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ASU acquires exotic piece of MarsTempe AZ (SPX) Jan 24, 2012 ASU's Center for Meteorite Studies has acquired a significant new sample for its collection: a rare Martian meteorite that fell in southern Morocco in July 2011. It is the first Martian fall in about 50 years. Since the observed fall of the famed Ensisheim meteorite in 1492, there have been 1,200 recovered meteorite falls. A "fall" is a meteorite that was witnessed by someone as it fell from the sky, whereas a "find" is a meteorite that was not observed to fall but was later found and collec ... read more |
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 Heavy Ions Killed Mars Probe Blue Marble By Suomi NPP Is Russia's Space Program Viable? Project NEOShield: Asteroid defence systems Unraveling a Butterfly's Aerial Antics Could Help Builders of Bug-Size Flying Robots Do black holes help stars form? Phobos Crash Test Dismisses U.S. Link Roscosmos Aims to Make Sea Launch Profitable Mission to Land on a Comet VIIRS Eastern Hemisphere Image - Behind the Scenes ORS-1, ground system gain final ops acceptance First Light' Taken by NASA's Newest CERES Instrument Asteroids: The New 'It Mission' for Space Exploration Software Enables Efficient Planning of MESSENGER Observations | .. |
 Quadrantids Will Create Brief, Beautiful Show, Jan. 4 The 2012 Quadrantids, a little-known meteor shower named after an extinct constellation, will present an excellent chance for hardy souls to start the year off with some late-night meteor watching. ... more | .. |
 Geminids Meteor Shower: 'Up All Night' With NASA! Put on the hot chocolate...find a warm, toasty location...and join us on the night of Dec. 13-14 for our "Up All Night with NASA" live Web chat about the 2011 Geminid meteor shower! The Gemini ... more | .. |
 Experts Gather To Discuss Communications Risk Near Earth Objects An expert group of scientists, reporters, and risk management specialists have taken part in a Near Earth Object Media/Risk Communications workshop. Output from these professionals is helping ... more | .. |
 Cosmic voyager has a layover in St. Louis Last January, two amateur meteorite hunters dropped by Randy Korotev's office at Washington University in St. Louis to show him their latest purchase, a 17-kilogram pallasite meteorite found in 2006 ... more |
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 Large asteroid to pass by Earth Nov 8 but what if it did not An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will fly near Earth on Nov. 8. While there is no danger of it hitting the planet, a Purdue asteroid impact expert says a similar-sized object hitting Eart ... more | .. |
 Princeton model shows fallout of a giant meteorite strike Seeking to better understand the level of death and destruction that would result from a large meteorite striking the Earth, Princeton University researchers have developed a new model that can not ... more | .. |
 CSI-style investigation of meteorite hits on Earth Volcanologists from the Universities of Leicester and Durham have forensically reconstructed the impact of a meteorite on Earth and how debris was hurled from the crater to devastate the surrounding ... more | .. |
 Amateur Skywatchers Spot Near Earth Asteroid Threat For the first time, observations coordinated by ESA's space hazards team have found an asteroid that comes close enough to Earth to pose an impact threat. The space rock was found by amateur astrono ... more |
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 Draconid Meteor Outburst On October 8th Earth is going to plow through a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, and the result could be an outburst of Draconid meteors. "We're predicting as many as 750 meteors per ... more | .. |
 Where does all the gold come from Ultra high precision analyses of some of the oldest rock samples on Earth by researchers at the University of Bristol provides clear evidence that the planet's accessible reserves of precious metals ... more | .. |
 Earth's gold a gift of meteor showers Precious metals in Earth's mantle are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after the planet was formed, U.K. researchers say. ... more | .. |
 Asteroid Impact on Earth: Experts Review Global Response and Mitigation Steps A workshop has brought together leading representatives from space agencies and international experts to discuss key issues related to global response and cooperation in the event of a Near Earth Ob ... more |
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 Space Station Crew Enjoys Eye-Level View of Perseid Meteor Shower With the bright moon that was out on the evening of August 13, many astronomy buffs were not able to fully appreciate the spectacular Perseid meteor shower going on in the night sky. From the Intern ... more | .. |
 Glorious Perseids The summer's best meteor shower peaked on the weekend of Aug. 12-13. Even though the Perseids were hampered by a bright, full moon they were something to behold! The Perseids have been observe ... more | .. |
 Chinese scientists come up with plan to save Earth from asteroid hit A group of Chinese scientists have proposed using a solar sail to prevent the possible collision of Apophis, a 46 million ton asteroid, with the Earth in 2036. The asteroid, which is 270 meter ... more | .. |
 Spaceships, Meteors, and Moonlight Bright moonlight streams through your window. A nugget of space debris disintegrates in a sparkling fireball. A huge spaceship glides silently overhead. By itself, any one of these events migh ... more |
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 Earth Impacts: More Likely in the Past or Present? Is the Earth more likely or less likely to be hit by an asteroid or comet now as compared to, say, 20 million years ago? Several studies have claimed to have found periodic variations, with the prob ... more | .. |
Rare crystals found in meteorite Japanese researchers say they found opal-like crystals in a meteor that fell in Canada in 2000, the first extraterrestrial discovery of such unusual crystals. ... more | .. |
 Trail Of Crumbs Discovered From Potentially Hazardous Comet A telegram was issued on July 10th by the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams of the International Astronomical Union announcing that the Earth got impacted for a few hours by a stream of dust ... more | .. |
 Meteorite holds clues to organic chemistry of the early Earth Carbonaceous chondrites are a type of organic-rich meteorite that contain samples of the materials that took part in the creation of our planets nearly 4.6 billion years ago, including materials tha ... more |
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Dramatic Display Forecast for 2011 Draconid Meteors The Draconid meteor shower is expected to produce unusually high peak meteor rates of 1,000 per hour on October 8, 2011. A typical strong meteor shower, like the Perseid shower which occurs every su ... more | .. |
 NASA Sky Cameras Capture Man-Sized Meteor Over Macon, Ga. Astronomers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center have recorded the brightest meteor seen by their network in almost three years of operation. On May 20, 2011, at 9:47 p.m. CDT, a six-foot diameter ... more | .. |
Oldest 'space dust' on Earth found A Japanese geologist says he's discovered the oldest known bits of micrometeorites - space dust - to have fallen on the Earth, 240 million years ago. ... more | .. |
Meteor shower approaching peak Skywatchers hoping for an impressive astronomical display say the Lyrid meteor shower should reach its peak over the next two days, experts in Britain said. ... more |
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