 12.15pm ...
Four New Programs Dot April Planetarium Schedule at UW
University of Wyoming News
“The days are getting longer; a new set of constellations appear just after sunset; and our first visible meteor shower of the season all occur this month,” says Samantha Ogden, the planetarium's coordinator. “Additionally, we have enjoyed creating new and exciting live planetarium shows for our Friday ...
Night sky – April 2018: Welcome to your local galaxy association
Telegraph.co.uk
Although the rates from this shower aren't spectacularly high, the shower's radiant - the area of sky where the shower meteors appear to emanate from - is optimally positioned from the UK. A Lyrid meteor will appear to come from a location west of the bright star Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Lyre.
The Wonder of Lonar
The Hindu
There are some old stone temples around the lake, many of them ruined and abandoned, some of them partially submerged. The lake itself is a sanctuary for many kinds of birds. Lonar is unique because it's the world's only high-velocity meteor crater in hard basalt: it doesn't erode or change its qualities ...
Interactive map shows the terrifying effects of a nuclear bomb blast on YOUR town
The Sun
This interactive map shows scope of a nuclear blast for any given area, demonstrating the extent of the fireball, radiation, shockwave, and heat spawned by a raft of different atomic weapons. The 15 Kiloton (KT) “Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima all the way up to the Soviet Union's 50,000 KT Tsar Bomba ...
Terrifying interactive map reveals what would happen if a nuclear bomb were dropped on YOUR ...
Daily Mail
... largest USSR bomb ever detonated. If a W-87 were dropped over New York City, for example, the effects would be catastrophic. The tool calculates the fireball would span .42 square miles and send a 26.87 square-mile shock wave. Radiation would extend .25 square miles, stretching into New Jersey.
D3 Mapping meteor landings on map. Unable to redraw points on zoom
freeCodeCamp Forum
I am trying to plot meteor landings on a projection of world map. I am scaling the map while zooming. But I am not sure how to redraw the points to the correct scale. I tried multiplying the projection result with the …
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 31- April 6, 2018
American Meteor Society
Meteor activity picks up a bit during April as the Lyrids become active during the month. They are active from the 14th through the 30th, with a pronounced maximum on the 22nd. Sporadic rates during April are steady as seen from both hemispheres with southern observers enjoying twice the activity that ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Emily B. Experience Level, 4/5. Remarks, I have seen many strange anomalies in the sky.... This one blew my mind. Location. Address, Schomberg, Ontario (CA). Latitude, 44° 0' 13.04'' N (44°). Longitude, 79° 40' 34.31'' W (-79.68°). Elevation, 240.72m. Time and Duration. Local Date & ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Persistent train. Observation, Yes. Duration, -. Length, 5°. Remarks, The train was more akin to a glowing light spike that trailed after the fireball and also ended where the fireball meteor disappeared. The trailing end was thinner than what was following right behind the meteor body and glowed nearly as ...
Fireball report
Report a Fireball
Observer. Name, Mehdi B. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, I saw few meteors/fireballs in the past. This one was really impressive. reported on twitter as well. Location. Address, Toronto, Ontario (CA). Latitude, 43° 45' 17.06'' N (43.75°). Longitude, 79° 29' 40.09'' W (-79.49°). Elevation, 181.68m ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
29 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29MAR2018
Surprising meteorite discovery points to early solar system chaos
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/03/surprising-meteorite-discovery-points-early-solar-system-chaos
Meteor over Japan 27/03/2018 - Haneda Airport
YouTube
Evidence of sightings of "fireball" in various parts of the Kanto region On the 27th, a light like a fireball appeared in the night sky, and sighting information...
Meteor hunters take to Antarctica
Fox News
Why scientists are heading to Antarctica to hunt for meteors. ...
Tech trials to find Antarctica's 'missing' iron meteorites
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43567617
'Marsquakes' Could Shake Up Planetary Science
Starting next year, scientists will get their first look deep below the surface of Mars.
That's when NASA will send the first robotic lander dedicated to exploring the planet's subsurface. InSight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, will study marsquakes to learn about the Martian crust, mantle and core....
Crashing Chinese Space Station Will Go Down Shooting — Fireballs
Live Science
"Fireballs are almost certain," Harvard University astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell told Live Science in an email. McDowell is a frequent media commentator on Tiangong-1's descent, and he also works on NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. [In Photos: A Look at China's Space Station That's Crashing ...
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Name, Kayla S. Experience Level, 2/5. Remarks, A meteor appeared immediately after the fireball traveling from the opposite direction; fireball was traveling north to south.
Fireball report
American Meteor Society
Location. Address, Corpus Christi, TX. Latitude, 27° 47' 3.87'' N (27.784408°). Longitude, 97° 25' 21.69'' W (-97.422691°). Elevation, 11.801m. Time and Duration. Local Date & Time, 2018-03-19 20:00 CDT. UT Date & Time, 2018-03-20 01:00 UT. Duration, ≈3.5s. Direction. Moving direction, From up ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Japan Green Fireball Meteor 27MAR2018
Haneda, Tokyo, Japan Green Fireball Meteor 20:42 JST 27MAR2018
A green fireball meteor was captured by video cameras at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan at 20:42 JST. The meteor was seen from many locations in the Kanto Plain.
Posted to YouTube by
Exoss Citizen Science Published on Mar 28, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shISkdTgwGQ
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
A green fireball meteor was captured by video cameras at Haneda Airport, Tokyo, Japan at 20:42 JST. The meteor was seen from many locations in the Kanto Plain.
Posted to YouTube by
Exoss Citizen Science Published on Mar 28, 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shISkdTgwGQ
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
28 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28MAR2018
Dash cam captures meteor fireball's flight across Colorado sky
Sott
The filmer said they suspected the object was a meteorite. "I was driving my truck north on I-25 in Colorado when I saw this flash from what I presume is a meteorite. It was 5:20 a.m. local time just past the exit for the USAF Academy," the filmer wrote. The American Meteor Society noted multiple fireball ...
Tiangong 1 track RADAR: Chinese space station to hit Earth in FIREBALL this weekend
Express.co.uk
Markus Dolensky, of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Australia told CNN: “There is a chance of a series of fireballs streaking across the sky. “It is now nearing its fiery demise as it gradually gets slowed down by the fringes of the Earth's upper atmosphere.” The spacecraft could ...
Why Scientists Aren't Fans Of Creating On-Demand Meteor Showers
NPR
A Japanese company is proposing a venture to create on-demand meteor showers using small spheres dropped from a satellite. Scientists aren't really keen to the idea...
Scientists Have Overestimated Meteor Sizes
DOE Office of Science - Department of Energy
Scientists simulated what happens when a meteor hits the Earth's crust generating shocked glass. In the past, scientists have tried to estimate the amount of pressure needed to cause this transformation. They did so by examining debris from meteor impacts and squeezing mineral samples in pressure ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
Sott
The filmer said they suspected the object was a meteorite. "I was driving my truck north on I-25 in Colorado when I saw this flash from what I presume is a meteorite. It was 5:20 a.m. local time just past the exit for the USAF Academy," the filmer wrote. The American Meteor Society noted multiple fireball ...
Tiangong 1 track RADAR: Chinese space station to hit Earth in FIREBALL this weekend
Express.co.uk
Markus Dolensky, of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Australia told CNN: “There is a chance of a series of fireballs streaking across the sky. “It is now nearing its fiery demise as it gradually gets slowed down by the fringes of the Earth's upper atmosphere.” The spacecraft could ...
Why Scientists Aren't Fans Of Creating On-Demand Meteor Showers
NPR
A Japanese company is proposing a venture to create on-demand meteor showers using small spheres dropped from a satellite. Scientists aren't really keen to the idea...
Scientists Have Overestimated Meteor Sizes
DOE Office of Science - Department of Energy
Scientists simulated what happens when a meteor hits the Earth's crust generating shocked glass. In the past, scientists have tried to estimate the amount of pressure needed to cause this transformation. They did so by examining debris from meteor impacts and squeezing mineral samples in pressure ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
27 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27MAR2018
Meteorite spotted in Colorado
MSN.com
This truck driver was going along the highway in Colorado, United States, when he saw a meteorite. The natural phenomenon was filmed at 5.20 am.
Dash Cam Captures Fireball in Colorado
Sputnik International
An early morning motorist on a Colorado highway caught a video of a fireball he labeled as a "meteorite," streaking across the sky near the US Air Force Academy. The footage, recorded at about 5:20 a.m. last Saturday on Interstate 25 in Gleneagle, shows a bright flash of light appear to drop toward the ...
Dash cam captures fireball's flight across Colorado sky
UPI.com
Dash cam captures fireball's flight across Colorado sky. By Ben Hooper | March 26, 2018 at 1:41 PM ... March 26 (UPI) -- An early morning driver on a Colorado road captured video of a fireball streaking across the sky near the U.S. Air Force Academy. The video, recorded about 5:20 a.m. Saturday on ...
On-Demand Meteor Showers Are Coming Soon to a Sky Near You
Popular Mechanics
ALE hopes to market their technology to cities, companies, or rich individuals who want a custom meteor shower for a cost that ALE claims will be less than that of a municipally-sponsored fireworks show. Their plan is to launch a pair of small satellites each equipped with a few hundred small metal ...
What you need to know about China's space station falling to Earth
41 NBC News
“We won't have a firm idea of precisely when — or any clue of where — until several hours prior to reentry,” he said. “There's still a fair amount of uncertainty.” Here's everything you need to know about Tiangong-1 and its impending fall.
China spacecraft may crash into Australia
Newcastle Herald
"The thing that would be really nice, if it re-enters over Australia at night, is that we'll get to see a spectacular sight of the spacecraft breaking up and lighting up as it comes in like a meteor shower." The temperature and density of different parts of the atmosphere, the Sun's activity and what parts are ...
PMN-Portuguese Meteor Network and OLA-Observatório do Lago Alqueva agreem
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: PMN-Portuguese Meteor Network and OLA-Observatório do Lago Alqueva agreement. Authors: Saraiva, C. Affiliation: AA(PMN- Portuguese Meteor Network, Rua Aquilino Ribeiro, 23 – 1° Dto, 2790-028 Carnaxide, Portugal. ) Publication: eMeteorNews, eZine, ISSN 2570-4745 Online publication ...
Altitudinal dependence of meteor radio afterglows measured via optical counterparts
AGU Publications - Wiley
Utilizing the all‐sky imaging capabilities of the first station of the Long Wavelength Array along with a host of all‐sky optical cameras, we have now observed 44 optical meteor counterparts to radio afterglows. Combining these observations, we have determined the geographic positions of all 44 ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
MSN.com
This truck driver was going along the highway in Colorado, United States, when he saw a meteorite. The natural phenomenon was filmed at 5.20 am.
Dash Cam Captures Fireball in Colorado
Sputnik International
An early morning motorist on a Colorado highway caught a video of a fireball he labeled as a "meteorite," streaking across the sky near the US Air Force Academy. The footage, recorded at about 5:20 a.m. last Saturday on Interstate 25 in Gleneagle, shows a bright flash of light appear to drop toward the ...
Dash cam captures fireball's flight across Colorado sky
UPI.com
Dash cam captures fireball's flight across Colorado sky. By Ben Hooper | March 26, 2018 at 1:41 PM ... March 26 (UPI) -- An early morning driver on a Colorado road captured video of a fireball streaking across the sky near the U.S. Air Force Academy. The video, recorded about 5:20 a.m. Saturday on ...
On-Demand Meteor Showers Are Coming Soon to a Sky Near You
Popular Mechanics
ALE hopes to market their technology to cities, companies, or rich individuals who want a custom meteor shower for a cost that ALE claims will be less than that of a municipally-sponsored fireworks show. Their plan is to launch a pair of small satellites each equipped with a few hundred small metal ...
What you need to know about China's space station falling to Earth
41 NBC News
“We won't have a firm idea of precisely when — or any clue of where — until several hours prior to reentry,” he said. “There's still a fair amount of uncertainty.” Here's everything you need to know about Tiangong-1 and its impending fall.
China spacecraft may crash into Australia
Newcastle Herald
"The thing that would be really nice, if it re-enters over Australia at night, is that we'll get to see a spectacular sight of the spacecraft breaking up and lighting up as it comes in like a meteor shower." The temperature and density of different parts of the atmosphere, the Sun's activity and what parts are ...
PMN-Portuguese Meteor Network and OLA-Observatório do Lago Alqueva agreem
SAO/NASA ADS
Title: PMN-Portuguese Meteor Network and OLA-Observatório do Lago Alqueva agreement. Authors: Saraiva, C. Affiliation: AA(PMN- Portuguese Meteor Network, Rua Aquilino Ribeiro, 23 – 1° Dto, 2790-028 Carnaxide, Portugal. ) Publication: eMeteorNews, eZine, ISSN 2570-4745 Online publication ...
Altitudinal dependence of meteor radio afterglows measured via optical counterparts
AGU Publications - Wiley
Utilizing the all‐sky imaging capabilities of the first station of the Long Wavelength Array along with a host of all‐sky optical cameras, we have now observed 44 optical meteor counterparts to radio afterglows. Combining these observations, we have determined the geographic positions of all 44 ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
26 March 2018
The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 26MAR2018
Meteorite in Colorado || ViralHog
YouTube
Occurred on March 24, 2018 / Gleneagle, Colorado, USA "I was driving my truck north on I-25 in Colorodo when I saw this flash from what I presume is a meteor...
Astronomy for April: See Lyrid meteor shower, star cluster
Akron Beacon Journal
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning hours of April 23. This shower is the debris trail shed by comet Thatcher, C/1861 G1. Under clear, dark skies, you may see up to 20 meteors an hour. his shower is one of the oldest celestial events known, and was likely ...
China's space station is falling to Earth. Here's everything you need to know.
NBCNews.com
Will I be able to see anything? It might be possible to see streaks across the sky — similar to a meteor shower — at the time of reentry. But that depends, of course, on how close you are to the falling debris as well as the time of day and the amount of cloud cover, according to Abraham.
Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk
http://www.newsgram.com/
A meteor streaks across the sky in the early morning as people watching during the Perseid meteor shower in Ramon Carter near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, August 13, 2015. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris ...
Falling space debris poses no risk to UAE, says Space Agency
The National
The network successfully provides reports and studies on meteor traffic over the UAE,” he said. Three stations across the UAE are part of this network that was a joint venture launched by the UAE Space Agency and the IAC. The stations record astronomical phenomena with cameras that automatically ...
Coming soon, on-demand meteor showers from Japanese aerospace entertainment company
International Business Times, India Edition It may soon be possible to order a custom meteor shower for special occasions. If things go according to plan, arcs of blue, green, and orange could light up the sky wherever needed, any place on Earth, emulating actual shooting stars. The "meteor shower" will come courtesy falling metallic pebbles ..
Artificial Meteor Showers Will Soon Be Available For Under $40000
Tech Times
Japan is witnessing the world's first artificial meteor shower in spring 2020, thanks to technology being developed by private space company Astro Live Experience or ALE. The spectacular display will be seen over a 200-kilometer area on the sky of the Setouchi Region, which covers the cities of ...
Tiangong-1: Chinese space station predicted to crash somewhere on Earth around Easter
NZCity
Space experts predict the Tiangong-1 space station, or "Heavenly Palace", will turn into a spectacular fireball as it enters Earth's atmosphere sometime during the Easter long weekend. According to the latest predictions, it will begin its fiery descent into Earth's atmosphere somewhere in a window ...
Meteor crater map
Draper NDT
Meteor crater map. Eugene M. Start. Less Impressive than Informative. Your internet browser does not support the HTML5 features required for Crater Impact. For GPS users, the coordinates of the new entrance to Tswaing are Latitude 25. Download the free, full-sheet USGS 7. The effects of Map of ...
This meteor that struck the land of Saudi Arabia 52 years ago
Life in Saudi Arabia
Some five decades ago a meteorite struck the land of Saudi Arabia. The meteorite is a solid piece of debris from a comet, asteroid or meteoroid that originate in the outer space and found its way to enter in the atmosphere around the earth. However, now this news is highlighted again after 52 years.
Rtl sdr meteor detection
morph
Use the RTL-SDR as a meteor detector/counter. Joined May 2013 7 Jan 2014 YouTube user Tim Havens has uploaded two videos showing his meteor detection results with an RTL-SDR dongle. GitHub. Bakul das. There is now also an app bundle available from GitHub or SourceForge. For a few years ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
YouTube
Occurred on March 24, 2018 / Gleneagle, Colorado, USA "I was driving my truck north on I-25 in Colorodo when I saw this flash from what I presume is a meteor...
Astronomy for April: See Lyrid meteor shower, star cluster
Akron Beacon Journal
The Lyrid meteor shower peaks on the night of April 22 and the early morning hours of April 23. This shower is the debris trail shed by comet Thatcher, C/1861 G1. Under clear, dark skies, you may see up to 20 meteors an hour. his shower is one of the oldest celestial events known, and was likely ...
China's space station is falling to Earth. Here's everything you need to know.
NBCNews.com
Will I be able to see anything? It might be possible to see streaks across the sky — similar to a meteor shower — at the time of reentry. But that depends, of course, on how close you are to the falling debris as well as the time of day and the amount of cloud cover, according to Abraham.
Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk
http://www.newsgram.com/
A meteor streaks across the sky in the early morning as people watching during the Perseid meteor shower in Ramon Carter near the town of Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel, August 13, 2015. The Perseid meteor shower is sparked every August when the Earth passes through a stream of space debris ...
Falling space debris poses no risk to UAE, says Space Agency
The National
The network successfully provides reports and studies on meteor traffic over the UAE,” he said. Three stations across the UAE are part of this network that was a joint venture launched by the UAE Space Agency and the IAC. The stations record astronomical phenomena with cameras that automatically ...
Coming soon, on-demand meteor showers from Japanese aerospace entertainment company
International Business Times, India Edition It may soon be possible to order a custom meteor shower for special occasions. If things go according to plan, arcs of blue, green, and orange could light up the sky wherever needed, any place on Earth, emulating actual shooting stars. The "meteor shower" will come courtesy falling metallic pebbles ..
Artificial Meteor Showers Will Soon Be Available For Under $40000
Tech Times
Japan is witnessing the world's first artificial meteor shower in spring 2020, thanks to technology being developed by private space company Astro Live Experience or ALE. The spectacular display will be seen over a 200-kilometer area on the sky of the Setouchi Region, which covers the cities of ...
Tiangong-1: Chinese space station predicted to crash somewhere on Earth around Easter
NZCity
Space experts predict the Tiangong-1 space station, or "Heavenly Palace", will turn into a spectacular fireball as it enters Earth's atmosphere sometime during the Easter long weekend. According to the latest predictions, it will begin its fiery descent into Earth's atmosphere somewhere in a window ...
Meteor crater map
Draper NDT
Meteor crater map. Eugene M. Start. Less Impressive than Informative. Your internet browser does not support the HTML5 features required for Crater Impact. For GPS users, the coordinates of the new entrance to Tswaing are Latitude 25. Download the free, full-sheet USGS 7. The effects of Map of ...
This meteor that struck the land of Saudi Arabia 52 years ago
Life in Saudi Arabia
Some five decades ago a meteorite struck the land of Saudi Arabia. The meteorite is a solid piece of debris from a comet, asteroid or meteoroid that originate in the outer space and found its way to enter in the atmosphere around the earth. However, now this news is highlighted again after 52 years.
Rtl sdr meteor detection
morph
Use the RTL-SDR as a meteor detector/counter. Joined May 2013 7 Jan 2014 YouTube user Tim Havens has uploaded two videos showing his meteor detection results with an RTL-SDR dongle. GitHub. Bakul das. There is now also an app bundle available from GitHub or SourceForge. For a few years ...
2018 The FIFTH Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™ / Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!
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