15 May 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15MAY2012

US horse pasture ground zero for exciting scientific find
Horsetalk
Scientists say it is a rare type of meteor and they have few samples of this kind of material. Meteorites are interesting to scientists from an astrobiology perspective, as they contain molecules related to how the building blocks for life on Earth may ...

Supermoon, planets & meteor showers | kgw.com Portland
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NASA, SETI investigators look for Sierra meteorite ...
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NASA and SETI investigators in a Zeppelin airship flew over the Sierra foothills Thursday looking ...
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Meteorite Fragments Searched For In Sierra Nevada ...
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NASA Ames, the SETI institute and other organizations are combing the mountainous region for ...
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Extraterrestrials: Did an alien life form emerge from a Meteor?
Canadian National Newspaper
I wonder what will be found in the remains of the Meteor that crashed recently in America? The search is on for the fragments from the outer space visitor. When I was a young girl, I used to live at the English beauty spot Cuckmere Haven in Sussex.

Streaking fireball witnessed by area residents
DL-Online
In fact, the website lunarmeteoritehunters.blogspot.com, which collects reports of meteor sightings, had over 65 eyewitness accounts ranging from Wisconsin to Manitoba, Canada, during the same time span Friday in which people saw the fireball in the ...

Fireball Streaks Low and Slow Over Fargo, Seen From Several ...
Valley sky watchers and anyone who happened to be outside at about 10 o'clock Friday night were treated to a special sight. This is what viewers have reported ...
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The evolution of near Earth objects risk perception
The Space Review
The risk that a comet or meteor poses not only depends on adequate studies, but it implies that culture and technology evolve as well. NEOs have been understood differently throughout history. Every time we've observed a NEO, a different risk was posed ...

Astrophoto: Meteor Fireball Passing through the Milky Way
Universe Today
This beautiful astrophoto combines both — and more — as photographer Luke Arens captured a big meteor fireball reflecting off a northern Minnesota lake just as the Milky Way core rose above the scene. Luke took this image over the weekend as part of ...

2012 THE Year of Meteors!