Meteorite festival features its own stamp Stamp collectors are invited to Haviland, KS for a special treat at the Meteorite Festival to be held on the Barclay College campus on July 8. One of the booths open to the public is sponsored by the Haviland Postal Service for the purpose of providing a cancellation stamp that features the festival event. The stamp contains an elongated outline of the state of Kansas with the phrase "Ab Astris - From the Stars" and shows the Haviland crater in the south central part of the state. Three stars adorn the upper left hand portion. Beneath are the words "The Rock Stops Here!" and "Brenham Meteorite." Pratt County Kansas Tribune
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Signs of huge Antarctic meteorite impact found Scientists have found the first evidence of what they think is an enormous impact crater in Antarctica. The research team was led by geophysicist Ralph von Frese of Ohio State University. Von Frese examined data from a satellite that mapped subtle differences in Earth's gravitational field. He found a large area in Antarctica of unusually dense rock. Radar images from aircraft revealed a large basin, which von Frese thinks is an impact crater 500 kilometers, or about 300 miles wide. Program #4,926 of the Earth & Sky Radio Series Hosts Deborah Byrd and Joel Block
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Dinosaurs return to TV ITV is launching a £6 million show about dinosaurs in its primetime Saturday night spot. Special effects wizards who worked on Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire have created computer generated imagery of the prehistoric giants. The semi-fictional show is presented by Nigel Marven, who is depicted as travelling back 65 million years to try to save the creatures from extinction by taking them to a wildlife sanctuary before a meteor hits Earth. Dinosaurs will rule again
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Richardton meteorite specimens also coming to ND for exhibit Minot Daily News - Minot,ND,USA BISMARCK – Specimens of another meteorite, called the Richardton meteorite, will also be coming to North Dakota for the new “Corridor of Time” exhibit in ... Meteorite that fell in ND 70 years ago returning home Minot Daily News - Minot,ND,USA WASHINGTON – A 44-pound meteorite that fell to Earth on a farm near New Leipzig 70 years ago is being returned to North Dakota for exhibit. ...
Meteor may have caused extinction
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Expert: Meteor may have caused extinction The Jackson Citizen-Patriot - Jackson,MI,USA BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — A massive crater in Antarctica may have been caused by a meteor that wiped out more than 90 percent of the species on Earth 250 ... <http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/international/index.ssf?/base/international-2/114981625978090.xml&storylist=international>