25 January 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 25JAN2012

Sidmouth observatory joins Dulverton stargazers
Sidmouth Herald
Sidmouth Norman Lockyer Observatory astronomers Alan Shuttleworth and Mac Currie, members of the NLO meteor detection team. ...

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Even NASA can't help solve Grimsby 'Big Bang' mystery
This is Grimsby
Although Mike Brightmore, secretary of the Cleethorpes and District Astronomy Society, said: "If it had been a meteor, it would have been accompanied by a bright streak across the night sky. As far as I am aware, no one has reported seeing one.

The best places on earth to see the sky at night
The Independent
The Perseids meteor shower is one of the best annual displays of shooting stars in the world, often with more than 50 meteors per hour. A new trip takes you to the Wadi Rum desert, aka the Valley of the Moon, in Jordan for the peak of the activity in ...

Whacked moon rocks yield up their secrets
Register
However, the sample at Curtin has been put to good use: working out how to identify rocks that have suffered a meteor collision, by looking at formations in zircon present in the samples. It's a no-brainer (or to put things more scientifically, ...

Curtin geologists make a 'shocking' discovery
PhysOrg Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:50 AM PST
Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon from lunar rock samples recovered during NASAâs Apollo missions, revealing indisputable proof ofmeteorite collisions on the Moon.

Apocalyptic boom over Elmbridge not end of the world, RAF say
Kingston Guardian Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:36 AM PST
Concorde was not flying again, a meteorite had not collided with Earth and there was no jumbo jet nose-diving toward the ground, despite what you may have heard.

ASU acquires exotic piece of Mars
SpaceDaily Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:12 PM PST
ASU currently owns the largest institutional piece of the martianmeteorite Tissint. Photo by: Laurence Garvie.

Meteorite Wine Unveiled In Chile By British Astronomer Ian Hutcheon
Huffington Post
Dubbed Meteorito, Ian Hutcheon concocted the cosmic Cabernet Sauvignon from his very own mountain vineyard in the Cachapoal Valley, Chile, according to a ...

Meteor Counter - Scientific American
Citizen Scientists with an iPhone iPad or iPod Touch are encouraged to take these gadgets loaded with the Meteor Counter app along while stargazing Start ...
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Hundreds of Meteorites Uncovered in Antarctica
Discovery News
Meteorites stand out well in Antarctica's snow, but the constantly shifting snow re-covers the finds. Search for meteorites program places researchers on the ice to live in base camp conditions of wind and snow....

Good News, Alien Seekers: ET Probably Doesn't Need a Freaky-Big Moon Like Ours
Discover Magazine (blog)
A slightly different initial arrangement of planets, or tiny perturbations, such as a smallmeteor hitting the Earth, could change the situation significantly millions of years down the road. This is somewhat like the proverbial butterfly whose ...

Mars Meteorites Landed in Morocco - YouTube
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Martian rock is more than a million times rarer than gold and meteorite dealers are selling the ...
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