Meteorites
One Strange Mars Rock
Opportunity has come upon another big rock on Mars. But what is it? Another meteorite? A big clump of ejecta…
Impact in Latvia Creates 20-Meter Crater
[/caption] A possible meteorite fall near in northern Latvia on Sunday left a crater approximately 20 meters (66 feet) in…
More Chunks of SUV-Smashing Meteorite Found
Three golf ball-sized fragments have been found from a meteorite that created a brilliant fireball seen over Ontario, Canada on…
Pictures and Videos Capture Canadian Fireball from Sept. 25, 2009
A brilliant fireball seen over Ontario, Canada on September 25, 2009 was captured by seven all-sky cameras of the University…
Understanding 2008 TC3 a Year After Impact
[/caption] The first asteroid to have been spotted before hitting Earth, 2008 TC3, crashed in northern Sudan one year ago…
Opportunity Finds Another Big Meteorite
[/caption] It's amazing what a rover can find laying by the side of the road. The Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity…
Heat-Shocked Diamonds Provide New Clue of Horse-Killing Impact
[/caption] Archeologists have been divided about whether an extraterrestiral impact blasted North America about 12,900 years ago, wreaking havoc on…
Meteorite May Hold Clues to Solar System Formation
[/caption] Maybe we're not as old as we think (or feel?). The interstellar stuff that was integrated into the planets…
Scientist Claims UFO Collided with Tunguska Meteorite to Save Earth
[/caption] Classify this under news of the weird. A Russian scientist claims that aliens downed the Tunguska meteorite 101 years…
Unusual Micrometeorite Found in Antarctica
[/caption] A miniature meteorite unlike any other has been discovered in Antarctica. The tiny rock, known as MM40, is the…