Tag: meteor

November 20, 2024 at 9:46 am

New Study Of Samples From Bennu Asteroid Indicate That It Came From A Distant Watery Planet

Source: Lauretta & Connolly et al, 2024, Meteoritics & Planetary Science

It is incredible what we can learn from relatively small samples from an asteroid. 

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November 2, 2024 at 3:22 pm

Meteor Detected Hours Before Its Impact With Earth Allows Astronomers To Capture Incredible Videos Of The Event

Source: Catalina Sky Survey

It is a little terrifying how many objects are coming toward Earth at any given time.

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November 5, 2015 at 2:51 pm

Video: Shooting Star in Bangkok Lights Up the Night Sky

Video: Shooting Star in Bangkok Lights Up the Night Sky

Amazing dash cam footage shows a mysterious shooting star over Bangkok, Thailand on November 2, 2015 at 8:58 pm local time.

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November 18, 2014 at 6:51 pm

Huge Fiery Flash in the Sky Seen in Russia

Huge Fiery Flash in the Sky Seen in Russia

Residents in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia witnessed a huge fiery flash in the sky on 14 November 2014 around 6:39 pm local time. Thankfully the prevalence of dash cams meant there was plenty of amateur footage to capture the event. I’ve included a second video below for another view of the fiery phenomenon.…

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November 2, 2014 at 10:38 am

Timelapse Photographer Capturing the Milky Way Films Giant Fireball in the Sky

Timelapse Photographer Capturing the Milky Way Films Giant Fireball in the Sky

Photographer Wes Eisenhauer was filming a timelapse of the Milky Way Galaxy on the night of 16 October 2014 when he captured an incredible fireball in the sky. The phenomenon is referred to as a bolide which is a very bright meteor of an apparent magnitude of −14 or brighter.

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July 29, 2014 at 11:36 am

This is a Cut and Polished Chinga Meteorite

This is a Cut and Polished Chinga Meteorite

Seen here is a 773 gram polished Chinga meteorite. The quarter-cut specimen was found in Turvinskaya, Russia and has been cut and polished on two sides. The rest of the meteorite retains its natural light brown crust, creating a dramatic contrast. This particular specimen, which was offered by Arizona Skies Meteorites has been sold,…

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October 3, 2013 at 6:54 pm

Picture of the Day: The 2013 Perseids Meteor Shower

Picture of the Day: The 2013 Perseids Meteor Shower

THE 2013 PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER Photograph by DAVID KINGHAM Blog | Flickr | Facebook | Google+ | Twitter Seen here are the prolific Perseids meteor shower captured on the night of August 13, 2013 by photographer David Kingham. According to Wikipedia: The stream of debris is called the Perseid cloud and stretches…

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April 12, 2013 at 4:31 pm

The 4.5 Billion Year Old Fukang Meteorite

The 4.5 Billion Year Old Fukang Meteorite

Photograph via kikootwo on Reddit Back in the year 2000, a 1,003 kilogram (2,211 lbs) meteorite was discovered near Fukang, a city located in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, China. Named the ‘Fukang meteorite‘, it was identified as a pallasite, a type of stony–iron meteorite, with striking olivine crystals throughout. Pallasites are extremely rare…

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