Meteorite News Headlines

Gunlock meteorite on display in Salt Lake - April 30, 2008

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:21:24 -0700

The 4.5 billion-year-old Gunlock meteorite, recently acquired by the Utah Geological Survey, is now on display at the Natural Resources Map & Bookstore, 1594 W. North Temple.

Idaho geologist Don Adair found the meteorite in 1982. He sawed the specimen in two, and the other half is at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, according to the Utah Department of Natural Resources.

Gem of a show - April 25, 2008

Mon, 5 May 2008 22:39:33 -0700

4) A program at 3 p.m. Saturday will focus on how meteorites impact Earth and another one at 2 p.m. Sunday will look at unique meteorites in Kansas. Both are being presented by the Kansas Meteorite Society. A 108-pound pallasite found near Greensburg will be on display.

Mysterious Lights, Boom Baffle Residents, Authorities - April 17, 2008

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:19:37 -0700

KOKOMO, Ind. -- Strange sights and sounds filled the nighttime sky in Howard and Tipton counties late Wednesday night, leaving residents and authorities wondering what they had seen and heard.

Calls flooded dispatch centers and 6News from people concerned that what they had seen and heard might have been a crashing plane, a meteorite or something else.

Seawater osmium sizes up meteorites - April 11, 2008

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:56:59 -0700

Osmium isotopes in seawater sediment can be used to reveal ancient meteorite strikes, US-based scientists say. The sensitive technique could provide more details on the size of extraterrestrial rocks which have plunged into the sea and vapourised, leaving no crater-shaped calling card behind.

Geochemists routinely measure the sediment concentrations of elements such as iridium, in order to infer the presence of meteorites. High levels in ocean sediment indicate that a rock with unnatural concentrations of the element must have dissolved in the sea millions of years ago. But iridium concentrations in seawater vary naturally around the globe, so many monitoring sites are needed.

Earth from Space: Lake Janisjarvi Impact Crater - April 10, 2008

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:55:25 -0700

Lake Jänisjärvi is a roughly oval-shaped lake, some 13 by 17 kilometers (8 by 11 miles) across, in northwestern Russia, near the Finnish border. The basin for this lake was formed hundreds of millions of years ago by a meteorite impact.

The Fukang Pallasite for sale - April 9, 2008

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:53:49 -0700

Meteorite enthusiasts the world over know of the Fukang Meteorite. Discovered in the Gobi desert (near Fukang) in China eight years ago, the extremely rare and beautiful Pallasite meteorite is thought to have originated at the mantle-core boundary of very large differentiated asteroids that were destroyed during the early formation of the solar system over 4.5 billion years ago, give or take a hundred millennia or so. Fukang’s unique crystalline structures formed as the metal matrix cooled, with no gravitational influence, at a rate of only a few degrees per million-year period.

Hunt on for Argentine meteorite

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:52:01 -0700

The space rock reportedly crashed late Sunday somewhere in Entre Rios Province, some 260 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, reports the daily Clarin, which quoted a witness, Milton Blumhagen, a student and astronomy buff: "For three or four seconds I saw an object in flames, changing color until it turned blue when it approached the ground.'' A fire department source said the impact was felt for miles around. No damage was reported.

The curious are headed out to the isolated rural zone where the meteorite, or whatever it was, is believed to have struck.

Tunguska Miracle Festival in Evenkiya - April 8th, 2008

Tue, 8 Apr 2008 08:43:15 -0700

Lawmakers of Regional Board of Deputies of the Evenkiya municipal district of Russia at the last session approved the programme of celebrating the 100th anniversary of Tunguska Meteorite fall in 2008. The programme has been estimated at 6 million RUB (163.000EUR approximately) and is aimed at drawing attention of publicity to the problems of environment protection, preserving the original culture of the peoples populating Evenkiya.

One of the key events of the 100th anniversary celebration will be Tunguska Divo Festival (divo means miracle in Russian) that will take place in Vanavara village on 27-30 June, 2008. Expectedly, the festival will be attended by several hundreds of guests: scientists, students, tourists, journalists, etc.

Microbes could survive meteorite smashes - March 31, 2008

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:48:32 -0700

You wouldn't bet on many things surviving a direct hit from a massive asteroid. Yet a few hardy microbes have been shown to live through a simulated smash, boosting the theory that life on Earth could have been seeded from another planet.

Large asteroids or comets that collide with rocky planets like Mars blast fragments into space, and some researchers reckon that this may feed a cosmic conveyor belt of life, in which streams of alien microbes travel from planet to planet inside meteoroids

Evidence of ancient meteorite strike found - March 29, 2008

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:47:27 -0700

GLASGOW, Scotland, March 29 (UPI) -- Geologists said a seam of stratified rock on the northwest coast of Scotland was formed by a major meteorite strike 1.2 billion years ago.

The scientists said it appears the meteorite hit Earth with the force of a 145,000 megaton bomb, the Scotsman newspaper reported Friday. The meteorite is thought to have measured more than one-half mile across, ejecting rock over a 40-mile area.

Berkeley Lab scientist finds meteorite clue - March 27, 2008

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:43:34 -0700

t must have seemed like the end of the world to those who witnessed it.

A huge, fiery ball hurtled to Earth, followed by an enormous explosion and a hailstorm of speeding debris like shrapnel.

Many of the woolly mammoths, horses, bears and bison in the region may have died. But evidence of the apocalyptic event survived, preserved in their remains for more than 30,000 years until they resurfaced at a motel in Arizona.

Biggest UK space impact found - March 26, 2008

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:46:20 -0700

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.

Geologist stumbles on MCG-sized meteorite crater - March 26, 2008

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:10:02 -0700

A rare meteorite crater the size of the MCG has been discovered in WA’s North-West.

Arthur Hickman, a geologist with the Department of Industry and Resources, made the find while scanning satellite images on the internet last July, but his secret has only now been widely revealed after physical verification and testing of the crater.

Kriegh's rocks from the sky on display in OV - March 19, 2008

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:26:39 -0700

In 1995 Jim Kriegh, his friend John Blennert, and I belonged to the Desert Gold Diggers, a local club whose members hunt for gold in Arizona.

Dr. David Kring, a meteoriticist and planetary scientist from the University of Arizona, spoke at one of the club’s meetings and encouraged those who used metal detectors to keep an eye and ear out for meteorites, generally small nondescript objects that look nothing like gold. Jim paid good attention, because while searching for gold in the Santa Rita Mountains he found a rock which turned out to be a meteorite, later named the Greaterville meteorite.

Eastern Oregonians urged to forage for meteorite scraps - March 10, 2008

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:46:18 -0700

LA GRANDE, Ore. — Meteorite scientist Dick Pugh says Chicken Little may have had a point: The sky really is falling. Well, part of it, anyway.

At a recent talk here he urged people to look to their rooftops for pieces of the fireball that came thundering down on northeast Oregon at 5:31 a.m. on Feb. 19.

Pugh, with Portland State University's Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory, says he thinks it hit between Tollgate and Elgin but that its fragments could be widely spread.

Meteorite may have hit near Parry Sound - March 8, 2008

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 07:08:02 -0700

LONDON, ONT. -- Astronomers at the University of Western Ontario are asking residents near the Central Ontario town of Parry Sound to help find meteorites that may have recently fallen in the area.

The astronomers have captured rare video of a meteor streaking through the Earth's atmosphere.

They are hoping people in the area can help recover one or more possible meteorites that may have hit the ground.

Western astronomers on hunt for meteor - March 7, 2008

Sat, 8 Mar 2008 07:07:21 -0700

Astronomers from The University of Western Ontario have captured rare video of a meteor falling to Earth, and are hoping to enlist the help of local residents in recovering one or more possible meteorites that may have crashed in the Parry Sound area.

Meteorite lands in village; sent for analysis - March 7, 2008

Fri, 7 Mar 2008 18:24:38 -0700

A small meteorite that recently landed in a village in Mug(la’s Fethiye district will be analyzed by the Mining Exploration Institute (MTA), stated an official from the region.

Fethiye Deputy District Governor Halil I.brahim Çomaktekin reported that the meteorite fell in the Türbe neighborhood of Yaka Village after a making a thunderous noise. “The muhtar [head] of the village called and informed us, saying that the meteorite was black. He is going to bring it to the city center for analysis. We’ll have it analyzed by the MTA,” Çomaktekin added.

Meteorite Watch - Feb 26, 2008

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:21:02 -0700

Residents of northeast Oregon and particularly from Wallowa and Union counties are asked to be on the lookout for a stream of meteorites that fell from the Feb. 19 fireball as it blew apart over northeast Oregon early that morning.

Scientists: Meteorite broke up above Blue Mountains - Feb 23, 2008

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:54:05 -0700

While some witnesses said a meteor that zoomed across the Pacific Northwest skies Tuesday morning struck the Earth, University of Washington scientists said it likely disintegrated in the sky south of Tollgate.

People in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia reported seeing the bright fireball streaking across the sky about 5:30 a.m. At least one person said the object exploded on impact in eastern Washington and another report from southeastern Washington said someone felt tremors from the blast.

Meteor didn't hit land, say many experts (w/video) - Feb 21, 2008

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:39:26 -0700

The fireball that streaked across the Mid-Columbia sky Tuesday continues to be a hot topic around the state as witnesses describe the bright flash they saw and others debate whether the meteor hit the ground.

University of Washington scientists said Wednesday that the meteor didn't crash into Earth. It likely disintegrated above the Blue Mountains about 25 miles north of LaGrande, Ore., at an altitude of about 19 miles.

Meteor lights Northwest sky - Feb 19, 2008

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:40:55 -0700

SPOKANE - 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 still has not been found.

Meteor-like flash highlights commute - Feb 19, 2008

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:18:10 -0700

Several witnesses from Newport and south to the Palouse called this morning to report seeing what appeared to be a meteor streaking across the sky about 5:30 a.m. Washington State Patrol Trooper Tony Olivas not only dealt with reports, he actually saw the flash.

Meteorites from Mercury? 2/15/08

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:49:01 -0700

Meteorites from the Moon and Mars give earthbound scientists free rock samples from other worlds. Now Brett Gladman and Jaime Coffey (University of British Columbia, Vancouver) say we should expect a few meteorites from Mercury too.

Meteorites, Comets, and the Origins of Life on Earth

Thu, 7 Feb 2008 06:51:04 -0700

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - George W. Cooper from NASA-Ames Research Center will talk about the origins of life on Earth when he delivers the first Barringer Lecture for the spring 2008 semester. The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, in the Space Center Theater, Room 201 of the old University Museum building. Admission is free and open to all members of the university community and the public.

Monnig Meteorite Gallery receives a slice of Mundrabilla - Jan 15, 2008

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:17:04 -0700

The largest iron meteorite slice in the country is coming to Monnig Meteorite Gallery.

The 45-ton meteorite, Mundrabilla, is one of seven slices cut by a dealer in Frankfurt, Germany, and is named after the town in western Australia where it was found, curator Arthur Ehlmann said. The Mundrabilla slice, which measures about 3 feet wide and 2 feet long , is the only slice that will be displayed in the United States, Ehlmann said.

TCU’s Monnig Museum acquires big slice of space rock Jan 8, 2008

Tue, 8 Jan 2008 15:42:50 -0700

Western Australia is prime meteorite collecting country because its barren expanse makes fallen space debris easy to spot. The Mundrabilla meteorite (named for the town in Western Australia where it was located in 1966) is one of the largest known iron-composition space stones in existence, and a slice of it has recently been acquired by the Monnig Meteorite Gallery at Texas Christian University.

Experts doubt find is meteorite - Jan 6, 2008

Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:47:02 -0700

HESPERIA — What appeared to be a meteorite that Rick Green dug out of his front yard last month is probably not.

The news item appeared on the Daily Press Web site and created quite a bit of interest from across the country. Noted meteorite hunter Michael Farmer from Tucson called to get more information.

Scientists say newly found debris came from a huge meteorite hitting Canada

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:53:20 -0700

An enormous extraterrestrial object collided with the Earth with unimaginable force in what is now southeastern Ontario near the city of Sudbury, Canada, about 200 miles northwest of Toronto.

Geologist William Cannon has been studying the debris - known as "ejecta" - that was flung out of that collision and says that anything living in the Upper Midwest would have been destroyed by heat from the impact.

Michigan meteorite may be a meteorwrong - 12/21/07

Sat, 22 Dec 2007 10:44:05 -0700

Jason Bliss has found what he believes to be a meteorite in the backyard of the home belonging to his fiancé's parents.

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"From a geologist's aspect, this is like better than finding gold, truthfully, because it's so rare to find on Earth," said Bliss, 22.

Bliss, who plans to pursue a degree in geology, said he found the magnetic fist-sized black rock sitting outside a firepit in August. He took it to the Livingston Gem & Mineral Society, which said it wasn't a meteorite but, undeterred, Bliss contacted professors at Alma College and the University of Michigan to discuss it.

Bliss, who, based on the rock's darkness, believes it came from the moon or Mars, had a meeting with a U-M professor to show him the rock.

"They (U-M professors) said it's most likely not a meteorite and...

International Space Station hit by meteorite - 12/18/07

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:27:22 -0700

The International Space Station crew will make an unscheduled spacewalk to check solar batteries hit by a small meteorite.

In Search of the Tunguska Meteorite - 12/17/07

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:20:22 -0700

A team of Italian scientists from the University of Bologna recently identified a lake in the Tunguska region as the possible impact crater from the 1908 Tunguska event. Lake Cheko is a small bowl-shaped lake, situated approximately 8 kilometers north-north-west of the epicenter of the cataclysmic event. Although the lake is relatively shallow and more elliptical in its form (elliptical craters usually occur only if the angle of entry is less than about 10 degrees), samples from the basin suggest that the lake fills an impact crater.

Mammoth tusks show up meteorite shower - 12/12/07

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 07:39:42 -0700

Bullet-like pieces of what is thought to be an ancient meteorite shower have been found embedded in mammoth tusks and bison bone.

The discovery of the 2–5 millimetre holes left by meteorites opens a window into a impact event thought to have happened over Alaska and Russia tens of thousands of years ago. And it could provide a whole new way to chart impacts from space.

Meteorite Crater in Puno, Peru Declared Natural Heritage Site 12/3/07

Mon, 3 Dec 2007 16:12:39 -0700

(LIP-ir) -- The area where a meteorite landed in Puno, approximately 800 miles from Lima, has been declared a National Cultural and Natural Heritage Site by the Regional Government of Puno, Peru, said the region's president, Pablo Hernán Fuentes Guzmán.

The regional president explained that the meteorite crater was being declared a part of Peru's heritage to preserve it and keep it safe

Fire in the Sky: Collecting Iron Micrometeorites

Tue, 6 Nov 2007 11:42:00 -0700

Perhaps as a child you made a wish on a falling star, and perhaps as a parent you've encouraged your young ones to do the same. But wouldn't it be neat to have a falling star you could carry in your pocket, to make a wish on whenever you wanted to?

Falling stars aren't stars at all but meteors - bits of rock or iron that have drifted through space until they were caught by the Earth's gravity and pulled into the atmosphere. Most meteors burn up as they hurtle through the upper atmosphere, making the familiar bright streaks we call shooting or falling stars. Some meteors are large enough to survive the trip and become meteorites - meteors that have reached Earth's surface.

Historical Society to celebrate meteor's fall

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:21:32 -0700

Seen any magnetized rocks in your back yard lately? If so, you are in possession of a small piece of Easton history.
The Historical Society of Easton is celebrating this year the 200th anniversary of the fall of the Weston meteorite, an event that has remained a scientific and historical subject of inquiry since before Easton was Easton.
On Dec. 14, 1807, several local residents of unimpeachable reputation recalled seeing a fireball in the sky and hearing several loud booms. It was the first recorded meteorite impact in North America.

Peekskill meteorite fetches $1,673 at auction

Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:20:32 -0700

NEW YORK - It was a bad day at the auction house for two of the most famous rocks ever to fall from space, but the legend of the Peekskill meteorite continued this weekend after a buyer pocketed a slice of the rock that crashed through Michelle Knapp's car in 1992.

The chip off the meteorite, famous not only for its great aim but for the fact that its fiery streak across the Northeast sky was captured on 16 camcorders, went to an anonymous buyer for a few hundred dollars less than the pre-auction bid minimum of $2,000 Sunday at Bonhams in Manhattan.

Chicken Little was right - Steve Arnold, Meteorite

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:32:37 -0700

HAVILAND, KAN. -- Steve Arnold is driving the yellow Hummer in circles around a Kiowa County wheat field, towing an 18-foot-wide metal detector. For an hour, nothing but silence.

Finally, the detector whines and Arnold slams the brakes. "That is so good," he says.

There's a romantic notion of being able to have something from between Mars and Jupiter.
— Darryl Pitt, Curator of a meteorite collectionArnold jumps out, pinpoints the location with a smaller detector and starts digging. The world-renowned meteorite hunter is hoping for a big score. He has had three false hits today, unearthing a bit of barbed wire

Quest for famed meteorite co-finder as piece heads for NY auction

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:34:28 -0700

BAKER CITY, Ore. (AP) _ With a 30-pound chunk of the famed Willamette Meteorite set for auction in New York on Sunday, a meteorite scientist went on a quest to find out what happened to one of the men who "discovered" it in 1902.

Peekskill meteorite featured at NYC auction

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:31:48 -0700

PEEKSKILL - Nothing highlights life's mystery quite like a fiery meteor crashing to Earth.

Not only is it a reminder of a world that is infinitely older and more expansive than Earth's, but its arrival brings hope that the clues to life's origin and destiny are contained inside.

That explains in part why a humble meteorite named Peekskill, which looked more like a blackened pumpernickel loaf than a special message from space when it smashed through a teenager's car in 1992, is getting superstar billing with America's most prized meteorites at a Bonhams auction tomorrow in Manhattan.

Businessmen's meteorite might bring $1.3 million

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 09:30:47 -0700

If you came upon it in a field, you probably wouldn't pay it any mind. The chunk of metal, so charred by its violent descent to Earth, looks like an ordinary rock.

But on Sunday, when Bonhams in New York puts the piece up for auction, it is expected to go for about $1.3 million.

People will pay, it seems, to own a piece of outer space.

John Styles Jr., a Houston businessman, owns half of the alien rock, a 29 1/2 -pound chunk of the Willamette Meteorite found in Oregon in 1902.

Jim Kriegh 1928 – 2007 A remembrance in pictures

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:57:23 -0700

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Thanks to Twink & Larry Monrad, Sonny Clary, Ruben Garcia, Cindy Johnson, and Keith Vasquez for their photos

In Memory of Jim Kriegh - December 29, 1928 - October 10, 2007

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:16:10 -0700

A Celebration of Jim's Life will be held 11AM Sunday October 14, 2007 at James D. Kriegh Park on West Calle Concordia in Oro Valley Arizona. All are welcome to attend.

Regards, Larry Monrad

Michael Farmer and the Meteorite of Peru

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:37:03 -0700

Alan Boyle, of MSNBC's Cosmic Log, likened it to an Indiana Jones movie. Michael Farmer, himself, called it "Another day in the life of a meteorite hunter," but says he did stir up "a slight international incident." So, what was the fuss all about?

Robotic Rockhounds - Oct 11, 2007

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:19:01 -0700

Astrobiology Magazine recently interviewed David Wettergreen, an associate research professor with Carnegie Mellon University’s Field Robotics Center. In this, the second segment of a four-part interview, Wettergreen talks about the robot Nomad, which began its career as a fossil-hunter in Chile’s Atacama Desert, and later was sent to Antarctica to search for meteorites.

SPARKS FLY OVER METEORITE - Meteorite hunter Michael Farmer

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:30:19 -0700

It's a story worthy of an "Indiana Jones" sequel: Drawn by outlandish legends, a controversial collector journeys to Peru, purchases pieces of a rare meteorite under shady circumstances, then has to hightail it across the border to Bolivia with police in hot pursuit. Now the plot is nearing its resolution - and the finale could make another meteorite-size splash.

"It's been quite an interesting week for me," Michael Farmer told me today from his home in Arizona. "I did have to make my escape, that's for sure. ... Another day in the life of a meteorite hunter.

Meteorites the hot new art objects - Bonhams Auction

Tue, 9 Oct 2007 06:51:10 -0700

For art collectors, the latest must-have objects are, quite literally, falling from the sky.

Boldface names like Steven Spielberg and Yo-Yo Ma are buying meteorites from auction houses at prices that are out of this world.

On Oct. 28 in New York, Bonhams auctioneers will hold their first-ever sale devoted exclusively to meteorites, and prices are expected to climb well past the seven-figure mark.

U.S. Collector Admits He Bought Meteorite Fragments in Peru - Oct. 4 2007

Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:58:46 -0700

Andina, Peru's official government news agency, reported today that the "meteorite hunter" Michael Farmer admitted that he had taken 300 grams of meteorite fragments out of Peru. The fragments were reported to be of the meteorite that landed in Carancas, Puno, Peru.

The professional meteorite collector stated that he had legally bought the fragments from townspeople in the area. "It's not true that I stole a piece of the meteorite. I paid more or less one thousand dollars for the 300 grams of meteorite which were in 100 fragments," said Farmer in a telephone conversation with Andina.

Alien rock (meteorite) could sell for up to $700,000

Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:36:37 -0700

A 1,410-pound meteorite, wrenched two years ago from a wheat field near Greensburg, is going up for auction next month with an estimated price that's out of this world.

The so-called Brenham meteorite, prized as the largest of its kind, is one of two centerpiece attractions at a meteorite sale scheduled for Oct. 28 at the Bonhams auction house in New York.

Bonhams set an estimated value of $630,000 to $700,000.

A few characteristics distinguish the Greensburg space rock from other known meteorites.

Auction to settle question of worth - Arnold's Meteorite

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:09:24 -0700

After Steve Arnold finally found the big one, buried seven feet deep in a Kansas wheat field, he hoisted his treasure into the bed of his pickup and hauled it back to the Ozarks.

Two years later, Arnold’s discovery, a rare meteorite that is the biggest of its kind ever unearthed, will go to the high bidder at an auction scheduled for next month in New York. Also on the block: Choice chunks of the moon and Mars, a smattering of meteorites decommissioned from the Smithsonian Institution and London’s Natural History Museum, and a rock billed as “the sexiest meteorite on earth.”

Experts confirm meteorite crash in Peru

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:06:06 -0700

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.

Meteorite Crash Causes 'Mystery Illness' in Peru - Sept 19, 2007

Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:01:12 -0700

LIMA, Peru — A supposed meteorite that crashed in southern Peru over the weekend has caused hundreds of people to suffer headaches, nausea and respiratory problems, a health official said Tuesday

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM TO OPEN A NEW MINERAL GALLERY - THE VAULT

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:04:04 -0700

London’s Natural History Museum is opening a brand new permanent gallery space revealing the stories behind some of the more unusual, unique and valuable pieces from its huge collection of rare gems, crystals and metals.

The Vault will open on November 28 2007 and is to include a 1,700-carat topaz found in the 19th century, an incredibly rare orange ‘padparadscha’ sapphire from Sri Lanka (pictured), and an extraordinary pink ‘morganite’ beryl from Madagascar.

It will also feature the Aurora collection, a group of 296 naturally coloured diamonds, ranging from emerald green and lemon yellow to blood red and lavender blue.

Some of the exhibits even have stellar origins, like the Nakhla, a Martian meteorite that people in Egypt saw falling to Earth in 1911, one of less than 100 known specimens in the world.

Willamette Meteorite auction: A lot of sadness?

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:03:27 -0700

NEW YORK (AP) - An American Indian group is upset by the planned auction of a 30-pound chunk from the historic Willamette Meteorite.

They say the 10,000-year-old space rock's immense religious significance was ignored.

But the owner of the fragment notes that most of the 15.5-ton meteorite remains untouched, and says the tribe's dismay won't halt next month's sale.

The piece from the world-renowned Willamette is expected to bring in more than $1 million.

Tribe Alarmed by Auction of a Meteorite Fragment

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:02:26 -0700

The 15.5-ton Willamette Meteorite, discovered in Oregon in 1902, is the largest meteorite ever found in the United States and the sixth largest in the world. It is also again the source of debate, involving American Indian religious traditions, the pending auction of a 28-pound chunk that was sliced off six years ago, and the collectors’ market for rocks that fall from the sky.

Willamette Meteorite Piece Could Fetch $1.3M At NY Auction

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:01:11 -0700

A 28-pound rock that is out of this world -- literally -- could fetch a stratospheric sum when it goes on the auction block in New York City next month.

A chunk of the Willamette meteorite, the largest meteorite ever discovered in North America, is being offered at Bonhams auction house in Manhattan on October 28.

Greensburg meteorite finds temporary home at Hays museum - Sept 12, 2007

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:31:22 -0700

Five billion years since its formation and 20,000 years after it entered the earth's atmosphere, the 1,000 pound meteorite still is on the move.

Greensburg's meteorite was launched into a new trajectory after an F5 tornado destroyed the town and museum in early May. And after several months of being in storage at Wichita's Exploration Place, it's hit Hays -- for the time being

Scientists find 400 meteorites in Oman - September 3, 2007

Mon, 3 Sep 2007 08:55:30 -0700

MUSCAT — Four hundred new meteorites have been found in Oman, scientists have announced. The discoveries were made by a joint Oman-Swiss team that was on a quest for meteorites in the Sultanate.

"The team has listed a total of 400 finds," the official Oman News Agency (ONA) quoted Dr Ali bin Faraj Al Katheri, a geologist at the Minerals Department of the Directorate-General of Commerce and Industry in Dhofar Governorate, as saying.

Search for Meteorite in the Altai Continues - August 29, 2007

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:21:04 -0700

Another expedition arrived to the Altai Republic to search for meteorite, which has fallen this January, and to talk with people, who witnessed this event.

Expedition crew will visit Uglovsky and Egorievsky districts, where an unknown celestial body has fallen. Head of the expedition claims he did not believe data obtained by “Kosmopoisk” (Space Search) crew. Scientists says only Meteorite Committee can make the final decision whether found rocks were meteorites.

Look! Up in the sky! Search for meteorites leads to Lode

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 09:16:49 -0700

SONORA — Robert Ward climbed out of his pickup and ambled toward four guys gathered around the front porch of a Tuolumne City house.

"I'm researching a big meteor that blew up near here," he began.

Before he left a few minutes later, the guys knew how to contact him, that he'd pay for meteorites, and that he wanted to meet with anyone who'd seen the dazzling flare above Tuolumne County last weekend.

Risky Business - August 13, 2007

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:49:32 -0700

Here at Sky & Telescope we get wind of all kinds of reports of meteorite falls. Few are legitimate. But on July 6th the sky really was falling over South America, when an incoming object broke apart in the lower atmosphere with a trio of ferocious explosions that shattered windows and shook the ground violently. Moments later, stones rained from the sky and pelted homes in the poor barrios surrounding the notorious city of Cali, Colombia.

Meteorites reveal secrets of Earth's history - Aug 12, 2007

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:48:45 -0700

The golf-ball-size chunk is among the oldest rocks you will ever see.

At 4.5 billion years old, it's part of a larger rock that spent years swirling in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

An impact with another asteroid tossed the chunk into an orbit that crossed the Earth's path. It eventually fell through the atmosphere and broke up above a Chicago suburb. One lump hit a firehouse near midnight March 26, 2003. Other pieces plowed into homes, with one landing near a sleeping 14-year-old boy.

Mars Meteorites Create Water Mystery - August 7, 2007

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 12:54:29 -0700

The identification and study of five meteorites on the surface of Mars by NASA's twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity has presented a fresh mystery about the possible presence of surface water in the past.

Collection falls into hands of meteorite gallery - August 6, 2007

Mon, 6 Aug 2007 08:57:16 -0700

FORT WORTH -- There's nothing like a new box of old rocks -- at least for meteorite collectors.

That's why Arthur Ehlmann, curator of the Monnig Meteorite Gallery at Texas Christian University, is a happy guy.
The gallery recently acquired samples of 22 of the world's most coveted meteorites. The $70,000 haul comes from the Vaux meteorite collection at Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences.

Searching for meteorites - July 30, 2007

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:29:59 -0700

An identified meteorite is a find indeed.
“They can sell anywhere from a few dollars a gram to $1,500 a gram,” explained Nathan Seon as he held what looked like a medium size, odd-shaped rock in his hand.
Seon is a 2007 Prairie Meteorite Searcher.
The University of Regina geology student has travelled to numerous communities in southwestern Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta to educate and help people identify meteorites.

World's Leading Meteorite Experts Convene in Tucson Aug. 13 - 17

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:19:41 -0700

About 350 meteorite experts are expected to convene in Tucson for the 70th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society Aug. 13 - 17. Coincidentally, this week also promises to be one of the best Perseid meteor shower shows seen from Tucson in years, say University of Arizona scientists hosting the event.

Colby’s Visitors From Outer Space - the Story of the Colby Meteorites

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:59:10 -0700

On a dark night, if you look up at the sky, you may see a streak of light as a meteor flashes through the atmosphere.

Meteoroids, which are often fragments of comets or asteroids, become meteors once they enter earth's atmosphere.

If they hit the ground, they are called meteorites

METEORITE COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR THE PEOPLE OF GREENSBURG, KANSAS

Sat, 7 Jul 2007 10:50:13 -0700

On Friday, May 5, 2007 the Kansas farming community of Greensburg, Kansas was largely destroyed by a tornado. You can help with the relief effort. Please read on:

THE LATEST INFORMATION

• As of July 7, we have collected $6,786.91 for the people of Greensburg

Click Link To See How You Can Help

Court rules German amateur astronomer can keep meteorite found in Austria

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:07:57 -0700

AUGSBURG, Germany: A court ruled Friday that a German amateur astronomer can keep a meteorite fragment that he found in Austria, dismissing an ownership claim by an Austrian council.

Karl Wimmer, a physicist from Bavaria, found the 2.84-kilogram (6.26-pound) fragment on a remote mountain area after a targeted search for pieces of the meteorite, which plunged into the atmosphere in April 2002.

Rocks, rocks and more rocks

Sun, 1 Jul 2007 12:26:34 -0700

LAKE OZARK - The Osage Rock and Mineral Club will host its sixth annual summer show July 7-8 at The Resort at Port Arrowhead.

The exhibition will feature custom jewelry, gems, minerals, fossils, meteorites, quartz crystals and geodes for sale and on display. The two-day festival hopes to draw large crowds with viewings of members' private collections, a rock cutting demonstration and other activities.

Team makes Tunguska crater claim - June 26, 2007

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:28:09 -0700

Scientists have identified a possible crater left by the biggest space impact in modern times - the Tunguska event.

The blast levelled more than 2,000 sq km of forest near the Tunguska River in Siberia on 30 June 1908.

Second annual meteorite festival to rock Haviland, honor volunteers June 21, 2007

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:49:28 -0700

Haviland will open its doors to visitors on July 6 and 7 when it hosts the 2nd annual Haviland Meteorite Festival on the campus of Barclay College in Haviland. Just two months after it became a central location for relief efforts for victims of the tornado that devastated its neighbor, Greensburg, just 10 miles down the road, this year's event will honor volunteers.

Mystery Object Crashes Through Ceiling Experts Say Object Could Be Meteorite

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:51:09 -0700

WOBURN, Mass. -- At Gerrity Stone in Woburn, they know a lot about rocks. But they can't identify the one that punched a hole through their roof the other day... Beatty said there is a chance the object could be a meteorite...

Outer space rocks to the rescue - June 20, 2007

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:47:16 -0700

$10,000 worth of meteorites will be part of a raffle for Greensburg recovery efforts.
Before a tornado decimated Greensburg, Kan., last month, the south-central Kansas town was known for two things — the world’s largest hand-dug well and the half-ton “Space Wanderer” meteorite.

Meteorite hunters and enthusiasts weren’t surprised the Wanderer survived. They knew it would take more than a tornado to destroy a 1,000-pound rock that had endured a tortuous journey here from space.

Meteorite to tour state while Greensburg rebuilds - June 12, 2007

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 09:51:33 -0700

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Greensburg's meteorite will tour the state for the next few months while the town rebuilds from last month's devastating tornado.

The 1,000-pound pallasite meteorite, 1 of the largest of its kind in the world, is insured for one million dollars. It was unearthed in 1949 and was 1 of Greensburg's claims to fame before a tornado destroyed much of the town May fourth.

Sunday night blast – it was a meteoroid - June 12, 2007

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:27:26 -0700

A meteorite explosion in the air above Sri Lanka rocked many areas on Sunday night and caused panic among people who feared it was another bomb blast or air attack.

The Astronomy Unit of Colombo University and Arthur C. Clarke Centre confirmed the loud bang heard on Sunday night was a meteorite explosion.

Greensburg meteorite on display at Exploration Place - June 11, 2007

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:29:49 -0700

Greensburg's famous 1,000-pound space rock landed at Exploration Place on Monday, where it will be on display for about a month.

Dubbed the "Space Wanderer" when it was unearthed in 1949, the pallasite meteorite -- the second largest of many that have been excavated in Kansas -- will spend the next few months wandering the state while Greensburg rebuilds.

Geologists to name ‘new’ meteorite crater after Havre couple - June 11, 2007

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:28:18 -0700

Two geologists from Washington traveled to north-central Montana last week after an accidental discovery of what they believe is a “new” meteorite impact crater, located just southeast of Thornhill Butte. The Havre Daily caught up with the two St. Martin University students...

Meteorite stolen from museum in Magadan, Russian Far East - 6/9/07

Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:36:55 -0700

VLADIVOSTOK, June 9 (RIA Novosti) - A chunk of a meteorite has been stolen from a museum in the remote Magadan Region in Russia's Far East, a local Interior Ministry spokesperson said Saturday.

Anna Chak said thieves broke into a history museum in the village of Seimchan during the night and stole a part of the Seimchan meteorite.

"A check is now being conducted," the spokesperson said. She said the offenders may have been inspired by a recent TV program, which discussed the high value of meteorites on the country's black market.

Meteorite hits space station - June 7, 2007

Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:48:00 -0700

A MINI-METEORITE has left a bullet-sized hole in the International Space Station, but the three astronauts inside are not in danger, officials said today.

Meteorite to go on display in Wichita - 6/5/07

Tue, 5 Jun 2007 08:35:25 -0700

About a month ago, Greensburg recovered its famous 1,000-pound pallasite meteorite from beneath rubble near the World's Largest Hand-Dug Well.

Greensburg's newly appointed mayor, John Janssen, laughed Monday night when he said he wasn't sure where the treasured meteorite was. But because the City Council approved a contract with Exploration Place, he's sure he'll know where to find it very soon

Minerals, Meteorites, Gold and Wearable Art - May 30, 2007

Wed, 30 May 2007 15:16:58 -0700

Bonhams & Butterfields, international fine arts auctioneers, will offer several examples of the most significant and highly desirable mineral carvings, meteorites, gold and wearable art ever to come to auction in its June 3, 2007 sale of Natural History in Los Angeles.

Meteorites hit near Redwater - May 29, 2007

Tue, 29 May 2007 09:08:58 -0700

EDMONTON (Sun Media) - The fireball that passed over Edmonton Friday night may have left more behind than experts originally thought.

"There's a good chance meteorites might have fallen," the University of Calgary's Dr. Alan Hildebrand told Sun Media.

Ancient Meteor Blast May Have Caused Extinctions, Report UC Santa Barbara Scientists - May 23, 2007

Wed, 23 May 2007 21:45:55 -0700

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., May 23 (AScribe Newswire) -- New scientific findings suggest that a large, extraterrestrial rock may have exploded over North America 13,000 years ago, explaining riddles that scientists have wrestled with for decades, including an abrupt cooling of the atmosphere and the extinction of large mammals.

Two scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara presented the discovery today, along with two other researchers at a news conference at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union being held in Acapulco, Mexico. Over 20 scientists contributed to the discovery.

From her earliest days, life orbited meteorites - May 13, 2007

Sun, 13 May 2007 09:10:53 -0700

Margaret Huss grew up around meteorites, so marrying Glenn Huss was a good fit.

Margaret Huss and her husband operated the American Meteorite Laboratory in Westminster for three decades before she died April 14. She was 82.

The laboratory was originally in Arizona, where Margaret Huss' father, H.H. Nininger, operated it as the American Meteorite Museum

Meteorite officially Canada's No. 72 - May 12, 2007

Sat, 12 May 2007 08:39:26 -0700

Canada's latest cosmic rock has been tagged by University of Calgary researchers, bumping up the country's meteorite count to 72.

But U of C geologist Dr. Alan Hildebrand figures it'd be light years before his Prairie Meteorite Search uncovers all the galactic deposits littering Canada's breadth - likely numbering 700,000 since the last ice age.

METEORITE COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR THE PEOPLE OF GREESNBURG

Thu, 10 May 2007 17:44:09 -0700

On Friday, May 5, 2007 the Kansas farming community of Greensburg, Kansas was largely destroyed by a tornado

Greensburg has long been of great interest for meteorite scientists and collectors, as it is the nearest sizeable town to the famous Brenham strewnfield where pallasite meteorites, rich in the gemstone peridot, have been found since...

Meteorite Fragment Found In Altai - May 10, 2007

Thu, 10 May 2007 10:41:55 -0700

Russian social science and research expedition “Kosmopoisk” has sent four meteorite fragments found in Altai to Moscow laboratory.

Research, carried out in field, showed that there exists high probability that two stones out of four are real meteorite fragments. The expedition found a meteorite crater 1.5 kilometer away from their camp, but nasty weather prevented them from detailed studying of said crater.

Researchers Find Meteorite Fragments In Altai - May 8, 2007

Tue, 8 May 2007 01:01:48 -0700

A group of Russian researchers looking for a meteorite that fell in January in the Altai Territory in southern Siberia has found an extraterrestrial substance which could be meteorite fragments

Greensburg's famed meteorite found under rubble - May 7, 2007

Mon, 7 May 2007 12:21:27 -0700

GREENSBURG - Finally, there's good news from here.

The town's famous 1,000-pound meteorite is not lost after all. It was just hiding, under the rubble of the museum that had housed it for decades and is no more.

Billed as "the world's largest Pallasite meteorite," the rock was found right where it has rested for years: on the base of the display case that now lies shattered all around it and buried under a collapsed wall.

Tornado snatches 1,000 pound pallasite meteorite - May 5, 2007

Sat, 5 May 2007 22:54:41 -0700

GREENSBURG, Kan. The tornado that razed the Kansas town of Greensburg also snatched one of its most valuable treasures. The thousand-pound Brenham pallasite meteorite is gone.

Greensburg has drawn world-class meteorite hunters for decades to this remote Kansas hamlet. Trooper Ronald Knoefel says even the town's own extensive meteorite collection is gone.

The Greensburg Tornado (famous for well and meteorite) - May 5, 2007

Sat, 5 May 2007 11:46:01 -0700

Last night a tornado ranging between one and two miles wide swept through Greensburg, Kansas, destroying 90% of the town.

The town is most famous for the World's Largest Hand-Dug Well. That tourist attraction, as well as a 1,000 meteorite displayed nearby, is the envy of neighboring towns, as readers may recall from last year's discussion of the meteorite festival in neighboring Haviland. The giant meteorite, and other record-breaking pallasite meteorites were found around Haviland, which is now hosting people whose homes were destroyed, like Job's, by a voice from the whirlwind.

Meteorite comes back 'home' - May 4, 2007

Sat, 5 May 2007 07:03:25 -0700

A diamond-shaped, two-pound piece of the only meteorite ever found in York County has returned home for the 100-year anniversary of its discovery.
Found in 1907 about 7 miles north of the Shrewsbury borough line, the entire meteorite weighed about 24 pounds, said Bill Kreiger, a professor of Earth Sciences and Science Education at York College.

Easton noting meteorite anniversary - April 22, 2007

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:15:44 -0700

It's a 28-pound rock, colored gray and brown, the kind you might stumble across on a hike through an old New England quarry.
But there's a lot of historical significance to the chunk of stone, which was plucked from an Easton field in this rural town and placed on permanent display at the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University in New Haven.

It is believed to be the first recorded meteorite to hit the United States. The find was so earth-shaking at the time that President Thomas Jefferson was skeptical.

Meteorites & Dazzling Treasures Rock Show Information: April 21, 2007

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:07:16 -0700

The 54th annual show of the Wichita Gem and Mineral Society is themed "Meteorites & Dazzling Treasures."

It will be held this year April 20-22, 2007 at the Cessna Activity Center. April 20th is Education Day with several of the local schools with field trips planned.

Moon rocks dazzle students - April 21, 2007

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 07:17:52 -0700

MOON rocks came to land at John Bentley School last week giving pupils the chance to study something that was once literally out of this world.

The lunar dust and meteorites have been displayed at the Calne school since Monday but they are so valuable that only today, when the samples are on their way home, were we permitted to tell the story.

Rocks (Meteorites) show how universe formed - April 19, 2007

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:13:03 -0700

Rocks arouse more interest when they come from outer space, thus becoming meteorites.

"Asteroids tell us about the early history, the dawn of the solar system," said Horton Newsom, curator of UNM's Meteorite Museum and Collection...

Meteorite Traces Deep In The Ocean - April 17, 2007

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:32:16 -0700

A theory suggests a giant meteorite falling on Earth 65 million years ago and killing all dinosaurs. Russian scientists have found traces of this meteorite. During a marine...

Measuring Martian Meteorites at Houston's Lunar and Planetary Institute

Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:40:05 -0700

In the documentary just released on The Futures Channel's website, "The Surface of Mars," Dr. Molly McCanta, an experimental petrologist, takes students inside the Lunar and Planetary Institute to show them how her scientific studies of tiny Martian meteorites found on Earth could unlock some of that planet's mysteries.

Object not a meteorite - April 6, 2007

Fri, 6 Apr 2007 08:35:05 -0700

BLOOMINGTON - The alleged meteorite that crashed through a Bloomington couple's home last month now appears to have a more earthly origin.
Robert "Skip" Nelson, a professor of geology at Illinois State University, along with his colleagues, originally believed the metallic rock that landed March 5 in David and Dee Riddle's home at 25 Partner Place to be a meteorite. Upon further examination, his theory has changed.

Airliner's near-miss blamed on meteorite - March 30, 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:58:53 -0700

Experts now doubt that the fiery fragments that narrowly missed an Auckland-bound aircraft were the remains of a Russian satellite.

The fragments thundered past the Lan Chile Airbus 340, which was carrying up to 300 people from Santiago, Chile, about 10pm on Tuesday.

Kansas, Meteorites just go together - March 27, 2007

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:48:27 -0700

Cram Science Hall was the place to be Monday for fans of really hard rock.

That’s where Don Stimpson showed off a pair of 300-pound meteorites to a crowded classroom. And not just any meteorites. These were pallasites, a rare stony-iron mix. How rare? Try less than 1.5 percent of all asteroids

Michael Fitzgerald's blog More meteorite marvels - March 25, 2007

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 11:04:22 -0700

Geoffrey Notkin, quoted in Sunday’s column, was kind enough to send along a photograph of an iron meteorite possibly similar in composition to the one that smashed Victoria Island.

“This specimen is known as Sikhote-Alin, after a mountain range in Siberia, where it -- and thousands of other pieces -- were seen to fall in February of 1947,” Notkin writes...

Get your meteorite shirts here - March 25, 2007

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 08:35:17 -0700

The scary mother of all things beneath Stockton was recently announced: a giant crater, likely caused by a meteorite that slammed into earth 35 million years ago...

"There's probably nothing down there - nothing extraterrestrial, probably," opined Geoffrey Notkin, a meteorite hunter and science writer.

Notkin operates a Tucson, Ariz., "meteorite adventure hunting tour" near the site of the famous Barringer Meteorite Crater, a tourist attraction.

Ancient crater discovered under the Delta - March 23, 2007

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:06:09 -0700

VICTORIA ISLAND — A meteorite the size of four Wal-Mart Supercenters likely plunged into what we now know as the Delta millions of years ago, according to a geologist and his teenage son.

The duo recently found what they believe to be a 3.4-mile-wide crater buried far beneath the asparagus fields of Victoria Island, about 15 miles west of Stockton.

Scientists: Massive Meteorite Found Near Stockton - March 20, 2007

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:09:57 -0700

(CBS13) STOCKTON An amazing discovery in our own backyard as scientists find what they think is a meteorite the size of a small town!

They were looking for oil but instead found space dust and a possible mammoth meteorite. The possible meteorite is buried deep in the ground about ten miles west of Stockton in an area called Victoria Island.
Scientist believe the meteorite is buried. nearly a mile underground on some farmland.

Family sees meteorite hit ground - March 15, 2007

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:36:01 -0700

What Richard Yip-Chuck saw fall into a farmer's field Sunday evening looked like a long, white ball with orange sparks shooting off the back.
The Holland Landing resident was driving along Hwy. 7 with his wife, Ele, and sons Kyle, 12, and 10-year-old Dylan, when they saw what looked like a fireball plummet to earth.

Meteorite Weekend Event - Added Mar 13, 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:15:14 -0700

Meteorite Weekend, April 14 & 15th 2007 You are invited to visit one of the largest public displays of meteorites from private collections

Special Presentation:
“Meteorites – A journey through space & time” - Associate Professor Alex Bevan, Curator of Mineralogy and Meteoritics, Western Australian Museum Saturday 14th April, 1130am

Meteorite lights night sky - March 12, 2007

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 14:35:33 -0700

A bright streak across Sunday's night sky, perhaps with a greenish tinge, was probably meteorite.
What might have been a tad exceptional is the size of the rock, said Paul Delaney, a professor of physics and astronomy at York University...

Illinois meteorite strike in doubt - March 9, 2007

Fri, 9 Mar 2007 15:21:15 -0700

The alleged "meteorite" that smashed through a window Monday, March 12, at the home of David and Dee Riddle of 25 Partner Place, Bloomington, may be a chunk of ordinary steel plate spit out of an industrial wood-chipper about 1,000 feet (300 meters) from the Riddle home, according to James Day, a geology professor at Illinois State University who examined the reputed space rock. "We have our suspicions this may not be a legitimate meteorite.

Steve Arnold shows off rare space rocks - March 6, 2007

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 15:34:37 -0700

Meteorite Hunter Steve Arnold, whose story was featured in the Jan. 28-Feb.3 edition, was on his way back from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show when...

2007 "Meteorites & Dazzling Treasures" - March 3, 2007

Tue, 6 Mar 2007 15:58:26 -0700

2007 "Meteorites & Dazzling Treasures" Rock Show Information:

The 54th annual show of the Wichita Gem and Mineral Society is themed "Meteorites & Dazzling Treasures."

It will be held this year April 20-22, 2007 at the Cessna Activity Center. April 20th is Education Day with several of the local schools with field trips planned.

Vatican astronomer blends faith, science - March 3, 2007

Sun, 4 Mar 2007 08:39:27 -0700

As a student and budding scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Brother Guy Consolmagno used to wake up on Tuesday mornings excited to start his day. He was eager for a class on meteorites.

Students learn meteor 'rights' and meteor 'wrongs' - Feb 28, 2007

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:23:37 -0700

Before the launch of Sputnik in 1957, scientists had to rely on "the poor man's space probe" to gather information about conditions in outer space.
Humans have observed these "space probes," better known as meteorites, since ancient times.
Indiana is no exception. Meteorites have been recovered everywhere from LaPorte to Harrison County.

What causes annual meteor showers? - Feb 21, 2007

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:49:31 -0700

Before explaining meteor showers, it is important to explain the difference between a meteor and a meteorite.
The difference is whether it makes it to the ground or not. Outer space is filled with trillions of very small rocks and dust particles, and Earth is constantly being hit by this space...

Pupils are over the moon about space - Feb 17, 2007

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:53:17 -0700

A GROUP of space-mad youngsters were over the moon after meteorites and lunar dust landed at their school.
Pupils at Grange Primary School in Hartlepool have been handling and studying rare samples of moon rock and lunar dust.

Meteorite interpretive trail set for Fields Bridge Park - Feb 15, 2007

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:56:06 -0700

After blazing from outer space to land in West Linn thousands of years ago, the Willamette Meteorite still generates excitement today.

Fields Bridge Park will soon house an interpretive trail, located almost exactly where the meteorite was found originally

Meteorite program set for Feb. 14

Tue, 13 Feb 2007 20:23:25 -0700

SUTHERLIN: A free meteorite program will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Sutherlin Community Center, 150 S. Willamette St.

Aerial sight was a meteor - Feb 6, 2007

Tue, 6 Feb 2007 10:36:52 -0700

That dazzling object seen falling from the sky over Missouri, Kansas and other Midwestern states Sunday evening was a meteor, though where it ended up is uncertain, experts said.

Meteorite lands in Didim - Feb 2, 2007

Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:11:15 -0700

POLICE were inundated with calls from scores of people from Didim to Bodrum after they heard a big bang and a flash of light across the skies. (See picture of meteorite)

Meteorites Found At South Pole - Feb 2, 2007

Fri, 2 Feb 2007 20:10:10 -0700

South Korean researchers exploring the Antarctic have discovered five meteorites, the Korea Polar Research Institute said

Prospecting for Space Rocks.(meteorites) - Jan 28, 2007

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:36:03 -0700

“Forty-nine times out of 50, it’s what we meteorite hunters affectionately call a meteor ‘wrong,”’ says Arnold, describing the hodgepodge of metal objects—iron wagon wheels, coyote traps, broken plows and pitchforks—he’s unearthed while searching for celestial treasures in Kiowa County. But Arnold has hit the jackpot, too.

Meteorite's origin traced by Czech geologists - Jan 26 2007

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 10:48:23 -0700

Every year new meteorites are found on different parts of planet Earth. They travel for millions of years and it is usually impossible to say where they came from - but in just one case Czech geologists think they know - North-East Africa 003 is believed to have originally come from the Sea of Rains on the moon.

Hollow organic globules in the Tagish Lake meteorite probably formed far from the proto-Sun - Jan 25, 2007

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 14:48:03 -0700

Keiko Nakamura-Messenger and colleagues at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, studied minute globules of organic material in the Taglish Lake carbonaceous chondrite. This meteorite was collected soon after it fell, so is fresh and likely to be uncontaminated with terrestrial organic compounds. Using microanalytical techniques the NASA team found that the globules had hydrogen and nitrogen isotopic compositions consistent with chemical reactions at strikingly frigid temperatures, only 10 to 20 K (-253 to -263 C). Temperatures that low occur in cold, interstellar molecular clouds like the one that collapsed to form the Solar System or in the outermost part of the disk surrounding the Sun when it was forming. These organic globules might represent the type of prebiotic carbon compounds that were delivered to young Earth.

Meteorite Hunting in Antarctica - Jan 22, 2007

Mon, 22 Jan 2007 17:19:29 -0700

Some APL staffers will go to the ends of the Earth and back in the name of science. Take, for example, Nancy Chabot, Ben Bussey, Cari Corrigan and Andrew Dombard, all of whom have spent time in Antarctica collecting meteorites as part of the Antarctic Search for Meteorites program, known as ANSMET.

Meteorite Down On Altai - Jan 17, 2007

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:49:56 -0700

In Altaisky Krai scientists are searching for meteorite, which fell from the sky not long ago. Barnaul planetarium is receiving a great number of telephone calls from people, who have seen the fireball falling...

Stolen NWA 869 Meteorite - Jan 16, 2007

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:56:54 -0700

** Click link for full details **
I doubt if this will ever turn up, but someone has taken a very nice, small NWA 869 from
my collection - right from my own home! I never weighed it, but it is somewhere in the
40-50 gram range. Pics are here;

http://www.meteorite-dealers.com/nwa-869-chondrules.html

If it shows up on ebay or at Tucson or in any other manner will someone please contact me?

Opportunity Finds Another Meteorite - Jan 15, 2007

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:39:44 -0700

After wrapping up scientific studies of a rock called "Santa Catarina" on the rim of "Victoria Crater," Opportunity determined, based on analysis of the iron content, that the rock is probably a meteorite. Nearby cobbles appear to have similar composition, based on data from the Moessbauer spectrometer, panoramic camera, and miniature thermal emission spectrometer. Opportunity's itinerary will now take the rover in a northeasterly direction toward the crater's edge for a better look at the west face of "Cape Desire," on the other side of the "Bay of Toil."

Meteorite damaged NZ sofa for sale Sunday Jan 14 07

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 13:00:05 -0700

A New Zealand couple are auctioning a sofa which was damaged when a meteorite crashed through the roof of their Auckland home.

Phil and Brenda Archer, who now live in New Plymouth, are advertising the sofa - and a replica meteorite - for sale on the TradeMe website.

The couple were propelled into the headlines when the meteorite smashed through the roof of their Auckland home in June 2004.

Mystery rock not (meteorite) from space - Jan, 9 2007

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 07:05:40 -0700

NORTH BRUNSWICK — The rock Joseph and Kathleen Marascio found is just a rock after all.

After believing the rock might be connected to the meteorite that fell last week in Freehold, the township couple learned yesterday that the gray, black, yellow and green stone they found in their yard is not from outer space.

Meteorite that crashed into New Jersey home temporarily called Freehold Township Meteorite - Jan 6, 2007

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 09:32:18 -0700

The 13-ounce (377-gram) oblong object that fell through a New Jersey home’s roof and landed in a second-floor bathroom on January 2, 2007, was an iron meteorite. Upon inspection, its leading edge (the side that was subjected to the atmosphere while descending toward Earth) was smoother than the trailing edge (the backside).

Possible meteorite hits NJ home - Jan 4, 2007

Thu, 4 Jan 2007 20:32:26 -0700

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities were investigating on Thursday if a metallic rock that smashed through the roof of a home in New Jersey was a meteorite...

WIRED SCIENCE on PBS The Meteorite Hunters - Jan 2, 2007

Tue, 2 Jan 2007 19:38:19 -0700

Meteorite hunter and science writer Geoffrey Notkin, and close friend and expedition partner Steve Arnold, guest star with Adam Rogers — senior editor of Wired magazine — in the exciting new PBS show, Wired Science.

By Geoffrey Notkin, meteorite hunter and owner of Aerolite Meteorites
Photography by Qynne Arnold and the author

Pilot Science Show Features Meteorites... - Jan 2, 2007

Tue, 2 Jan 2007 08:36:04 -0700

...The hour-long show kicks off with a segment on professional meteorite hunters. Viewers contemplating a career move should take note: Sometimes heaven rains far more than pennies.

Steve Arnold, a professional meteorite hunter, drags a jerry-built metal detector through an otherwise nondescript Kansas field. Strange noises emanate from the machine and fierce digging commences. Wired correspondent Adam Rogers reaches down into the dirt and pulls out a meteorite the size of an anvil...

Meteorite May Confirm Legend - Dec. 30th, 2006

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:11:55 -0700

A large meteorite was found recently near the Huangdi Mausoleum in Huangling County, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, which may be associated with the death of Huangdi, the legendary forefather of the Chinese nation

A rocky (meteorite) pathway to life's origins - Dec. 29th, 2006

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:57:35 -0700

Research scientist studies common rocks for chemical clues to Earth's first organisms
For decades, scientists have looked for clues to the origin of life in out-of-the-way places: in ancient rock formations, in the heart of meteorites, in deep-ocean hydrothermal vents and even in the soil on Mars.

Prospector says Hartman Rocks, meteor strike - Dec. 29, 2006

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:55:16 -0700

This meteorite, according to Tonko, may have also been one in a series of meteorites that strafed across North America at the 38th parallel, pummeling it like a machine gun and possibly causing one of five planetary extinctions much earlier than the one associated with the end of the dinosaurs.

The Meteor (Meteorite) Farmer

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 09:03:38 -0700

FOR TWO WEEKS, STEVE ARNOLD TRUDGED through the dusty farmland of Kiowa County, Kansas, a 6-foot rope trailing over his shoulder. Tied to the end of the rope was a metal detector cobbled together from PVC pipe and duct tape. Back and forth Arnold paced, pulling the jury-rigged device across the dirt, hunting for meteorites. He had already found a few, but nothing bigger than 100 pounds or so. Mostly, he found horseshoes. And beer cans. Soon the farmers would want him off their land; planting season was coming. To speed things up, Arnold attached his contraption to a tractor. He was sure there was a bigger rock out there, just a few feet beneath the turf.