07 December 2009

7DEC09 Meteor/Meteorite News

Look Up: What's in the Sky This Week?
DCist.com
The most visible 'shooting stars' should appear almost all night, from 10 pm to dawn, with the peak around 2 am The Geminids are the most reliable meteor ...

Man is fueling holocaust of many other species
Deseret News
The fifth extinction took place 65 million years ago when a meteor smashed into the Earth, killing off the dinosaurs and many other species and opening the ...

Meteor shower set to light up
7DAYS
Stargazers are in for a treat as a meteor shower is set to light up the Dubai sky. Geminid meteor shower is expected to be seen on Sun-day, December 13, ...

In books and film, fascination with the apocalypse continues.
Boston Globe
“When Worlds Collide'' (1951) imagined humanity's desperate efforts to get off Earth before a meteor hit: A stark metaphor for nuclear threat. ...

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