16 April 2015

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 16APR2015

Researchers Hope to Find "Exotic" Lifeforms Inside Crater of Dinosaur Killing Meteor
DailyTech
It is estimated that the meteor was at least 10 kilometers (km) (6 miles (mi)) wide and struck with 100 megatons of explosive force -- the equivalent of ...

Lyrids Meteor Shower April 16-23, 2015: Peak dates, times - How to watch dazzling star show
ChristianToday
April has always been a month known when meteors put on a show and come April 21, many are expecting the annual Lyrids Meteor Shower once ...

Irradiating formamide with meteorite dust can lead to synthesis of prebiotic compounds
PhysOrg - 11 hours
(Phys.org)—A combined team of researchers from Italy and Russia has shown that prebiotic compounds can be synthesized by irradiating liquid ...

The Plan to Drill into the Crater from the Dinosaur-Killing Meteorite
Gizmodo - 1 hour
Sixty-five million years ago, a meteorite careened into Earth, leaving a huge crater on the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. The impact is ...

Meteorites key to the story of Earth's layers
Science Daily - 22 hours
A new analysis of the chemical make-up of meteorites has helped scientists work out when the Earth formed its layers.The research by an ...

Chemical make-up of meteorites reveals Earth's 1st crust formed 4.5b yrs ago
ANI via Yahoo! India News - 15 hours
Washington, Apr.14 (ANI): The chemical make-up of meteorites has revealed that Earth's first crust was formed around 4.5 billion years ago. ...

Snowball Earth: New study shows Antarctic climate even gripped the tropics
PhysOrg - 13 hours
New details of a nightmare period on Earth with surface conditions as frigid as present-day central Antarctica at the equator have been ...

Radiant Meteor Shower With Chance For 100 Shooting Stars Per Hour Begins Thursday
CBS Local
This series of shooting stars known as the Lyrid meteor shower — the oldest of known meteor showers on record — lasts from about April 16 to 25, ...

Where and when to watch the Lyrids meteor shower
GloucestershireEcho.co.uk
A meteor shower called the Lyrids is to peak in our skies next Wednesday. Star gazers, both amateur and professional, can best see them after ...

The Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 15APR2015
Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News
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Meteorite Sword
Examiner.com
A beautiful sword has been crafted out of something not from earth, a meteorite.

Câmara homenageia estudantes e apóia realização do 8º evento internacional de astronomia |...
www.camaracampos.rj.gov.br
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