Meteorites
Weekend Fireballs Not Satellite Debris
A fireball seen over Texas during the daytime on Sunday, Feb. 15th, triggered widespread reports that debris from the recent…
Last Summer’s Fireball in Pieces on the Ground?
The Bejar bolide photographed from Torrelodones, Madrid, Spain. The incoming fireball is the streak to the right of the…
HiRISE Captures Bolide Break-up and Impact on Mars
[/caption] Incoming! Hundreds of small objects, mostly asteroid fragments, impact Mars every year. Sometimes, like on Earth, objects break up…
Exploding Colorado Fireball, 100 Times Brighter than the Moon (Video)
[/caption]Last night, the Colorado skies played host to a dazzling fireball event. The meteor blasted through the atmosphere, detonated and…
Head-sized Meteorite Found From Canadian Fireball
[/caption] Several more fragments have been found from the 10-ton asteroid that exploded over western Canada on November 20, including…
Pictures of Canadian Meteorite Fragments
[/caption] On Nov. 27, planetary scientist Dr. Alan Hildebrand from the University of Calgary and graduate student Ellen Milley brought…
Fragments of Canadian Fireball Found
Fragments of the big meteorite that lit up the Canadian skies across the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan last week…
Canadian Meteor Update: 10-Ton Rock Responsible
[/caption] The search is on for fragments of a 10-ton rock that lit the sky over western Canada last Thursday…
Meteorites Could Preserve Evidence of Alien Life
[/caption]In an effort to understand how organic chemicals might survive after a period in the vacuum of space and then…
Earth’s Precious Metals Could Be From Meteorites and Asteroids
[/caption] Meteorites and asteroids from the inner solar system could be responsible for Earth's store of precious metals such as…