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Want To Find A Meteorite? Try These Five Simple Steps

Posted 05.02.2012

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By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 05/01/2012 04:39 PM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries Earth is under constant bombardment by space rocks. When they...

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Astronomers: Loud Explosion In Nevada, California Likely Caused By Meteor

AP | MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 04.23.2012

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RENO, Nev. -- Astronomers say a loud explosion heard across a large swath of Nevada and California on Sunday morning was likely caused by a meteor. T...

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THIS WEEK: Best Way To View Meteor Shower

Posted 04.20.2012

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By: Geoff Gaherty Published: 04/19/2012 10:00 AM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 8:48 p.m. ET. The week ahead promises to be a perf...

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Annual Meteor Shower To Peak This Week, NASA Says

Posted 04.16.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 04/16/2012 12:31 PM EDT on SPACE.com An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, a time when dark skies should make for...

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WATCH: Dramatic Fireball Streaks Across Daytime Sky

Posted 04.10.2012

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By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 04/10/2012 11:33 AM EDT on Lifes Little Mysteries A great ball of fire streaked across the Texas sky during the...

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WATCH: Explosive Fireballs Light Up February Skies

Posted 02.24.2012

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By: SPACE.com Staff Published: 02/23/2012 05:20 PM EST on SPACE.com A strange breed of fireball is streaking through the skies this month, and N...

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UFO Explodes And Crashes In South Carolina

Posted 02.15.2012

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Early Monday morning was very disturbing to many upstate South Carolina residents who witnessed an unidentified object streaking through the sky, expl...

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WATCH: Never-Before-Seen Solar Event

| Charles Q. Choi | Posted 03.21.2012

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A comet has been spotted disintegrating in the atmosphere of the sun for the first time. Such sun-diving comets are common but none have been seen...

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Up To 750 Meteors An Hour This Saturday, Hard To See Because 'The Moon Sucks'

AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 12.05.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Heads-up, meteor fans. As many as 750 meteors an hour are expected Saturday, as Earth travels through streams of dust and ice...

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Mysterious Southwestern Lights Spur UFO Talk

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 11.16.2011

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Whatever it was that streaked from west to east through the sky Wednesday night over several southwest states still has people wondering if it was a m...

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Huge Meteor Misses East Coast

Newser | Posted 05.25.2011

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A meteor big enough to have ruined a lot of people's Valentine's Day streaked over the East Coast earlier this week, creating a rare daytime fireball....

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Mysterious Flash Of Light In Night Sky Identified

Posted 05.25.2011

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What appeared to be a "ball of fire" accompanied by a "mysterious flash of light" spotted in Oklahoma was actually a meteor that flashed across the ...

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Showered With Stars

Donna Henes | Posted 11.17.2011

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When our annual revolution takes us through zones heavily littered with disintegrated comet trash, we see the spectacular sky shows called meter showers.

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Soaring Meteor Lights Up Skies Across The Midwest

AP | DINESH RAMDE | Posted 05.25.2011

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MILWAUKEE — A large meteor streaked across the Midwestern sky momentarily turning night into day, rattling houses and causing trees and the grou...

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Midwest Meteor: Huge Fireball Lights Up Sky

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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What was believed to have been a large meteor streaked over northern Illinois and other Midwestern states Wednesday night. Reports of meteor sighti...

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Meteor In Wisconsin, Iowa: WATCH Fireball In Sky (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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An apparent meteor in Wisconsin and Iowa lit up the sky around 10:10 p.m. Central Time last night. The 'fireball in the sky' was seen by hundreds, ...

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The Deep Impacts of Unfunded Science

Steven Newton | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered only two years before its passage by Earth, not nearly enough time to divert the comet. So much for the Deep Impact scenario.

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Red-Hot Piece Of Space Junk Crashes Through Retiree's Roof

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pensioner Peter Welton was amazed when a piece of red-hot debris crashed through his roof in July. Now experts have confirmed the object had travelled...

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South Africa Meteor (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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This amazing video, taken from CCTV footage, shows a meteor lighting up the sky over South Africa the weekend before last. One resident described the...

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"Meteorite" Crashes In Latvia

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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RIGA, Latvia — Scientists investigating a large crater initially believed to have been caused by a meteorite said a closer analysis Monday revea...

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Meteor Hits Western Canada - ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW

Reuters | Scott Haggett | Posted 05.25.2011

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A massive ball of fire that lit up the skies over two Western Canadian provinces on Thursday evening was likely among the biggest meteor events to be ...

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