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Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite that landed in UK
Extra-terrestrial water has been discovered for the first time in a meteorite that landed in the UK. The meteorite crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe last February and is believed to hold clues about where the water in the Earth's vast oceans came from.
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Germany's largest meteorite discovered after sitting for decades in garden
The out-of-this-world find is being hailed as a "scientific sensation." The meteorite was first dug up in 1989 and sat in a garden for decades before the homeowner shared his unusual rock with researchers.
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How a Meteorite Ruined an Alabama Woman's Afternoon 65 Years Ago
Sixty-five years ago, a few days after Thanksgiving, Ann Hodges was snuggled up on the sofa in her Alabama home when a 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite crashed through the ceiling and struck the left side of her body. Not the best interruption to the holiday season.
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Great ball of fire: Edmonton region lights up with reports of meteor
A fireball blazing across the sky was captured by doorbell and dash cameras in the Edmonton region late Saturday. Many people took to social media, posting photos and videos of the mysterious bright object in the sky, speculating that it appeared to be a meteor.
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NASA chief warns that people need to take the threat of a meteor crashing into Earth much more seriously
NASA's administrator warned that the threat of a meteor crashing into Earth is bigger than we might think. Jim Bridenstine told the International Academy of Astronautics' Planetary Defense Conference on Monday that "the reason it's important for NASA to take this seriously is something you call the 'giggle factor,'" or scientific theories that seem too ridiculous to be likely.
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Colossal asteroid will approach Earth on Friday, but we’ll be fine
NASA is always keeping an eye on space rocks that get anywhere near Earth, and 2019 has been a relatively calm year in terms of close passes. A recently discovered asteroid is going to make a not-super-close pass of Earth later this week, and while it doesn’t pose much of a threat to our planet it’s worth mentioning simply because of its size.
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The Geminid meteor shower peaks December 13/14
The spectacular Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of December 13/14. Although many people consider it to be a poor cousin to August’s Perseid shower, the Geminids often put on a better show. This year, observers can expect to see up to 120 “shooting stars” per hour — an average of nearly two per minute — under a dark sky.
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Cosmic Airburst May Have Wiped Out Part of the Middle East 3,700 Years Ago
Some 3,700 years ago, a meteor or comet exploded over the Middle East, wiping out human life across a swath of land called Middle Ghor, north of the Dead Sea, say archaeologists who have found evidence of the cosmic airburst. The airburst "in an instant, devastated approximately 500 km2 [about 200 square miles] immediately north of the Dead Sea, not only wiping out 100 percent of the [cities] and towns, but also stripping agricultural soils from once-fertile fields and covering the eastern Middle Ghor with a super-heated brine of Dead Sea anhydride salts...
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Madagascar Meteorite Came from the Early Solar System, Experts Find
This past summer, people in Madagascar saw an ancient 4.5 billion-year-old meteor from the early solar system come crashing down.
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An exploding meteor may have wiped out ancient Dead Sea communities
An archaeological site not far from the Dead Sea shows signs of sudden, superheated collapse 3,700 years ago. By Bruce Bower.
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Impact crater beneath Greenland could help explain Ice Age
Most of Earth’s surface has been plotted, mapped and measured. And along the way, scientists have turned up a plethora of craters big and small. But there was always one major crater missingMost of Earth’s surface has been plotted, mapped and measured. And along the way, scientists have turned up a plethora of craters big and small. But there was always one major crater missing.
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Brazil's Biggest Meteorite Survives Museum-Destroying Fire
After a catastrophic fire blazed through the National Museum of Brazil on Sunday (Sept. 2), destroying many of the institution's 20 million artifacts, the museum's meteorites were some of the few relics left standing.
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What does a meteor sound like?
When a meteor screams through our upper atmosphere, it’s a silent show for us here on the ground. Most meteors burn up dozens of miles above the surface, and even if a sonic boom reaches us it comes minutes after the visual spectacle.
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Mystery meteor reportedly makes 2.1 kiloton explosion above US military base — and the Air Force said nothing
A curious and credible Tweet from the Director of the Nuclear Information Project for the Federation of American Scientists, Hans Kristensen, on August 1, 2018 at 5:14 PM Washington D.C. time claimed that a, "Meteor explodes with 2.1 kilotons force 43 km above missile early warning radar at Thule Air Base." The Tweet apparently originated from Twitter user "Rocket Ron", a "Space Explorer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory".
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Fragment of impacting asteroid recovered in Botswana
On Saturday, June 23, 2018, a team of experts from Botswana, South Africa, Finland and the United States of America recovered a fresh meteorite in Botswana´s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR). The meteorite is one of the fragments of asteroid 2018 LA which collided with Earth on June 2, 2018 and turned into a meteor fireball that detonated over Botswana a few seconds after entering the atmosphere. The incident was witnessed by a number of spectators in Botswana and neighbouring countries and was captured on numerous security cameras.
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Meteor from Mars Shows Planetary Genesis, 4 Billion Years Ago
A Martian meteor found in northwestern Africa that is more than 4 billion years ago came from Mars, and bears the traces of the tumultuous creation of the red planet. The chemical dating and analysis was performed by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and is published in the journal Science Advances.
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Fireball in the sky captures attention across the region
Dozens of Kalamazoo area residents were among the hundreds across a several state area that witnessed a huge flash in the night sky in southern Michigan. "I just saw a big ol' ball of fire falling, and I started screaming," said Barbara Dwyer of Decatur, Michigan, who saw it just after 8 p.m., as she was looking toward Kalamazoo. "It scared the heck out of me."
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Suspected Meteor Shakes Houses across Metro Detroit
Thunderous boom shakes homes across metro Detroit
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Meteor explosion: Fireball as bright as full moon stuns Chinese skywatchers [VIDEO]
Residents in China witnessed an astronomical event while celebrating a mid-autumn festival on Wednesday. Giant fireballs or meteors lit up the sky in China's Yunnan Province when residents were observing the full moon. Three meteors – two small and one large – streaked across the sky, Mail Online quoted an eyewitness as saying.
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Asteroid Worth $10 Quintilian May Stay Out of Reach of Space Miners Due to the Cancellation of NASA’s ARM Mission
The solution to all of Earth’s metal problems, or the space rock that would completely obliterate the world economy, will likely be staying well out of reach of astronauts due to the cancellation of the Asteroid Redirect Mission. This comes as the target of the Psyche Mission – Asteroid 16 Psyche – has been found to contain about $10 Quintilian worth of iron, not to mention a significant amount of nickel and probably trillions of dollars’ worth of other precious metals.
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