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Victor Awogbemila - Thu, Jul 17, 2025
The largest Martian rock ever to arrive on Earth, NWA 16788, just sold for $5.3 million (including fees and other costs) at a Sotheby's auction to an unnamed bidder. This Mars rock, or more aptly meteorite, stands out with its remarkable...
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Aaron Leong - Fri, Jan 17, 2025
A couple in Marshfield on Price Edward Island, Canada got a unique surprise on their Ring doorbell camera feed last year. While the owners were out on a walk, their camera recorded the once-in-a-lifetime sound of a meteorite hitting the...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Nov 11, 2024
Researchers from Spain’s National Archeological Museum recently discovered two objects that are part of the Treasure of Villena were forged with meteoric iron. The collection of 66 mostly golden items were discovered in the Valencia region...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Oct 23, 2024
A new study suggests a meteorite the size of not one, but FOUR Mt. Everests may have aided the beginning of life on Earth. The mammoth S2 meteorite, discovered in 2014, is believed to have caused a tsunami larger than any other known in...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Sep 25, 2024
Thousands of people in the US Northwest took to social media to share video of a bright fireball streaking across the night sky late Monday (similar to the one that scorched North Carolina's skies earlier this month). Many described the...
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Tim Sweezy - Sun, Sep 01, 2024
NASA Meteor Watch confirmed what many across nearly a dozen states saw and heard in the early morning hours of August 30 was indeed a meteor. The space agency added the meteor event began about 45 miles above Piney Flats, Tennessee, and...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Jul 29, 2024
The night skies will light up this week with not just one meteor shower, but two. The Delta Aquariids, known for its bright and fast meteors, and the Alpha Capricornids, known for producing slower, more colorful shooting stars, will peak...
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Tim Sweezy - Sat, Jul 15, 2023
A lady from a village in Alsace in east France shared her story about being rudely interrupted as she sipped on her coffee when something hit her on the chest, what she believes was a small meteorite fragment.. The lady says the small...
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Tim Sweezy - Fri, May 26, 2023
The bright light from a meteor streaking across the night sky caught the attention of onlookers across north Queensland, before crashing into the ground creating a thundering boom. The spectacle was caught by various cameras throughout the...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, May 11, 2023
Imagine coming home and realizing a 4-inch by 6-inch rock had fallen from the sky and penetrated the roof and ceiling of your home. That is exactly what one New Jersey family experienced, and the mysterious rock is believed to be a...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, May 10, 2023
Scientists are asking meteorite hunters to cease and desist using magnets to verify their finds. Even weak magnets can destroy valuable information concerning the magnetic field of its parent body and vital information about the history of...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Dec 15, 2022
An international team of researchers is calling a stunning fireball from the most distant region of the Solar System a game changer. The meteor that was spotted over Alberta, Canada last year is challenging the currently favored Solar...
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Tim Sweezy - Thu, Dec 01, 2022
A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has found two minerals never before seen on Earth in a slice of a 15-ton meteorite. The slice came from the ninth-largest meteorite ever found.
Skywatchers love watching falling stars...
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Tim Sweezy - Mon, Apr 25, 2022
If you have ever wanted to find your very own piece of a meteorite, now may be your chance. Astronomers are predicting that a bright fireballe that lit up the sky in Ontario may have littered the area with meteorite fragments when it...
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Tim Sweezy - Wed, Apr 20, 2022
The hottest rock on Earth has been confirmed by scientists more than a decade after being found. The glass rock found was formed at a blistering 4,298 degrees Fahrenheit (F).
Former Ph.D. student Michael Zanetti found what was believed...
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