Doomsday Debate: Asteroid Threat Could Divide Society
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Meteorite Had Help in Dinosaur Extinction There's growing evidence that the dinosaurs and their contemporaries were not wiped out by the famed Chicxulub meteor impact alone, according to a paleontologist who says multiple meteor impacts, massive volcanism in India, and climate changes culminated in the end of the Cretaceous Period. -- SciScoop
KILLER asteroids that could destroy the earth will be hunted by astronomers . Durham University astronomers have signed an agreement to exploit a revolutionary new survey telescope in Hawaii that is expected to identify dangers and discover billions of new stars, galaxies and objects in the solar system.
Giant meteor sails over Arizona Senta Scarborough The Arizona Republic Oct. 2, 2006 06:42 AM Residents who saw a ball of fire in the sky late Sunday evening near Saguaro Lake witnessed a giant meteor, officials said. Phoenix and Scottsdale police and Rural/Metro Fire Department dispatchers received calls from residents reporting a plane going down in "a ball of fire." Another caller reported seeing a meteor.
Something strange in the sky over Yakima YAKIMA, Wash. - The flurry of calls began around 9 p.m. Saturday - reports of a meteor in the skies over Yakima. Asya Guerrero called The Associated Press to report what looked like a meteor. She said it seemed to be headed toward the city's Terrace Heights area. "It looked like a shooting star," she said, but closer. "It absolutely fell to the ground." Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike O'Connor said skies were clear and there were no reports of aircraft in trouble in the area. He said he'd gotten about eight calls about it at the agency's Renton office. O'Connor says -- quote -- "It sounds like somebody might be seeing a meteor."
Meteorite Fragment Could Be 'Space Junk' Print this story The National Radiation Laboratory says a rock fragment suspected to be part of a meteorite could simply be a piece of "space junk". A Canterbury farmer found the rock on Tuesday after a meteor streaked through the sky, and it was passed to the laboratory for testing. Scientists have confirmed that the palm-sized fragment is not radioactive, but they are not sure of its origins and it could be a piece of an old satellite that has fallen back to Earth. -- Newswire
Mysterious bright patches on asteroids explained Asteroids gradually become coated with iron dust in space, becoming darker and redder with time, close-up observations of the asteroid Itokawa suggest. This confirms long-held suspicions about why asteroids look different than the space rocks that land on Earth as meteorites.
What put 2 holes in roof? CARMEL, Ind. -- There's a scientist in Bloomington who plans to travel here the day Mick and Mary Zakrajsek fix the two tennis ball-sized holes in their roof. "The physical evidence points to a possible meteorite fall," said research scientist Nelson R. Shaffer of the Indiana Geological Survey. "But no meteorite has been recovered to date."