http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/meteorite/ en-us Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:30:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2452214/posts A meteorite that hit the town of Murchison, Australia, hasn't quit giving up its secrets. The Murchison meteorite is one of the most studied space rocks because many pieces were recovered after it was seen breaking up as it fell through the atmosphere in 1969. Approximately 100 kg of the carbonaceous chondrite was recovered. Carbonaceous chondrites are extremely important to scientists as they were formed from material that existed in the solar system's planet-forming disk of gas and dust. They are, quite literally, time capsules holding onto a 4 billion year old record of the birth of our solar system.... Discovery News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2452214/posts#comment Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:30:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2439790/posts Ownership battle brews over Virginia meteorite The meteorite, which cracked into pieces on impact, landed in a doctors' office in Lorton. By Neely Tucker Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 29, 2010 Today's episode of Everybody's Favorite Meteorite brings the nation disturbing news: That spunky bit of chondrite that plummeted into a Lorton doctors' office on Jan. 18, delighting an international audience with news of its fireball entrance, may not go on to a spot of glory in the Smithsonian, after all. The doctors who were nearly bonked on the head by the thing when it came plummeting from the... Wp http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2439790/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:44:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2435236/posts Something had come hurtling out of the sky, and crashed through the roof of a nearby doctor's office, landing in an empty examination room. Myfox New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2435236/posts#comment Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:55:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434406/posts Dr. Frank Ciampi said that the rock struck the two-story building in Lorton, Virginia, early on Monday evening. He says they heard a loud bang and, upon investigating, found that the projectile had punched through the roof and ceiling, scattering pieces of wood, plaster and insulation all over the place. The half-pound lump of rock split into three chunks upon impact. These chunks were taken to the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History, where experts confirmed it was a meteorite, and estimated that it had been travelling at about 220 miles per hour when it struck. It is not clear... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434406/posts#comment Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:41:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404256/posts I was watching a movie several minutes ago (in West Palm Beach, FL) and saw out my window (facing east)a large shining object quickly plunge from the sky. It freaked me out a bit. Did anyone out there see it? I saw one similar back around 1990-1992 and years later saw it on Discovery as it was captured on video. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2404256/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:29:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272699/posts French and Italian scientists have analysed a meteorite and discovered that it contains a unique and primordial rock fragment that is thought to have remained largely unaltered since the solar system formed around 4.6 billion years ago. The scientists believe the xenolith, which shows unprecedented isotopic variations of nitrogen, may offer insight into the solar system's formation and say it poses serious problems for current models of light element isotopic fractionation.  Light element isotopic ratios are the result of formation mechanisms and particular physical and chemical conditions. Understanding them can therefore help determine whether extraterrestrial materials formed in the solar nebula... Chemistry World http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272699/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:35:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270225/posts A teenager was hit by a meteorite travelling at 30,000mph - and lived to tell the tale.Gerrit Blank was on his way to school when he saw a massive fireball heading straight towards him from the sky. The white-hot meteorite bounced off the schoolboy's hand and hit the ground so hard it left a foot-long crater in the tarmac - as well as a three-inch scar on his hand. Gerrit, 14, said: "At first I just saw a large ball of light and then I suddenly felt a pain in my hand. "Then, a split second after that, there was... news http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270225/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:56:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2262202/posts A bright and fast object seemingly "overtook" the International Space Station May 29, according to several witnesses observing from two different states, according to testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness database. The first case was reported from Texas, where a man and two other witnesses were out watching the International Space Station fly over, and then observed this second object - moving at between two and-a-half and three times the speed of the space station. A second group is reporting in from the RMCC Observatory, Mounds, Oklahoma, who say they saw the same event. Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2262202/posts#comment Mon, 1 Jun 2009 15:53:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203502/posts Second Loud Boom Rattles Windows In NY May Have Been Meteorite (3/9/2009) There's been another loud "boom." This time it rattled windows in parts of Rockland County. Nanuet resident Keith Wallenstein said the mysterious noise woke him up at about 5:15 Monday morning and sounded like someone had flown an F-16 over his house. An earlier loud "boom" heard in Westchester County early Saturday might have been a meteorite. Police and The Journal News got a flurry of reports from people in Scarsdale, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, Tuckahoe, Eastchester and Bronxville. Weather officials say there was no thunder in the area... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203502/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:38:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2156947/posts The tsunami washed over Fire Island and, to the west, waves perhaps as high as 20 feet spilled into Lower Manhattan. The furious onrush of water left sediment a foot and a half deep on the Jersey Shore, and debris cascaded far up the Hudson River. No, there’s no need to rush to higher ground, commandeer a rowboat in Central Park or empty the closet to grab the rubber boots. This disaster occurred about 2,300 years ago, though how bad it was, or even if it was a tsunami, remains in dispute. But several geologists have collected evidence indicating that... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2156947/posts#comment Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:26:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148886/posts Update (16:00 PST Dec. 14th): Eyewitness accounts are becoming more detailed, if you were in the Auckland area at 10pm (December 13th) and you saw something, please let me know (by leaving a comment below). Please give as detailed an account as possible, including your location and the direction at which you saw the meteorite. Hopefully we’ll piece this event together… A fire erupted in an Auckland warehouse shortly after several eyewitness reported seeing a meteorite over the North Island of New Zealand. One witness (named “Mike”) even went as far to say that he watched the fiery object hit... AstroEngine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2148886/posts#comment Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:06:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099407/posts Washington, Oct 06: A meteorite, which crashed into Australia 40 years ago, is telling researchers new things about how life may have started on Earth, and how that almost universal protein left-handedness came to be. For more than 150 years, scientists have known that the most basic building blocks of life - chains of amino acid molecules and the proteins they form - almost always have the unusual characteristic of being overwhelmingly “left-handed.” The molecules, of course, have no hands, but they are almost all asymmetrical in a way that parallels left-handedness. This observation, first made in the 1800s by... Phenomenica http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2099407/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:06:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992049/posts 'Biggest UK space impact found' By Paul Rincon Science reporter, BBC News The impact occurred about 1.2 billion years ago. Evidence of the biggest meteorite ever to hit the British Isles has been found by a team of scientists. Researchers from the universities of Oxford and Aberdeen think a large object hit north-west Scotland about 1.2 billion years ago. The space rock struck the ground near the present-day town of Ullapool, they report in Geology journal. The scientists found what they believe to be debris which was flung out when the impact crater was formed. "If there had been human... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992049/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:16:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984757/posts Mysterious Meteorites Stymie Scientists Anne Minard for National Geographic NewsMarch 12, 2008 A pair of mysterious meteorites discovered in Antarctica is baffling scientists who are struggling to determine the origin of the space rocks. The meteorites, dubbed GRA 06128 and GRA 06129, were found in the Graves Nunataks region of Antarctica in 2006 (see an interactive map of Antarctica). The rocks were oddly rusty and salty and smelled like rotten eggs, its discoverers said. Initially, a team at the University of New Mexico (UNM) caused a stir when its analysis hinted that the pair may hail from Venus or the... National Geographic News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984757/posts#comment Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:19:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984583/posts How The Peruvian Meteorite Made It To EarthThe Carancas Fireball. Planetary geologists had thought that stony meteorites would be destroyed when they passed through Earth's atmosphere. This one struck ground near Carancas, Peru, at about 15,000 miles per hour. Brown University geologists have advanced a new theory that would upend current thinking about stony meteorites. (Credit: Peter Schultz, Brown University) ScienceDaily (Mar. 12, 2008) — It made news around the world: On Sept. 15, 2007, an object hurtled through the sky and crashed into the Peruvian countryside. Scientists dispatched to the site near the village of Carancas found a gaping... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1984583/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:00:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982640/posts Astronomers Capture Rare Video Of Meteor Falling To Earth; Hunt For Meteorite ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2008) — Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, have captured rare video of a meteor falling to Earth. The Physics and Astronomy Department at Western has a network of all-sky cameras in Southern Ontario that scan the sky monitoring for meteors. Associate Professor Peter Brown, who specializes in the study of meteors and meteorites, says that Wednesday evening (March 5) at 10:59 p.m. EST these cameras captured video of a large fireball and the department has also received a number of... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982640/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 23:07:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982395/posts ScienceDaily (Mar. 8, 2008) — Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, have captured rare video of a meteor falling to Earth. Astronomy Department at Western has a network of all-sky cameras in Southern Ontario that scan the sky monitoring for meteors. Associate Professor Peter Brown, who specializes in the study of meteors and meteorites, says that Wednesday evening (March 5) at 10:59 p.m. EST these cameras captured video of a large fireball and the department has also received a number of calls and emails from people who actually saw the light. ScienceDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982395/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:08:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1973050/posts SPOKANE, Wash. — An apparent meteor streaked through the sky over the Pacific Northwest early Tuesday, drawing reports of bright lights and sonic booms in parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Although a witness reported seeing the object strike the Earth in a remote part of Adams County, in southeast Washington, it had not been found. "I'm convinced it was a meteor," said Geoff Chester, spokesman for the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. "It was a classic description of a fireball." Chester speculated the meteor was the size of a big suitcase and had been orbiting the sun for... Idaho Statesman (via AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1973050/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:06:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960386/posts Well water of the tiny Canadian town of Gypsumville, Manitoba (population 65) has been poisoned by an extraterrestrial. The invader: A meteorite which struck down almost a quarter-billion years ago, creating the 25-mile-wide (40-kilometer) Lake Martin impact crater. The ancient impact shattered the granitic ground so that extraordinary amounts of fluoride now taint the well water. Slightly higher than recommended amounts of fluoride can cause mottled teeth, while even higher concentrations can lead to neurological problems and softened bones. This is could be the first time a meteor impact has been tied to a modern health threat, say the geologists... Discovery News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960386/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:43:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899582/posts A fiery meteorite crashed into southern Peru over the weekend, experts confirmed on Wednesday. But they were still puzzling over claims that it gave off fumes that sickened 200 people. Local residents told reporters that a fiery ball fell from the sky and smashed into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning. Jose Mechare, a scientist with Peru's Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute, said a geologist had confirmed that it was a "rocky meteorite," based on the fragments analyzed. He said water in the meteorite's muddy crater boiled for maybe 10 minutes from the heat and could... AP Via Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899582/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:12:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899350/posts LIMA, Peru - A fiery meteorite crashed into southern Peru over the weekend, experts confirmed on Wednesday. But they were still puzzling over claims that it gave off fumes that sickened 200 people. Local residents told reporters that a fiery ball fell from the sky and smashed into the desolate Andean plain near the Bolivian border Saturday morning. Jose Mechare, a scientist with Peru's Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Institute, said a geologist had confirmed that it was a "rocky meteorite," based on the fragments analyzed. He said water in the meteorite's muddy crater boiled for maybe 10 minutes from the... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899350/posts#comment Thu, 20 Sep 2007 03:29:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898244/posts Meteorite makes villagers ill VILLAGERS in southern Peru have been struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area. Around midday Saturday, villagers were startled by an explosion and a fireball that many were convinced was a plane crashing near their remote village, in the high Andes department of Puno in the Desaguadero region, near the border with Bolivia. Residents complained of headaches and vomiting... Farking Excerpt Snippers... A picture of the crater and a link to an article that makes for fun reading after a Google translation. El Nuevo Diario Adelaide Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898244/posts#comment Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:00:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890167/posts TOMS RIVER (1010 WINS) -- A fiery streak across the sky got the attention of the Coast Guard Saturday night, after the reported fireball crashed into the waters off the Jersey Shore. Concerned calls started coming in from South Carolina to Long Island about 9 p.m. Coast Guard boats were searching near the site of the reported impact, off Normandy Beach in Toms River, about 10 miles off shore. No debris has been found in the water. The Toms River Fire Department says it also got some calls and there were at least 20 people on the beach with the... 1010 WINS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890167/posts#comment Sun, 2 Sep 2007 14:41:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1886121/posts The meteors that are about to rain down in the early morning of September 1 date from around 4 A.D., the latest calculations show. It is not often that we can tell when a shooting star was first released from a comet into space, to travel as a meteoroid in an orbit around the Sun, and finally collide with Earth's atmosphere to shine as a meteor for our enjoyment. Most meteors that sporadically flash across the sky on a dark moonless night date from anonymous times. Only in recent years have we learned to trace young meteor showers, just a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1886121/posts#comment Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:30:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1880296/posts MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian police were combing the northern Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk on Friday for a three-tonne meteorite that has disappeared from under the nose of its keepers. The giant rock was stolen from the yard of the Tunguska Space Event foundation, whose director said it was the part of meteor that caused a massive explosion in Siberia in 1908, news agency Interfax reported. "It winds up that it disappeared back in June, when the foundation was moving out of its old building," a police spokesman told the agency. "Our colleagues are establishing what got lost, where the rock... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1880296/posts#comment Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:25:58 GMT