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1. Cosmic Racer: Blowing Through The Solar System's One-Way Signs

Author

Sokol, Joshua

Subjects
Meteoroids -- Observations, Solar System, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

A meteoroid that grazed the night sky over Australia in 2017 took a very unusual path away from Earth. It's not unusual for meteors to illuminate night skies over southwestern [...]

Published
2020

2. Impact on the Moon: A meteoroid struck our satellite during January's total lunar eclipse

Author

Bakich, Michael E.

Subjects
Impact structures -- Observations, Meteoroids -- Observations, Eclipses (Astronomy), Telescopes, Copyrights, Strikes, Astronomy
Abstract

January s total lunar eclipse put on a show as Earth's shadow crossed the Full Moon's face. And during the event, something unusual happened. Astroimager Jamie Cooper captured this image [...]

Published
2019

3. The amazing moment when a 'rare' meteor burst across the night sky over Michigan

Author

Bever, Lindsey

Subjects
Meteoroids -- Observations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Lindsey Bever Thunder and lightning? Some sort of midair explosion? An enemy airstrike? With a rumble that shook the Earth, a bright burst of light illuminated the sky over [...]

Published
2018

4. Get ready for the Leonids

Author

Cooke, Bill

Subjects
Astronomical research, Meteoroids -- Observations, Meteor showers -- Observations, Astronomy, Observations
Abstract

During the night of November 12, 1833, the Leonid meteor shower put on such a spectacular display that many people thought the world was coming to an end. While this [...]

Published
2006

6. Vindication for entrepreneurs watching sky: yes, it can fall

Author

Broad, William J.

Subjects
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Asteroids -- Observations, Telescope, Solar -- Finance -- Usage, Meteoroids -- Observations, Entrepreneurship -- Environmental aspects, Businesspeople -- Environmental aspects, Solar system -- Evaluation -- Observations, Company financing, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

For decades, scientists have been on the lookout for killer objects from outer space that could devastate the planet. But warnings that they lacked the tools to detect the most [...]

Published
2013

7. Ancient cosmic spherules

Author

Brownlee, Don

Subjects
Particles -- Research, Meteoroids -- Observations, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

The discovery of cosmic spherules in sandstone over 1.4 billion years old from Finland has been reported by Deutsch, Greshake, Pesonen and Pihlaja. Cosmic spherules are an abundant form of extraterrestrial material and were first described in 1876. The new discovery provides a new way of tracking long term changes in atmospheric oxygen content, along with changes in the meteroroid population of the Solar System.

Published
1998

8. Meteoroid disintegrates over Russia

Subjects
Shock waves -- Casualties, Meteoroids -- Observations, Astronomy
Abstract

At about 9:20 A.M. local time February 15, a space rock some 55 feet (17 meters) in diameter entered Earth's atmosphere and erupted over the Urals region in Russia. The [...]

Published
2013

9. Dust from beyond the solar system

Author

Hughes, David W.

Subjects
Meteoroids -- Observations, Solar system -- Observations, Environmental issues, Science and technology, Zoology and wildlife conservation
Abstract

Meteoroids are produced by interstellar dust particles continually hitting the earth. A meteoroid loses mass and velocity rapidly and leaves a train of ionized gas. The train could reflect radar pulses. Meteor scientists have often wondered whether there were any hyperbolic orbits among incident meteoroids. It has been detected that the earth's solar system is a source of hyperbolic meteroids for other planetary systems.

Published
1996

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