30 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 30APR2014

Gorgeous Astrophoto: Meteor Over Chile
Slate Magazine (blog)
Judging from the brightness, I'd guess the meteor was probably from a bit of cosmic detritus the size of your fist, maybe a bit smaller. It looks like it was ...

May Meteor Storm Alert: All Eyes on the Sky! Earth to be SANDBLASTED?! - Page 4
godlikeproductions.com
Discussion about May Meteor Storm Alert: All Eyes on the Sky! Earth to be SANDBLASTED?! [Page 4] at the GodlikeProductions Conspiracy Forum.

Phoenix Astronomical Society - Meteor Shower
pasaz.org
Possible "Cameloperalids" Meteor Shower of Comet Linear. No PAS Event set up for this event. Best viewing is after midnight into the morning hours.

Vancouver's The Ring Finders get a job out of this world — locating a lost meteorite ringThe Province - BC - Victoria - 22 hours
When Stephanie Walker talks about the night she met her boyfriend in a Vancouver pub three years ago and the whirlwind romance that followed, ...

Buzz Aldrin, Elon Musk Lead List of Luminaries At International Space Development Conference in Los AngelesPR Newswire via Yahoo! News - 6 hours
LOS ANGELES, April 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The 33rd Annual International Space Development Conference (ISDC 2014) kicks off on ...

meteor shower | The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh Journal
wordpress.com
Posts about meteor shower written by ASE. ... There may also be a spectacular meteor shower that has never been seen before. Look overhead at ...

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29 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 29APR2014

Meteor Rock Research of Istanbul University! - Makro Detector
makrodetector.com
Meteor Rock Research of Istanbul University! The project “Search of Meteor Stones“ of Istanbul University which was started with TUBITAK, opted the ...

RASC Calgary Centre - Listen Meteor
rasc.ca
Listen Meteor by Jason Nishyama. Page last updated: October 24, 2013. Listening to Meteors. With summer's long days and short nights an observing ...

'Eta Aquarids' Meteor Shower Visible Now, But Best Shooting Stars On Cinco De Mayo
CBS Local
Multiple meteor showers may be occurring simultaneously, though. If you see a falling star, trace it back to the constellation Aquarius to see if it was ...

Meteors, Meteor Showers, and Comets – One Minute Astronomer
oneminuteastronomer.com
How to see meteors, meteor showers, and comets in the night sky.

May Meteor Storm Alert: All Eyes on the Sky!
Universe Today
Composite photo of Lyrid meteor shower and non-Lyrids taken with a NASA all-sky camera April 21-23, 2012. A new meteor shower emanating from ...

May Meteor Storm Alert: All Eyes on the Sky! | Space - Before It's News
beforeitsnews.com
Composite photo of Lyrid meteor shower and non-Lyrids taken with a NASA all-sky camera April 21-23, 2012. A new meteor shower emanating from ...

Close Saturn, Planets and 2 Meteor Showers | May 2014 Skywatching Video : SPACEdotcom
inagist.com
Saturn is close and bright throughout 2014 but maybe best on May 10th 'opposition,' its moons visible with telescope. Mars shares the Eastern sky ...

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28 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 28APR2014

Kiowa County's moon rocks
Hutchinson News
Don Stimpson's face is reflected on an iron meteorite while inside the Kansas MeteoriteMuseum and Nature Center west of Haviland on Thursday.

RTU ASTRONOMY SOCIETY: ETA AQUARID METEOR SHOWER - Blogger
RTU ASTRONOMY SOCIETY ⋅ Zerathrall
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is an underrated shower compared to more popular ones like the recent Lyrids. But it actually has one of the highest ...

EA3MS recives Graves Radar meteor scatter - Random conditions - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:32
Receiving meteor scatter reflextions with 2x17el yagi in JN01ME. You can hear several small reflections and some bigger reflections. Further, on some ...

Chelyabinsk meteorite hit the Earth like a warning shot fired from space
The Guardian - 3 hours
The meteorite is providing invaluable information to help protect against larger rocks that might pose a serious threat to Earth Just after ...

Starwatch: The May night sky
The Guardian
A new meteor shower may emanate from our N sky on the 24th, though if the predicted time of its peak at about 08:00 BST is correct it will be too late ...

5 planets appear in May for your viewing pleasure
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
... year; moon conditions are good for one of the lesser-known meteor showers; and we say goodbye to Orion and the other great winter constellations.

Meteor 2014 04 25 23 57 46 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:11
Meteor, Shreveport, LA, 04/25/2014, 23:57:46 PM, captured using ISPY software, PC165DNR Camera, through a VIDEO2PC interface.

Asteroid Impacts - Chelyabinsk Meteor | Mysterious Universe
mysteriousuniverse.org
The Chelyabinsk meteor, shown in the image above, was a clear exception. It collided with Earth's atmosphere at more than 40,000 miles per hour ...

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27 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 27APR2014

Forensic Ballistics: How Apollo 12 Helped Solve the Skydiver Meteorite Mystery
Posted by Philip Metzger
2014/04/21 09:33 CDT
The news went viral a couple of weeks ago. A team in Norway announced that a skydiver was almost struck by a meteorite in flight over the ØstreÆra airstrip near Rena, Norway ...

Russia's Murmansk Meteor 2014 Espectacular Fireball Explodes Russian Meteorite April 2014 youtube.com ⋅ 00:44
Russia's Murmansk Meteor 2014 Espectacular Fireball Explodes Russian Meteorite April 2014. International News·105 videos....

Moonlight Meteor Shower Spawned By Halley's Comet | Solar System Exploration Research 
nasa.gov
A junior version of the famous Perseid meteor shower thought to have originated from the remains of Halley's Comet will hit its peak over the next ...

Chelyabinsk Meteor Had Shallow Descent Data Visualization Video - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:04
Chelyabinsk Meteor Had Shallow Descent Data Visualization Video. ...

Meteorite smashes into moon in largest lunar impact ever recordedThe Guardian - 21 hours
Rock travelling at 61,000 kph punched a crater 40 metres wide and produced a flash that could be seen from Earth Astronomers have captured ...

Meteor 2014 04 26 04 42 46 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:12
Meteor, Shreveport, LA, 04/26/2014, 04:42:46 AM, captured using ISPY software, PC165DNR Camera, through a VIDEO2PC interface.

Telescope Reviews: May 24-25 at midnight, biggest meteor shower ever - Cloudy Nights
cloudynights.com
I would suggest consulting the thread here posted to about a week ago entitled, "May Meteor Storm". It addresses the real prospects for this event in ...

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26 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/meteorite News 26APR2014

Coming soon to a city near you: Killer space rocks?
The Durango Herald
A meteor is captured on a film exploding over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013. The B612 Foundation wants to launch an orbiting telescope to spot large ...

Map reveals all asteroid impacts from 2000 to 2013
Gizmodo
The meteor in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, was the only one big and close enough to a population center to cause material damages and injuries.

Meteorite smashes into moon in largest lunar impact ever recordedThe Guardian - 3 hours
Rock travelling at 61,000 kph punched a crater 40 metres wide and produced a flash that could be seen from Earth Astronomers have captured ...

Ancient Fossils Discovered Inside Glass Left Behind After Asteroid StrikesThe Huffington Post UK - 13 hours
A series of ancient fossils have been discovered inside an asteroid. But before you get over-excited, no - it's not evidence of some kind of ...

Evening of Astronomy: New Meteor Shower at Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, Dayton ...
activedayton.com
Get tips from professionals as you learn how to best observe a meteor shower and why these beautiful displays occur. Put your new-found stargazing ...

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25 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite New 25APR2014

Stars. Meteor Shower this Week. April 24 to 26 2014. Beautiful Lyrids!
Yareah Magazine
Meteor Shower. Lyrids stars are neither abundant nor predictable but are very bright, and that's what makes this meteor shower so special and ...

Astronomy Page of the Day: Apr 24, 2014 -- Lyrids in Southern Skies
OpEdNews
Earth's annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked before dawn on April 22nd, as our fair planet plowed through dust from the tail of long-period comet ...

Buzz Aldrin: Nasa Should Send Astronauts to Deep Space Asteroids, Not Capture a MeteorIB Times via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 7 hours
Former moonwalker Buzz Aldrin has suggested Nasa should focus on sending astronauts to asteroids in deep space, rather than the agency's ...

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24 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 24APR2014

Caught on camera: the moment a meteor lit up the sky in Russia on MSN Video
msn.com
Caught on camera: the moment a meteor lit up th... A BRILLIANT blue-white light streaks across the night sky in the Russian city of Murmansk, before ...

WATCH: Giant meteor flies above motorists heads and lights up the night skyDaily Express - 9 hours
THIS is the moment motorists were left starstruck as a huge meteor lit up the night sky. ...

Meteor spotted blazing over sky in Russia
Telegraph.co.uk
Meteor spotted blazing over sky in Russia ... of the car can be heard stopping their conversation and gasping as the meteor blazes in the sky.

Meteor Explosion Over Murmansk Russia 2014 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:24
Russian Meteor 2014. Meteorite Falling in Murmansk, Russia VIDEO - Apr 19, 2014 A Meteor breaks up in the lower atmosphere before exploding ...

Dashcam captures incredible meteor footage - Bing Videos
bing.com
Last night, a huge meteor disintegrated over the Kola Penninsula in Russia — and luckily a dashcam caught the whole thing on camera.

Meteor in Murmansk - - Liden & Denz
lidenz.ru
According to a Russian astronomer, Sergei Smirnov, it was a “very bright meteor” and was travelling “many tens of kilometres above the ground.

Asteroids cause dozens of nuclear-scale blasts in Earth's atmosphere
The Guardian
People look at what is believed to be a chunk of the Chelyabinsk meteorin Russia in 2013. Photograph: Alexander Firsov/AP. Asteroids caused 26 ...

Asteroids hitting Earth more often than previously thought, ex-NASA astronauts' group says
KTVQ Billings News
The group's findings make one realize meteor impacts could be three to 10 times more common than previously thought, "CBS This Morning' ...

Lyrid meteor shower update / Potential meteor storm coming in May | Astro Bob
areavoices.com
I confess that I didn't go out to look at this year's Lyrid meteor shower because of other commitments. Seeing Yuri Beletsky's photo makes me I wish I ...

Suspected meteor sonic boom wakes residents — Everything Kalgoorlie-Boulder
everythingkalgoorlieboulder.com.au
Residents all around Kalgoorlie-Boulder reported being woken by a loud boom at approximately 3:30am this morning with some also reporting seeing ...

The Next ‘City-Killer’ Asteroid Could Be Closer Than We Think
Time Magazine - 17 hours
Asteroid impacts on Earth are three to ten times more common than we imagined, new data shows, with researchers saying that only “blind luck” ...

Asteroids Have Struck Earth With The Force Of A Nuclear Bomb 26 Times Since 2000
The Huffington Post UK - 14 hours
More than 26 asteroid strikes more powerful than a nuclear explosion have been recorded since 2000. Some were more powerful - in one case, ...

Video: Meteor captured by dashboard camera blazing over sky in Russia - Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk
This is the moment a meteor was spotted soaring over the Russian port city of Murmansk.

Murmansk, Russia Apr 19, 2014 | Fire Ball On Russian - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:37
Meteorite Explosion or Falling UFO ? Murmansk, Russia Apr 19, 2014 | Fire Ball On Russian Sky Meteor russia 2014 video Russia Meteorite 2014 ...

Meteor camera - Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets - Stargazers Lounge
stargazerslounge.com
Meteor camera - posted in Imaging - Widefield, Special Events and Comets: Having recently upgraded my planetary camera from a DFK31 to a ...

Lyrids in 2014 | International Meteor Organization
imo.net
The activity graph below is updated every 15 minutes - click for details. Lyrids 2014. Submitted by Geert Barentsen on Wed, 2014-04-23 11:02. More.

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23 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 23APR2014

Telescope Reviews: BIG meteor shower (storm?!?) from a comet in May?
cloudynights.com
Apparently this comet is making a very close pass of Earth, and multiple dust trails from multiple periods should be causing a good meteor shower with ...

Meteor Over Russia's Murmansk Caught On Dash Camera | MyScienceAcademy
MyScienceAcademy ⋅ admin
Residents of the Kola Peninsula, Russia, witnessed the fall of a celestial body similar to the famous Chelyabinsk meteorite on Saturday night.

Huge Fireball Meteor Has Been Caught on Camera Over Russia - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:12
2014 Actual News, Please Subscribe Our Channel! Russia Today is reporting that most observers identified the blaze of light as a meteor, or as space ...

Recent Fireball Explosion in Russia Reminds People of February 2013s Meteorite Impact
Maine News
But, most observers believe the fireball to be a meteorite while other considers it as space debris which is re-entering the atmosphere. Some of the ...

Meteor Illuminates Night Sky Over Murmansk Region (VIDEO) | The St. Petersburg Times | The ...
sptimes.ru
Because the object's flight "ended in combustion" and not in a collision with the Earth, it must be classified as a meteor, not a meteorite, Smirnov said, ...

Ancient Plants, Maybe Martian Life, Sealed in Meteor Glass
Discovery News
Intense heat during meteor impacts forged tiny bits of glass that trapped fragments of ancient plant life in Argentina. The same process may have ...

Vitamin B3 Might Have Been Made in Space, Delivered to Earth by Meteorites
Space Daily
... Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium and the NASA Cosmochemistry Program. For more information about the Tagish Lake meteorite, visit here ...

Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak on Monday night | Rockford Scanner
rockfordscanner.com
From the Washington post: The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak on Monday night, with the best viewing possible between midnight and dawn ...

Watch a sweet meteor shower tonight | Chicago's 100.3 - WILV
wilv.com
The annual Lyrid meteor shower occurs every year when Earth passes through debris left behind by Comet Thatcher, which makes a full orbit of the ...

Fireball Flying Over Northern Russian City Caught On Vehicle Dash Cam
redOrbit - 9 hours
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A suspected meteorite explosion has been recorded by citizens of the northern ...

Chesapeake Bay impact crater adds to sea level rise
McClatchy Washington Bureau - 12 hours
Scientists say sea level rise is occurring at a faster pace in the Chesapeake Bay region than the global average, and the dramatic formation ...

How Asteroid Strikes Preserved Signs of Ancient LifeWired News - 13 hours
When an asteroid plows into the Earth, it destroys pretty much everything in its path. But new research has shown that glass created during a ...

Another Space Fireball Explodes Over Russia (VIDEO)The Huffington Post UK - 11 hours
Last year a meteor famously exploded over Chelyabinsk in Russia , injuring 1,000 people and blanketing the web in amazing videos and pictures ...

Fireball Drops Over Japan During Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak - April 22, 2014 - YouTube
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Fireball Drops Over Japan During Lyrid Meteor Shower Peak - April 22, 2014. Sheilaaliens·180 videos. SubscribeSubscribedUnsubscribe 15,085 ...

Russian Meteor 2014 | Meteorite Falling in Murmansk, Russia VIDEO - Apr 19, 2014 - YouTube
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... Subscribe Our Channel! Russian Meteorite Video of Meteor or UFO Falling in Murmansk, Russia - Apr 19, 2014Russia's Murmansk Meteor 2...

Russian Meteorite: Russia Meteor caught on tape 2014 ball of fire over Murmansk Russian ci 
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2014 Actual News, Please Subscribe Our Channel! Last night, yet another eye-searing blue meteor screamed across the dark Russian sky. Lucky for ...

Fireball lights up Russian sky | Alaska Dispatch
alaskadispatch.com
During the weekend, the northern Murmansk region of Russia witnessed a fireball that very briefly lit up the sky. No damages were reported.

Vitamins B3 found in Meteorites, Study
Canada News
The meteorite's vitamin B3 levels ranged from 30 to 600 parts per billion, the study reports. Related molecules discovered in the meteoritesinclude ...

Lyrid meteor shower peaks on Earth Day | USA NOW - USA Today
usatoday.com
The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaked just before dawn Earth Day morning. The shower will be visible for much of the week. But a more than ...

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22 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 22APR2014

Meteor lights up night sky in northern Russia - Astronaut.com
Astronaut.com ⋅ Astronaut
(Reuters) – Russians with smartphones and dashboard cameras captured footage of a meteor that flashed across the night sky near the Arctic Circle ...

NEW Russian Meteor Explosion 20 04 2014 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:01
Russian Meteor Explosion 20 04 2014 HQ ☆··· Massive "Meteor-Like" Explosion Lights Up North Russian Night Sky Meteoreinschlag in Russland ...

Dashcam Captures Meteor Over Russia
NBCNews.com
NBC News Dashcam video captures the bright explosion of a meteor as it streaks across the sky over Murmansk, Russia. Published April 21st 2014, ...

Meteor Illuminates Night Sky Over Murmansk Region (Video)
The Moscow Times
A Russian astronomer has said that a shimmering fireball that illuminated the night sky over the northern Murmansk region last week was "a very ...

Lyrid Meteor Shower | WANE.com Blogs
wane.com
Tonight is a perfect night for viewing the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Here's what NASA has to say about it: “Lyrids are pieces of debris from the periodic ...

Telescope Reviews: May Meteor Storm?
cloudynights.com
I await this with bated breath. It seems that the astronomy prognosticators, those of the magazines, have deemed what they say may be a "storm".

Meteor Illuminates Night Sky Over Murmansk Region (Video)
The Moscow Times
Because the object's flight "ended in combustion" and not in a collision with the Earth, it must be classified as a meteor, not a meteorite, Smirnov said, ...

Ancient plant fragments preserved by meteorite impact glass
UPI - 5 hours
Brooks Hays PROVIDENCE, R.I., April 21 (UPI) -- Researchers have located fragments of leaves and organic compounds preserved inside the ...

Burn Bright: Meteorite Lights Up Russian Sky
NBC NEWS - 11 hours
Some spectacular video was captured on a dashcam in Russia, in the city of Murmansk. Officials say no emergency calls or damage were reported.

Car Dashcams Capture Possible Meteorite Above Russia
ABC News Blogs via Yahoo! News - 12 hours
Whatever it is, it looked quite spectacular. Several car dashcams captured video showing a bright blue and red flashing object streaming ...

Meteor lights up night sky in northern Russia
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 9 hours
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russians with smartphones and dashboard cameras captured footage of a meteor that flashed across the night sky near the ...

'Cosmos' Recap: What Lead Poisoning and Earth's Age Have in Common
SPACE.com via Yahoo! News - 3 hours
The scientist who discovered the age of the Earth also helped end the use of lead in gasoline and other products in the United States. Sunday ...

Meteorites yield clues to Red Planet's early atmosphere
Astronomy Magazine
Cross-polarized transmitted light microscopy image of augite crystals in the 1.3 billion-year-old martian meteorite MIL 03346. The main crystal shows ...

Fireball lights up Russian sky
The Christian Science Monitor - 59 minutes
A blazing fireball appeared over the northern Murmansk region of Russia last week. Recorded with dashboard cameras, the explosion evokes the ...

Forensic Ballistics: How Apollo 12 Helped Solve the Skydiver Meteorite Mystery
The Planetary Society (blog)
The news went viral a couple of weeks ago. A team in Norway announced that a skydiver was almost struck by a meteorite in flight over the ØstreÆra ...

Lyrids meteor shower peaks early Tuesday
Delhi Daily News
Though this would be an excellent week to watch the Lyrids annual meteor shower, the presence of more than half a moon in the sky will dampen the ...

Meteorite Caught on Dash Cam - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:01
A Meteorite lights up the night sky in Murmansk Russia Apr 19th 2014. Sorry for the thumbnail but the actual was too dark.

New Meteor Explosion Over Murmansk Russia 2014 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:25
Meteorite Falling in Murmansk, Russia VIDEO - Apr 19, 2014 A Meteor breaks up in the lower atmosphere before exploding prior to making c...

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21 April 2014

São Paulo, Brasil Fireball Meteor 21APR2014

Mogi das Cruzes e Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil Fireball Meteor 21APR2014
- BRAMON All Sky Network

Bólido (Meteoro) em Mogi das Cruzes e Campinas em 21APR2014
Bólido (Meteoro) em Mogi das Cruzes e Campinas em 21/04/2014
Posted to YouTube by Marco Mastria 20,670 views
Published on Apr 22, 2014
Bolido (Meteoro) em 21-04-2014 sobre Mogi das Cruzes e Campinas - BRAMON

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Grande bola de fogo se rompe sobre o interior de São Paulo
Uma grande bola de fogo em processo de fragmentação foi observada na noite de segunda-feira cruzando céu de diversas cidades do interior de São Paulo. Esse é o segundo meteoro de grandes dimensões a ser registrado nos últimos dois meses sobre o Estado. ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 21APR2014

Far More Asteroids Have Hit The Earth Than We Thought, Astronauts Say
The Huffington Post | by Benjamin Hart
Posted: 04/19/2014 12:11 pm EDT Updated: 04/19/2014 1:59 pm EDT
On Tuesday, the B612 Foundation, which is devoted to preventing the next deep impact, will present data from a nuclear-weapons test warning satellite showing that far more asteroids have hit earth in the past few years than previously thought, the organization announced on its website. ...

Red Tape Hinders Study of Asteroid Impacts on Earth
Space.com
The bureaucratic snafu affects the use of U.S. government space assets that help scientists study "airbursts" like the meteor that exploded without ...

Meteor Explodes over Russian city of Murmansk April 19, 2014 - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:19
A meteor has exploded and lit up the skies over the city Murmansk in Russia's northwest, the stunning footage captured by dashcam. The meteor ...

Huge Fireball Meteor Has Been Caught on Camera Over Russia
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Meteor like object over Russia's Murmansk caught on dash cams - YouTube
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for the best videos join and subscribe us! Residents of the Kola Peninsula witnessed the fall of a celestial body similar to the famous Chelyabinsk ...
Another Russian Meteor? - WMJI.com
wmji.com
How does this keep happening? And how do they keep catching it on dash-cams??

The Lyrid Meteor Shower on Earth Day !!!!
godlikeproductions.com
Every year in late April Earth passes through the dusty tail of Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), and the encounter causes a meteor shower--the Lyrids.

04/28/2014 – Ephemeris – The Lyrid meteor shower will reach peak tomorrow | Bob Moler's 
Bob Moler's Ephemeris Blog ⋅ Bob Moler
The second major meteor shower this year will reach its peak tomorrow afternoon (~18h UT). The best shot to see it will be tonight from about 10 to ...

نيزك كبير يضيء سماء مدينة مورمانسك الروسية Video / RT Arabic / News Videos / Play With ...
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[Balitaan] Meteor shower, matutunghayan mamayang gabi [04|21|14] - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:46
[Balitaan] Meteor shower, matutunghayan mamayang gabi (Ulat ni Audrey Gorriceta) [April 21, 2014] For more news, visit: ▻http://www.ptvnews.ph ...

Meteor shower to light up PH skies
Inquirer.net
The annual Lyrid meteor shower will peak on those dates, although the spectacle has already been active since Wednesday, the Philippine ...

Huge meteorite lights up Russia once again
Delhi Daily News
Scientists have warned that a massive meteor that exploded over Russia in February 2012 was a "wake-up call" for all human beings. The space rock ...

Car Dashcams Capture Possible Meteorite
ABC News - 5 hours
Video shows the object streaking across the sky.

Car Dashcams Capture Possible Meteorite Above Russia
ABC News via Yahoo! News - 7 hours
Whatever it is, it looked quite spectacular. Several car dashcams captured video showing a bright blue and red flashing object streaming ...

Vitamins from Space! B3 Found in Meteorites
LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News - 10 hours
An essential nutrient for life on Earth also cooks up in space, a new study finds. While scientists aren't yet sure of the exact recipe, they ...

B3: the vitamin from outer space
SpaceDaily - 23 hours
Vitamin B3, also called nicotinic acid or niacin, is the precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) -- vital to metabolism and a ...

Artist Katie Paterson Reforges Meteorite | Video - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 05:14
A large Campo del Cielo meteorite (a type of iron meteorite from northern Argentina) has been melted down and reforged in the same shape as a ...

It Was Pitch-Black Dark. Seconds Later, a Fireball Lit Up the Russian Sky.
TheBlaze.com
Dash-camera footage from the Russian city of Murmansk shows a meteor burn up in the atmosphere, lighting up the previously pitch black Russian ...

Huge Fireball Meteor Has Been Caught on Camera Over Russia - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:20
Russia Today is reporting that most observers identified the blaze of light as ameteor, or as space debris re-entering the atmosphere, but officials ...


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20 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20APR2014

Spectacular fireball from space explodes over Russian city (VIDEO)
RT
A suspected meteorite explosion has been recorded by citizens of the northern Russian city of Murmansk. Multiple drivers with dashcams out on the ...

Murmansk Meteor Sighting | Watch the video - Yahoo News
yahoo.com
Watch the video Murmansk Meteor Sighting on Yahoo News . Dashcam video of apparent meteor streaking through the sky over Russia.

Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk
Yahoo Singapore News
A suspected meteorite explosion reportedly lit up the night-sky over the city of Murmansk, early Saturday morning, April 19. One motorist captured the ...

Russia gets another space visitor
NEWS.com.au
New video footage shows another spectacular fireball from space: this time a meteor burning up the skies above the port city of Murmansk, in the ...

地球への隕石衝突、過去数年間で想定の3〜10倍に 2001年以来、原爆級の隕石衝突が26個
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地球に住む人間にとっては悪いニュースだ。この数年間、アルマゲドンを引き起こすような隕石が人口過密地域に落下しなかったのは単なる偶然にすぎないと、 ...

Meteor or UFO? Mysterious object lights up the sky - CNN.com Video
cnn.com ⋅ 01:02
Russia Today says officials have not yet identified this mysterious object seen in the sky over Murmansk, Russia.

Meteorite Russia: UFO Russian Meteor Dash Cam 19.04.2014 VIDEO II - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 00:50
Meteorite Russia russian meteor 2014 russian meteor explosion russian meteor2014 Meteorite Russia 2014 Meteorite Russia 2014 Video Meteorite ...

Another Crazy Meteorite Caught on Russian Dashcam - YouTube
youtube.com ⋅ 01:01
Last night, yet one more eye-searing blue meteor screamed across the dark sky in Russia. Lucky for us, Russia is the land of dashcams, meaning that ...

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The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 20APR2014

Spectacular fireball from space explodes over Russian city (VIDEO)
RT
A suspected meteorite explosion has been recorded by citizens of the northern Russian city of Murmansk. Multiple drivers with dashcams out on the ...

Astroblog: The 2014 Australian Lyrid Meteor Shower, Morning 23 April
Astroblog ⋅ Ian Musgrave
This means that under ideal conditions, you will see a meteor on average about once every three minutes. This can be as interesting as watching paint ...

American Meteor Society - Member Area - AMS Event
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AMS received 13 reports about a fireball seen over MA, MD, NY, OH, PA, TN and VA on April 20th 2014 around 02:51 (UTC)

Meteoro (Meteorito) Cai Na Rússia - 2014 - Abril 19/04 - Russian Meteor 2014 - Vídeos HD Viral + ...
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LiveLeak.com - Meteorite lights up the night sky in Murmansk, Russia - Apr 19
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On the night of 18 to 19 April 2014 Residents of the Kola Peninsula witnessed a meteorite fall. Bright flash. many eyewitnesses described it as a bright ...

Another Meteor Caught on Russian Dashcam - Coast to Coast AM
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Dashcam video has emerged from Russia showing a suspected meteor lighting up the night sky over the region of Murmansk. The footage is ...

CNN Questions UFO Or Meteor Over Murmansk Russia - 4-19-14 - YouTube
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Russia Today says officials have not yet identified this mysterious object seen in the sky over Murmansk, Russia. In reality it is 99% a Fireballmeteor.

Meteor-like Object Over Russia's Murmansk Caught On Dash-Cams | Paranormal - Before It's News
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Meteor-like Object Over Russia's Murmansk Caught On Dash-Cams. Saturday, April 19, 2014

Murmansk Meteor Sighting | Watch the video - Yahoo News
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Watch the video Murmansk Meteor Sighting on Yahoo News . Dashcam video of apparent meteor streaking through the sky over Russia.

Murmansk Meteor Sighting | Video - ABC News
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Dashcam video of apparent meteor streaking through the sky over Russia.

Meteor over Russia's Murmansk caught on dash camera - YouTube - Inagist
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Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk
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A suspected meteorite explosion reportedly lit up the night-sky over the city of Murmansk, early Saturday morning, April 19. One motorist captured the ...

Russia gets another space visitor
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New video footage shows another spectacular fireball from space: this time a meteor burning up the skies above the port city of Murmansk, in the ...

Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk on MSN Video
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Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk. A suspected meteorite explosion reportedly lit up the night-sky over the city of Murmansk, early Saturday ...

Another large meteor explodes over Russia - LDS Freedom Forum -
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http://gizmodo.com/holy-cow-another-crazy-meteorite-caught-on-russian-das-1565040438. Image :-o Why does Russia get all the cool sky show stuff?

Meteorite Russia: UFO Russian Meteor Dash Cam 19.04.2014 VIDEO II - YouTube
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Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk | Watch the video - Yahoo News Singapore
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Watch the video Meteor Lights Up Night-Sky in Murmansk on Yahoo News Singapore. A suspected meteorite explosion reportedly lit up the night-sky ...

Another Crazy Meteorite Caught on Russian Dashcam - YouTube
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Last night, yet one more eye-searing blue meteor screamed across the dark sky in Russia. Lucky for us, Russia is the land of dashcams, meaning that ...

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19 April 2014

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Asteroid, Meteorite Impacts Can Preserve Biodata for Millions of Years
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In two separate studies, geologists led by Dr Haley Sapers from the University of Western Ontario and Dr Pete Schultz of Brown University have found ...

Impact glass stores biodata for millions of years
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(Phys.org) —Bits of plant life encapsulated in molten glass by asteroid and comet impacts millions of years ago give geologists information ...

B3: the vitamin from outer space
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Brooks Hays GREENBELT, Md., April 18 (UPI) -- Scientists say it's likely carbon-rich meteorites peppering the planet millions of years ago ...

Get Ready for the Lyrid Meteor Shower: Our Complete Guide for 2014
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The month of April doesn’t only see showers that bring May flowers: it also brings the first dependable meteor shower of the season. We’re ...

Meteorites helping scientists unlock secrets of Martian atmosphere
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About 40 meteorites that fell on Earth from Mars are helping scientists unlock secrets of the Martian atmosphere hidden in the chemical ...

Meteorites unlock secrets of Mars' early atmosphere
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Washington, April 17 : Geologists, who analyzed 40 meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars, have managed to unlock secrets of the Martian ...

Comet 209P/Linear - May 2014 - Meteor storm of the Century - Latest Images | Energy
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18 April 2014

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'Meteor Smoke' Clouds Linked To Weather In Opposite Hemispheres | MyScienceAcademy
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Noctilucent clouds are seeded by meteorites burning up in the atmosphere and form at Earth's polar regions. Researchers have found correlations ...

Get Ready for the Lyrid Meteor Shower: Our Complete Guide for 2014 | Space - Before It's News
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The month of April doesn't only see showers that bring May flowers: it also brings the first dependable meteor shower of the season. We're talking ...

Remanzacco Observatory - Comets & Neo: Comet 209P/LINEAR & itsMeteor Shower
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According to a prediction by E. Lyytinen and P. Jenniskens, comet 209P/LINEAR will possibly cause a big meteor shower on May 24, 2014. On May 29 ...

Meteorites yield clues to red planet's early atmosphere
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The oldest meteorite in the study is about 4.1 billion years old, formed when our solar system was in its infancy. The youngest are between 200 million ...

Did vitamin B3 come from space?
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... B3 (and related compounds) and may help explain meteorite chemistry. ... molecules called pyridine carboxylic acids in the Tagish Lake meteorite.

Hunt still on for fallen meteorite near St Thomas
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A Western professor has new leads in regards to a meteorite suspected of falling north of St. Thomas. The space rock hasn't been found, but they ...

Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks April 22 - Astronomy Magazine - Interactive Star Charts, Planets ...
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The annual Lyrid meteor shower is already underway. It is expected to peak during the morning of 2014 APR 22. The radiant is in the constellation ...

'Meteorite' narrowly misses skydiver
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A skydiver has narrowly avoided serious injury after a meteorite hurtled past him. NONSENSE!

Ancient life on Earth may lead to finding ancient life on Mars
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A team out of Western University found evidence of past microbial life in a meteorite crater they hope will help scientists find evidence of ...

Vancouver's The Ring Finders get a job out of this world — locating a lost meteorite ring
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When Stephanie Walker talks about the night she met her boyfriend in a Vancouver pub three years ago and the whirlwind romance that followed, ...

Huge meteorites and baby T-Rexes: Armagh Planetarium shoots for the stars
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“We've got the largest meteorite in Ireland,” says Sinead Mackle, of Armagh Planetarum. “Kids can go up to it and touch something which has been in ...

5 facts about meteors that you might not know
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Here are a few newsworthy facts about meteors and meteorites: - Meteorites can be as small as the size of a tiny grain or as large as boulders.

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Mermansk, Russia Bolide Meteor 19APR2014 with Videos

Mermansk, Russia Bolide Meteor 19APR2014 with Videos
Meteor-like object over Russia's Murmansk caught on dash-cams
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Published on Apr 19, 2014
Residents of the Kola Peninsula witnessed the fall of a celestial body similar to the famous Chelyabinsk meteorite on Saturday night. It flashed at 02:10 am local time and was clearly seen in the sky. However, no sound of explosions was heard. Officials say that the nature of the celestial body is unknown.
Video courtesy: Alexandr Nesterov (00:02-00:23)
Caught on camera: the moment a meteor lit up the sky in Russia on MSN Video
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Caught on camera: the moment a meteor lit up th... A BRILLIANT blue-white light streaks across the night sky in the Russian city of Murmansk, before ...

WATCH: Giant meteor flies above motorists heads and lights up the night skyDaily Express - 9 hours
THIS is the moment motorists were left starstruck as a huge meteor lit up the night sky. ...

Meteor spotted blazing over sky in Russia
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Meteor spotted blazing over sky in Russia ... of the car can be heard stopping their conversation and gasping as the meteor blazes in the sky.

Meteor Explosion Over Murmansk Russia 2014 - YouTube
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Russian Meteor 2014. Meteorite Falling in Murmansk, Russia VIDEO - Apr 19, 2014 A Meteor breaks up in the lower atmosphere before exploding ...

Dashcam captures incredible meteor footage - Bing Videos
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Last night, a huge meteor disintegrated over the Kola Penninsula in Russia — and luckily a dashcam caught the whole thing on camera.

Meteor in Murmansk - - Liden & Denz
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According to a Russian astronomer, Sergei Smirnov, it was a “very bright meteor” and was travelling “many tens of kilometres above the ground.

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!

17 April 2014

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 17APR2014

Meteorites yield clues to Martian early atmosphere
Phys.Org
A microscope reveals colorful augite crystals in this 1.3 billion-year-oldmeteorite from Mars, which researchers studied to understand the red planet's ...

Discover - 23 hours
The June edition of Discover Magazine refers to the NASA Meteor Counter app, though this has been updated to the newer AMS Meteors App. Check ...

Meteorite impact craters may have hosted early life on Earth
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(Phys.org) —A new study from Western explores the possibility that Earth's earliest life forms may have been cultivated by a meteorite impact ...

Meteorite studies suggest hidden water on Mars
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Geochemical calculations by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology to determine how the water content of Mars has changed over the past ...

German Impact Crater Could Have Hosted Early Life On Earth
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Could life thrive in the devastated rock left behind after a meteorite impact? A new study hints that possibly, that could be the case. ...

Meteorites yield clues to red planet's early atmosphere
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( University of Maryland ) Geologists analyzed 40 meteorites that fell to Earth from Mars to understand the history of the Martian ...

Lyrids Meteor Shower Peak Time and Dates in 2014
The Epoch Times
The Lyrids Meteor Shower is a welcome relief to the lull since January of a meteor shower, and follows the blood moon that took place on April 15.

Hemispheres | Video - YouTube
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Noctilucent clouds are seeded by meteorites burning up in the atmosphere and form at Earth's polar regions. Researchers have found correlations ...

Meteor Showers: The What, How, Where, When, Why | Dark Sky Diary
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What is a meteor shower? A meteor shower is a display of meteors (or shooting stars) during which you see lots of them in the space of just a few ...

Nature's light show - Meteor burns up in Arizona skies
White Mountain Independent
WHITE MOUNTAINS — Navajo County officials said numerous calls came in to the Sheriff's Office following a meteor that burned up in the Arizona ...

2014 The Year of "CERTAIN Uncertainty" ™; Meteors, Asteroids, Comets, and MORE!!