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meteors & meteorites

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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.

Posted inNews

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.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Airborne Fireball

by Michael W. Liemohn 19 January 201821 October 2021

A surprise sighting of a meteor in the sky above southeast Michigan.

Crowdsourced reports of sightings of the 6 February 2017 meteor near Chicago.
Posted inNews

Students Get Help from Weather Radar to Find Space Rock Remains

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 22 December 20178 March 2022

Teens helped by scientists and educators seek meteorites that plunged into Lake Michigan early this year. Weather radar guided the search for the projectiles.

Ruins of the Temple of the Jaguar under the stars.
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Ancient Maya May Have Foreseen Meteor Showers

Kimberly M. S. Cartier, News Writing and Production Intern for Eos.org by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 8 September 201721 October 2021

Modern astronomical techniques have uncovered clues to a possible facet of Mayan astronomy from nearly 2 millennia ago not found in surviving records.

A new study tracks meteor trails in the Earth’s upper atmosphere.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Meteor Trails to Study the Mesosphere

by E. Underwood 9 August 201716 March 2023

Twelve years of radar data reveal new phenomena in Earth’s upper atmosphere.

Researchers examine how meteorite impacts explain the distribution of different soils on the surface of the Moon
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Meteorites Mix Moon’s Surface at Both Small and Large Scales

by Terri Cook 7 June 201728 January 2022

A three-dimensional model of material transport suggests that impact cratering can mix lunar soils across distances of more than 100 kilometers.

Two shiny, metallic micrometeorites.
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Urban Micrometeorites No Longer a Myth

JoAnna Wendel, freelance science writer and illustrator by JoAnna Wendel 24 August 20164 October 2021

After sifting through urban debris for 6 years, one scientist unearthed cosmic dust—confirming a long-held myth about urban micrometeorites.

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