Studying Meteorites
Clockwise from top: ESA’s Matthias Maurer, Lina Tomelleri, Giorgio Tomelleri, Anna Maria Fioretti from the Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources (IGG), an institute of National…
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The 2014 Orionid Meteor Shower Is Starting
Waking up before sunrise is a good way to get a head start on the day. On Oct. 21st, waking up before sunrise could stop you…
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Violent Orion Nebula Protostar Solves Meteorite Mystery
Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel space observatory to probe the turbulent beginnings of a Sun-like star have found evidence of mighty stellar winds that could solve a…
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Meteor Alert This Weekend
This weekend, Earth will pass through a stream of debris from Comet 209P/LINEAR. If forecasters are correct, the encounter could produce an outburst of bright meteors…
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Evidence of Water in Meteorite Revives Debate Over Life on Mars
A team of scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., has found evidence of past water movement…
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Lessons Learned From the Chelyabinsk Meteor
Nine months after the incredible air blast of a meteor over Chelyabinsk, Russia, scientists at the Geological Society of America meeting are reporting that the frequency…
Read the articleMeteor Explodes Over Ohio on Sept. 27th
Just before midnight on Sept. 27-28, sky watchers in more than a dozen US states witnessed a bright flash of light. NASA all-sky cameras recorded a…
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Fireball Brighter Than Full Moon Seen Over Southeastern USA
Two nights ago, a ~100 lb meteoroid traveling 53,000 mph hit the atmosphere over the southeastern USA and exploded around 2:30 AM on August 28th, producing…
Read the articleRussian Meteor Plume Tracked and Modeled by NASA
Atmospheric physicist Nick Gorkavyi missed witnessing an event of the century last winter when a meteor exploded over his hometown of Chelyabinsk, Russia. From Greenbelt, Md.,…
Read the articleNASA Streaming the Perseid Shower Live
One of the best meteor showers of the year – the Perseids – will hit their peak tonight (August 11/12). And even if you’re clouded out,…
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