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Boy Survives 30,000 mph Meteorite Impact
2009-06-15 18:46:00 From Gizmodo: This 14-year-old boy is Gerrit Blank, and he is probably smiling because he survived a 30,000 mph meteorite hit. His tale—confirmed by scientists at Germany's Walter Hohmann Observatory—seems like the genesis of a superhero: At first I just saw a la
20-Million-Year Meteorite Shower Turned Earth Warm & Wet
2009-06-09 15:18:00 From Discover Magazine | RSS: A shower of millions of rocks from space that collided with Mars, the Earth, and the moon about four billion years ago could have warmed our planet and made it wetter, say researchers. That's what scientists found when they heated ancient rocks like t
Scientists Unravelling Mysteries of Saskatchewan Meteorite
2009-02-11 16:08:00 From CBC | Technology & Science News: Researchers who found chunks of a meteorite in Saskatchewan last November believe they're getting close to answering a key question: where in space did it come from? University of Calgary graduate student Ellen Milley, who was part of the te
Meteorite Strikes, Setting Off a Tsunami: Did It Happen Here?
2008-12-31 15:01:00 From NYT > Science: The tsunami washed over Fire Island and, to the west, waves perhaps as high as 20 feet spilled into Lower Manhattan. The furious onrush of water left sediment a foot and a half deep on the Jersey Shore, and debris cascaded far up the Hudson River. No, there's
Meteorite in Canada
2008-11-26 06:38:00 Â {flv}/video/meteoritecanada11-08.flv{/flv}TORONTO 21 NOV - Gli abitanti di tre delle grandi province del Canada (Alberta, Saskatchean e Manitoba) hanno visto solcare il cielo da un enorme meteorite. In centinaia hanno detto che, dopo il crepuscolo, una specie di palla di fuoco, una luce fortissima ha solcato il cielo. Ma era di colore diverso secondo le testimonianze. Per alcuni era verde per altri giallo oppure violaceo o blu. Secondo l'ente privato canadese che si occupa delle informazioni aeronautiche, si tratterebbe di un meteorite.
Starbury Can't Avoid Meteorite (Get rid of him)!
2008-07-15 15:57:00 I think New York fans aren't going to have to deal with Stephon Marbury next season. Mike D'Antoni doesn't like him, Walsh acts like he wants him to hit the road and I think he shouldn't let the door hit him on the way out!This guy should be bought out. I don't think he's tradeable and this will help the cap space situation. Can he get another gig? I think so, he could go to a place where he's not #1 (kind of like Rasheed, but not for a title). Could he go to Europe, like he said is in his plans? I don't think it's likely, he couldn't handle it. I would like to see him go to Milwaukee or Cleveland. If he plays to his potential, it would be a steal for the Bucks. If the Cavs had him, maybe LeBron could get him to put his money where his mouth is.Wherever he goes, just get him out of New York! If you search, "stephon marbury out of new york," on Google, you get 309,000 results for a reason!
Ancient meteorite goes unsold as dung sells
2008-05-01 17:33:00 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Some dinosaur dung was snapped up at auction in New York even as a 4.5 billion year old meteorite which was supposed to top the sale went unsold.
Google Earth Helps Discover Rare Meteorite Crater
2008-03-26 14:29:00 From Newlaunches.com: All those of you who thought that Google Earth was used by dorks to tag their homes (me included) here's some news for you; Dr. Arthur Hickman discovered a rare meteorite impact crater in remote Western Australia using the app. The crater measures 260 meters w
Stolen meteorite slice found at gun show
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2008-03-19 02:23:00 AP - A piece of meteorite stolen from a museum was recovered after a man who owns another slice of the same rock saw it at a gun show. Someone stole the 12-by-16-inch meteorite slice valued at $5,000 from the Joshua Tree Earth and Space Museum in Lakeville about two weeks ago.
The goose that survived crashing into a meteorite – only to be savaged by
2008-02-06 10:24:00 A goose survived being hit by a 9lb meteorite and crashing into a car only to fall prey to a hungry fox. And, witness to all this was Brit postman Adrian Mannion who was enjoying his morning cup of tea with wife Fiona when the bizarre set of events unfolded. According to Mannion, the Canada Goose was left dazed when after banging into a meteorite, it fell headlong into his car’s roof, causing 2,500 pounds worth of damage. However, there was no reprieve for the bird, for a hungry fox then grabbed it dragged it away before the Mannions could rescue it. “We heard two almighty thuds and rushed out to see this large, odd-looking rock next to our Mini – and a very poorly-looking mangled goose on the car roof,” The Sun quoted Mr Mannion, as saying. “A flock of Canada Geese were overhead so the falling stone must have hit the poor creature.” Mrs Mannion added: “It has to be the unluckiest bird ever. It surv...
By: B4U India
Eclipse Part 10: Meteorite
2008-01-29 04:44:00 How long had it been since he had seen another human being?How long since he had talked to anyone but his own reflection?How long since he?d seen the speck of reflected light in front of him, directly in front of him, and waved his arm ineffectively against the ether to see the speck blink in and out and realized that the star was behind him, and he was casting a shadow on the speck, which was reflecting the star?s light back when he was not interfering by waving his arm.How big was it?How far away was it?Very far and large? Or very small and near?Claudius had not started out alone and scared.He fought those feelings now.He stared at the growing rock in front of him and recognized it for what it was, almost? almost?It shifted and then shifted back, blinking in and out and he went to rub his eyes, actually raised his gloved hand up to his visor to rub his eyes because he could not believe what he saw, and then his glove hit his visor, and he laughed. He laughed out loud. He laughed f...
Invicta Men?s Swiss Ocean Ghost Meteorite Stainless Steel Watch (Watch)
2008-01-17 07:01:00 Invicta Men’s land Ocean Ghost Meteorite Stainless Steel Watch (Watch)By Invicta Buy new: $599.95 First tagged “invicta” by M. Segovia Customer tags: invicta, automatic movement Technorati Tags: invicta, automatic movement
By: Daily Watches
Meteorite or UFO?
2008-01-16 11:20:00 I was out in the country again yesterday. After completing my work (in 31degree sun) we were sitting chatting in the shade of a big tree. The conversation eventually involved the Vredefort meteorite impact and he said he had something to show me. He bought the property with an existing hous
Meteorite dates lunar volcanoes
2007-12-06 14:04:00 Volcanoes were active on the Moon’s surface soon after it was formed, a new study in the journal Nature suggests. Precision dating of a lunar rock that fell to Earth shows our satellite must have had lava erupting across its vast plains 4.35 billion years ago. This is hundreds of millions of years earlier than had been ...
Meteorite impacts recorded
2007-11-26 23:38:00 Aristotle thought that the heavens were perfect and unchanging. He couldn't be farther from the truth. Three posts below I wrote about the interesting geological ( & atmospheric) processes going on in unexpected places of the Solar System, even on very small or extremely cold bodies.Another process that is obviously reshaping the surface of planets and moons is meteorite bombardment. Notable events are rare, but nevertheless, some were observed directly on the Moon and on Jupiter (apart from Earth).A meteoroid hits the Moon, May 2, 2006. See NASA news articleFor a short summary on the topic, see: Cudnik, B. M.: The Status of Lunar Meteor Research (and Applications to the Rest of the Solar System), 38th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Available at http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2-007LPI....38.1115C.Missing from that article is the artificial impact event created by intentionally crashing the Smart-1 spacecraft into the Moon. See telescopic observation of the impact hereAn othe...
By: Space Files
First ever meteorite auction held in New York
2007-10-29 12:58:00 In what is being branded “the first sale of its kind”, some of the world’s most famous meteorites were sold at a New York auction ...
By: B4U India
Dinosaurs died out not because of the meteorite, but because of the global
2007-10-27 10:48:00 The disappearance of dinosaurs on the Earth cannot be explained by a falling of the meteorite Authors of a new hypothesis accuse global warming of destruction of giants.Dinosaurs have disappeared approximately 250 million years ago - they were joined to approximately 90% of forms of the living beings, which occupied our planet at that moment. ...
By: Global Warming
Carancas meteorite, Peru
2007-10-02 15:37:00 This meteorite fell on September 15 in a very remote area of Peru, near the community of Carancas, 800 miles from Lima. Claims rose of 200 locals falling ill after visiting the site (they saw the thing on the sky and heard it as well, that's why they were searching for it). Discussion started on many forums about1 can this be a meteorite crater at all?2 if yes, what type of meteorite was it?3 can it really make people ill?Part of a BBC article:"Increasingly we think that people witnessed a fireball, which are not uncommon, went off to investigate and found a lake of sedimentary deposit, which may be full of smelly, methane rich organic matter," said Dr Caroline Smith, a meteorite expert at the London-based Natural History Museum. "This has been mistaken for a crater."However, it's not so easy to tell without actually being there.After some scientists visiting the site and taking samples there are some answers. It is said that the water in the crater was boiling and sending a colum...
By: Space Files
Remember! It could be a meteorite, a weather balloon, or swamp gas!!
2007-09-29 04:48:00 What are those things in the sky Vernon WhetstoneTuesday, September 25, 2007One nice thing about writing an astronomy column is the questions I receive, which I am happy to answer. These come mostly from being stopped on the street or phone calls and even one internet e-mail question. Almost all start with the phrase, "What is that bright thing," or "I saw something last night," or a variation thereof. I am happy to answer these questions because they almost always lead to a discussion of astronomy in general and how to get involved in the pursuit of "things out there." So, with thoughts of "killing two birds with one stone" in mind, I am going to address the most often asked questions here. Question one: "What is that bright thing in the southwest in the evening just after sunset?" That one is easy: it's the planet Jupiter, currently in the constellation Ophiuchus (pronounced o-FEE-ooo-cus). It will be there until December when it will cross into Sagittarius where it will spend ...
More on Peruvian meteorite
2007-09-23 03:25:00 The Peruvian mystery crater is the start of new era that can see the end of the world, as we know it between year 2012 and 2030 India Daily Technology Team Sep. 22, 2007 Something strange happened in Peru. A fiery object fell from the sky. Stunned residents said they tracked it to a fresh hole in the earth that was more than 60 feet wide, 15 feet deep, filled with boiling water and steaming with noxious fumes. The local officials confirmed through tests that a ?rocky meteorite? created the crater. But meteorite experts all around the world disagree. Russians are calling it as an American space war experimentation that went out of control. Pu238 is used as a power source for new generation American military satellites, that much is true. And Pu238 can cause water to boil. It also glows. Locals said in the early reports that the crater was glowing. Water was seen boiling in the crater. Pu238 also causes radiation sickness when it combines with dust and is inhaled. M...
Fiery Meteorite Crashes Into Peru
2007-09-21 22:10:00 Share on StumbleUpon: A fiery meteorite crashed into southern Peru over the weekend, experts confirmed on Wednesday. But they were still puzzling over claims that it gave off fumes that sickened 200 people.Local residents told reporters that a fiery ball fell from the sky and smashed into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning.Jose Mechare, a scientist with Peru's Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute, said a geologist had confirmed that it was a "rocky meteorite," based on the fragments analyzed.
Meteorites, the Media, and Mass Hysteria
2007-09-21 20:31:00 When I first heard about the recent supposed meteor impact in Peru, and the sickness it allegedly brought to locals, I was just going to let things go by. Something odd happened in a remote area, and it seemed pretty easy to write the mess off as a miscommunication. But this mess seems to be building up quite a head of steam in the media, so I suppose it's worth a further look...
Experts Confirm Meteorite Crash in Peru
2007-09-20 23:29:00 Go to Google News Photo 1 of 2People watch a crater in Carangas, Puno, Peru, Monday, Sept. 17, 2007, caused by a supposed meteorite that crashed in southern Peru over the weekend causing hundreds of people to suffer headaches, nausea and respiratory problems, a health official said Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007. (AP Photo/La Razon, Miguel Carrasco) Related NewsIt came from outer space ? and it stinksUSA Today - Sep 18, 2007Peruvian 'meteorite' strike provokes noxious gas attackRegister - Sep 18, 2007Extraterrestrial object passing gas in Peru?Foreign Policy (subscription) - 6 hours agoFull coverage » By MONTE HAYES ? 21 hours ago LIMA, Peru (AP) ? A fiery meteorite crashed into southern Peru over the weekend, experts confirmed on Wednesday. But they were still puzzling over claims that it gave off fumes that sickened 200 people.Local residents told reporters that a fiery ball fell from the sky and smashed into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning.Jo...
Peru meteorite crash ?causes mystery illness?
2007-09-20 02:14:00 Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondentTuesday September 18, 2007Guardian Unlimited The meteorite impact crater high in the Peruvian Andes is said to be emitting noxious fumes. Photograph: EPAA meteorite has struck a remote part of Peru and carved a large crater that is emitting noxious odours and making villagers ill, according to local press reports.A fireball streaked across the Andean sky late on Saturday night and crashed into a field near Carancas, a sparsely populated highland wilderness near Lake Titicaca on the border with Bolivia, witnesses said.The orange streak and loud bang were initially thought to be a plane crashing. When farmers went to investigate, however, they found a crater at least 10m wide and 5m deep, but no sign of wreckage. The soil around the hole appeared to be scorched and there was a "strange odour", a local health department official, Jorge López, told Peru's RPP radio.Later the farmers complained of headaches and vo...
Toxic fumes from a meteorite
2007-09-20 01:53:00 Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village This was pretty interesting I thought. In a rural area of Peru a meteor or at least it sounds like a meteor fell from the sky and left a 100 foot wide and 20 foot deep crater. The crater emitted a gas that made people sick. ...
The case of Mysterious meteorites:video
2007-09-19 17:58:00 Mysteries surrounding meteorites are very interesting to us.What exactly doyou see in this video? A glowing object zooming through the sky,leaving behind a trail of vapour.The glow may seem to disappear before it strikes the surface of the earth.In fact this is what happens most of the time.A solid body speeds up from the space,enters the earths atmosphere,slows down and heats up due to
Meteorite Makes Villagers Ill
2007-09-19 16:17:00 From Adelaide Now...: About 200 villagers have fallen ill from mysterious gases that spewed from a crater after a meteorite cras...
Peruvian Meteorite Sickness
2007-09-19 16:08:00 An unconfirmed meteorite collided with the desolate Andean plain Saturday morning. Hundreds of nearby people are having headaches, nausea, and respiratory problems.Local media and the actual health department are claiming that "toxic" fumes emitted by the meteorite are causing the symptoms.This is, however, very unlikely. The meteorite itself more than likely would not contain any immediately dangerous material, and it is almost impossible for it to release toxic gas from the Earth; most meteorite impacts are very superficial.Geophysicists from Peru's Geophysics Institute will be on the scene are will be making a full report around Thursday.
By: Deep Sky Blog
Meteorite hits Peru (IFO)
2007-09-18 23:49:00 On Peru’s border with Bolivia, a meteorite created a large crater…… In “villagers fall ill after fireball hits Peru” - posted september 18th,2007 - source: msnbc.msn.com). In the msnbc article, there is available a video from the crater site. Other sites of interest on this topic: Although it does not show the present crater in Peru, Google earth hacks ...
Meteorite spreads Mystery illness in Peru
2007-09-18 19:07:00 Meteorite spreads Mystery illness Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia. Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department
Strani sintomi dopo la caduta di un meteorite in Perù
2007-09-18 18:32:00 Abitanti di un villaggio nel Perù del sud sono stati colpiti da misteriosi sintomi, a seguito della caduta di un meteorite nei pressi del villaggio. Domenica alcuni uomini hanno avvertito una esplosione e avvistato alcune sfere infuocate nel cielo, tanto da pensare a un disastro aereo. I residenti hanno accusato mal di testa e vomito, oltre ad uno strano odore nelle vicinanze del cratere. Sette poliziotti che si erano recati nel villaggio per i soccorsi, hanno avvertito gli stessi sintomi. Le squadre di soccorso hanno verificato le dimensioni del cratere lasciato dal meteorite (30 metri di diametro e 6 metri di profondità ). Nel cratere era presente acqua e liquidi in ebollizione, oltre a residui di rocce incandescenti.
By: Freenfo
Mysterious illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village
2007-09-18 17:23:00 Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday. Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was an airplane crashing near their remote village, located in the high Andes department ...
Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village
2007-09-18 17:04:00 "LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday." visit Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village
By: Wallpapers
Meteorite Causes Illness in Peruvian Village - Andromeda Strain?
2007-09-18 16:15:00 According to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report, a meteorite struck a remote Peruvian village on Monday producing an odor that has made numerous res...
Peru: People Ill After Meteorite Crash
2007-09-18 15:00:00 What was thought to be a plane crash near a small Peruvian village has turned out to be a meteorite crash; and people are becoming ill. Symptoms began after the crash, with people vomiting and complaining of headaches after smelling a “strange odor”. Soon after, police were called in, only to fall ill ...
By: Webloggin
Two Meteorites in the FlatLand Sky
2007-09-15 04:48:00 While standing out in the driveway this evening, I happened to be admiring the stars to the South when two meteorites crossed the sky from East to West, on parallel trajectories, separated by perhaps a half second and both visible simultaneously. It was truly an unique moment of serendipity as I was singing "When you see the Souther Cross for the first time, you'll understand now why you came this way." from Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills and Nash. What an amazing universe we live in. Technorati Tags: Southern Cross - Crosby - Stills - Nash - Meteorites - FlatLand - Florida - RilySi - Ride it like you stole it
Make Meteorite Craters on Your Desk
2007-09-12 13:23:00 A J7LABS PHOTOSHOP TUTORIAL A while ago on the train and I saw a large billboard advertisment that did a similar thing, which inspired me to do this tutorial. Can’t remember what it was an ad for. Anyway, in this tute we’re going to make meteorite craters on your desk! At the end of the tutorial ...
By: j7labs
On Dinosaurs and Meteorites
2007-09-06 16:50:00 U.S. and Czech researchers used computer simulations to calculate that there was a 90% probability that the collision of two asteroids -- one about 105 miles wide and one about 40 miles wide -- was the event that precipitated the Earthly disaster. There you have it. The speculation that dinosaurs may have succumbed to a gigantic meteor shower moves ever closer to absolute fact. This article, Distant space collision meant doom for dinosaurs, fills in a lot of the blanks to the theory including pin-pointing where and when the collision occurred that created the "dinosaur-destroying meteorite, thought to have measured 6 miles across, (that) plunged into Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and blasted out the Chicxulub crater measuring about 110 miles wide. In addition "The researchers estimated that there also was about a 70 percent probability that the prominent Tycho crater on the Moon, formed 108 million years ago and measuring about 55 miles across, also was carved out by a...
By: Carson's Post
Massive Russian meteorite goes missing, as stargazers enjoy celestial show.
2007-08-13 11:35:00 They can reveal details of the ancient Earth, the Solar System, and the Universe at large. They are meteorites. They are the fragments of meteoroids, that have survived the journey thought the Earth’s atmosphere, and somehow landed on our planets surface and been preserved. All round mystery…. And one such apparent meteorite from Tunguska, Russia, has made ...
Tonight Perseid Meteor Shower Reaches Peak: meteorites a minute
2007-08-12 14:30:00 Tonight (Sunday night) the Perseids meteor shower is expected to average a meteor a minute which should be its peak. If you?re looking to see the meteor shower at its best then it is reported that at around 2:00am on Monday it should peak (according to Taufik Hidayat from the Boscha Space Observatory). The meteor shower will ...
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Chemist: Mystery rock from a meteorite
2007-04-27 10:04:00 SEATTLE, April 27: A University of Washington engineer said a mystery rock -- said to be from an unidentified flying object -- is probably a meteorite fragment.
By: newkerala.com
Mysterious Debris May Be Meteorite
2007-03-29 16:40:00 From Discovery News: Flaming debris which fell from the sky near a Chilean airliner over the Pacific Ocean may have been a meteo... |
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