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meteors & meteorites

An illustration of the Taurid meteor stream passing below Earth's orbit
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Fireballs Could Provide Clues to an Outstanding Meteor Mystery

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 9 July 201929 September 2021

Fireballs in the summer sky may signify a chance to probe their mysterious origin.

Six people fan out in a line, searching the ground for rocky meteorites in the Atacama Desert
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Oldest Meteorite Collection Found in World’s Oldest Desert

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 14 June 20194 October 2021

Rare 2-million-year record reveals the meteorite flux rate.

A reflected-light image of the comet-containing meteorite
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Meteorite’s Hidden Treasure: A Comet

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 24 April 20194 October 2021

A fragment of a comet found hidden inside a meteorite is offering new insights into the dynamics of our young solar system.

Satellite image of a meteorite burning over a cloudy sky.
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Fireball over the Bering Sea

Nola Taylor Redd, Science Writer by Nola Taylor Tillman 28 March 20198 March 2022

Powerful meteorite explodes over “a sensitive part of the world.”

The Apollo 14 landing site in Fra Mauro showing the astronaut’s trail of exploration
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Apollo May Have Found an Earth Meteorite on the Moon

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 28 January 201930 March 2023

The meteorite may have been blasted off of Earth during an impact, mixed with lunar rocks, and brought back to Earth 4 billion years later by astronauts.

The Moon during the 21 January total lunar eclipse with a visible impact flash
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A Meteor Struck the Moon During the Total Lunar Eclipse

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 23 January 201930 August 2022

Telescopes around the world detected an impact event on the lunar surface just before totality on Monday. Amateur and professional astronomers are starting to coordinate data.

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Meteors Can be Used to Calibrate a Radar System

by P. Wilkinson 24 July 201821 October 2021

Every day meteors burn up in the atmosphere with highly predictable results, reflecting radio waves that could be used to calibrate antennas.

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Ursula B. Marvin (1921–2018)

by J. Wood 10 July 201810 October 2021

This bold mineralogist and feminist bucked norms that deemed geology unsuited for women. She contributed to meteoritics, science history, and petrology, including the analysis of Apollo Moon rocks.

Asteroid Ryugu imaged by Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft
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Are We Prepared for an Asteroid Headed Straight to Earth?

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 29 June 201815 February 2022

A century after an asteroid crashed into Tunguska, Siberia, experts discuss the current lineup of missions to study asteroids and mitigate future disasters should another object from space hit Earth.

Moon’s Schrödinger crater
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New Simulation Supports Chicxulub Impact Scenario

Bas den Hond, Science Writer by Bas den Hond 27 April 201814 March 2023

Mountains ringing the center of Earth’s most famous impact crater consist of porous rocks. Computer models of the impact can now predict those rocks’ microstructure.

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