09 February 2012

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 09FEB2012

Rare Martian meteorite lands at Natural History Museum
Telegraph.co.uk
A rare meteorite that could help unravel the mysteries of Mars has been acquired by the Natural History Museum in London. By Richard Alleyne The piece of the Tissintmeteorite, about the size of a paperback book, is the largest and newest known and...

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Martian meteorite contains pockets of the red planet's atmosphere
The Guardian
Now the meteorite – dubbed the "most significant" to fall for a century – is in the hands of scientists at the Natural History Museum, who hope to unlock the secrets it holds about our nearest planetary neighbour. The 1.1kg Tissint stone, which landed ...

From Mars to London, With a Few Stops Along the Way
New York Times
The biggest chunk of the meteorite flew from Morocco to Paris to New York, where the collector who bought it bicycled around town with it in his backpack. Finally, this week, it flew to London. The Natural History Museum there announced Wednesday that ...

Meteorite offers rare insight into conditions on Mars
Channel 4 News
This was how one of the world's rarest meteorites arrived on earth - a lump of Martian rock which is now the prized possession of the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London. (Pictured: Channel 4 News Presenter Cathy Newman with the meteorite.) ...

Meteorite find: 'I carried Mars rock in hand luggage'
BBC News
The Natural History Museum in London has acquired its largest Martian meteorite, which could hold new clues to life on Mars. The 1kg piece of Tissint rock was paid for by an anonymous benefactor. It landed in Morocco last July and was retrieved quickly...

Amazing pictures of a rare Martian meteorite that's travelled millions of miles
ITN NEWS
Scientists at the Natural History Museum are researching a meteorite from Mars in the hope it helps them discover more about the planet. . Report by Katie Lamborn. ...

Meteorite craters excite miners
ABC Online
By Jo Prendergast A Western Australian exploration company is hoping an ancient meteorite crater will contain big amounts of copper and zinc. One billion years ago, a massive meteorite crashed into the state's Mid West region.

Moon zircon meteor 'shock' stamped
Science Network Western Australia
“[This] that we might be able to see evidence of impacts from very early on in the earths history.”— Dr Timms Image: David Hetre LUNAR zircon collected during the Apollo 17 mission has proven itself to be cosmologically and geologically significant ...

Amazing pictures of a rare Martian meteorite that's ...
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