Fireball! Meteor going 45,000 mph lights up Pennsylvania sky
A meteor moving at 45,000 mph lit up the sky over western Pennsylvania.
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Feb 18, 2015
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News tagged with space rock
NASA says recently spotted asteroid 2014 UR116 no risk for Earth
NASA says a newly spotted 1,300-foot (400-meter) wide asteroid is not a threat to hit Earth, despite recent media reports.
Space Exploration
Dec 9, 2014
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European astronomers spot faint asteroid
European experts have spotted one of the faintest asteroids ever found – a chunk of space rock thought to be about 100 m in diameter beyond the orbit of Mars.
Space Exploration
Dec 5, 2014
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Study finds a barrage of small impacts likely erased much of the Earth's primordial atmosphere
Today's atmosphere likely bears little trace of its primordial self: Geochemical evidence suggests that Earth's atmosphere may have been completely obliterated at least twice since its formation more than 4 billion years ...
Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2014
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The abundance of water in asteroid fragments
A new study could provide insights about the abundance of water in fragments from a famous asteroid.
Space Exploration
Oct 24, 2014
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Speed demon asteroid sprints safely past Earth
Earth-approaching asteroid 2014 RC ripped pass Earth today, got its orbit refashioned by our planet's gravity and now bids us adieu. I thought you'd like to see how fast this ~60-foot-wide (20-meter) space rock moved across ...
Space Exploration
Sep 8, 2014
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Experiments show disproportionately large number of big boulders on asteroids likely due to Brazil-nut effect
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers led by Soko Matsumura of Dundee University in Scotland has found evidence that appears to explain the inordinately large numbers of big boulders found on the surface of asteroids. In their ...
Kola fireball meteorites found in Russia
A spectacular fireball that crackled across the sky near the Russia-Finnish border on April 19th this year left more than a bright flash. A team of meteor researchers from Finland, Russia and the Czech Republic scoured the ...
Space Exploration
Jul 2, 2014
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Will an asteroid smack Jupiter in 2022?
A recent space rock discovery has sent a minor buzz through the community that tracks such objects. And as usual, it has also begun to attract the dubious attention of those less than honorable sites—we won't dignify them ...
Space Exploration
May 30, 2014
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Space rock craze hits South Korea after meteor shower
A corner of South Korea is in the grip of a frenzied hunt for valuable space souvenirs, following a rare meteor shower there last week.
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2014
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