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Possible meteor strike in Kelowna A meteor shower has made its mark on a Kelowna construction site. The earth is currently going through a comet, causing the Perseid meteor shower to come down on us. Daniel Vizzutti says he arrived at work earlier this week to find a hole had burned right through a seem...

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An Ohio man says he was standing in his yard when he was struck by a falling object from the sky. Pat Foraker, of Quaker City, believes the small rock was a meteorite. Read more

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Title: Shatter cone and microscopic shock-alteration evidence for a post-Paleoproterozoic terrestrial impact structure near Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Authors: Siobhan P. Fackelmana, Jared R. Morrowb, Read more [url=http://...

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Hunting Arctic Asteroid Impact With Hovercraft Two polar scientists hot on the trail of an arctic mystery have a new tool for exploration: a hovercraft, specially outfitted for week-long trips over the ice with scientific instruments and solar panels. Their quarry is a nearly 22,000 square-mile...

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Kalkkop is an impact crater which can be found on a private farm 50 kilometres south east of the town of Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The name is derived from two Afrikaans words, namely "kalk" meaning limestone and "kop" meaning head. [...

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Pilot crater is an impact crater in the Northwest Territories, Canada, just north of the Alberta border and near Fort Smith. It is 6 kilometres in diameter and the age is estimated to be 445 ± 2 million years (Upper Ordovician). Read more L...

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There was a fire in the skies over Randolph County in July 1859. A thousand-pound meteor, the largest ever to be found in Arkansas, dropped from the heavens into an embankment near a channel between a small lake and the Black River. The meteor is now on display in the Randolph County Courthouse. [url=...

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"When Generals Stafford and Leonov, both wearing Omega Speedmasters, shook hands in space on July 17, 1975, an era of cooperation in space began which would lead to the building of a permanently occupied space station." The brand commemorates that historic handshake with the Omega Spe...

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Chinese lantern causes crop fire near Woodstock A Chinese lantern released as part of birthday celebrations caused a severe crop fire when it landed in an Oxfordshire field. Crews were called to Stonesfield, near Woodstock, at 2130 BST on Friday, to seven hectares of Barley crop on fire. [url=http...

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Researchers are hoping a fresh slice of a rare 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite will yield new information about our planet. Using a diamond-wire saw, mineralogists at the Royal Ontario Museum cut into the 53-kilogram space rock for media cameras in the laboratory room. Kim Tait, a ROM associate c...

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Giant fireball in the sky baffles Cape Town residents Eyewitnesses in Cape Towns northern suburbs reported seeing a strange celestial sight on Monday night. Shortly after 10pm many residents witnessed a giant fireball falling from the sky. [url=http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articlepro...

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Dinosaur egg, meteorite stolen from Englewood home[url=http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=1287807...

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Research Yields Greater Precision in Determining Age of Meteorites Researchers have aged dated a very important group of meteorites with far greater precision than previously possible by using a different type of radioactive dating on a particularly difficult type of specimen to study. The pro...

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[url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2803149.html]Re...

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'UFO' disturbs air traffic in East China The municipal government in China have revealed that an unidentified flying object (UFO) recently disrupted air traffic over Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Read more

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UFOs Unidentified Falling Objects Sub-forums: UFOs 2012, UFOs 2013, UFO 2014, UFOs 2015, UFOs 2016, UFOs 2017, UFOs 2018	130	239	Apr 3 17:32 2017 by Blobrana
Meteors Meteors, shooting stars, fireballs and bolides Sub-forums: Meteors 2012, Meteors 2013, Meteors 2014, Meteors 2015, Meteors 2016, Meteors 2017, Meteors 2018	510	1108	Jun 6 10:53 2018 by Blobrana
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	Kelowna meteor strike (Preview) Possible meteor strike in Kelowna A meteor shower has made its mark on a Kelowna construction site. The earth is currently going through a comet, causing the Perseid meteor shower to come down on us. Daniel Vizzutti says he arrived at work earlier this week to find a hole had burned right through a seem...	Blobrana	0	Aug 12 17:04 2010 by Blobrana
	Quaker City rock (Preview) An Ohio man says he was standing in his yard when he was struck by a falling object from the sky. Pat Foraker, of Quaker City, believes the small rock was a meteorite. Read more	Blobrana	0	Aug 12 14:14 2010 by Blobrana
	Santa Fe impact structure Crater (Preview) Title: Shatter cone and microscopic shock-alteration evidence for a post-Paleoproterozoic terrestrial impact structure near Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Authors: Siobhan P. Fackelmana, Jared R. Morrowb, Read more [url=http://...	Blobrana	5	Aug 9 12:04 2010 by Blobrana
	Arctic Asteroid Impact Arctic Crater (Preview) Hunting Arctic Asteroid Impact With Hovercraft Two polar scientists hot on the trail of an arctic mystery have a new tool for exploration: a hovercraft, specially outfitted for week-long trips over the ice with scientific instruments and solar panels. Their quarry is a nearly 22,000 square-mile...	Blobrana	5	Aug 3 18:35 2010 by Blobrana
	Kalkkop impact crater Crater (Preview) Kalkkop is an impact crater which can be found on a private farm 50 kilometres south east of the town of Aberdeen, Eastern Cape, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The name is derived from two Afrikaans words, namely "kalk" meaning limestone and "kop" meaning head. [...	Blobrana	0	Aug 2 18:22 2010 by Blobrana
	Pilot crater Crater (Preview) Pilot crater is an impact crater in the Northwest Territories, Canada, just north of the Alberta border and near Fort Smith. It is 6 kilometres in diameter and the age is estimated to be 445 ± 2 million years (Upper Ordovician). Read more L...	Blobrana	0	Aug 2 18:17 2010 by Blobrana
	Meteor of Pocahontas (Preview) There was a fire in the skies over Randolph County in July 1859. A thousand-pound meteor, the largest ever to be found in Arkansas, dropped from the heavens into an embankment near a channel between a small lake and the Black River. The meteor is now on display in the Randolph County Courthouse. [url=...	Blobrana	3	Aug 2 14:47 2010 by Blobrana
	Omega Meteorite watch (Preview) "When Generals Stafford and Leonov, both wearing Omega Speedmasters, shook hands in space on July 17, 1975, an era of cooperation in space began which would lead to the building of a permanently occupied space station." The brand commemorates that historic handshake with the Omega Spe...	Blobrana	0	Aug 1 12:46 2010 by Blobrana
	Oxfordshire Chinese lantern (Preview) Chinese lantern causes crop fire near Woodstock A Chinese lantern released as part of birthday celebrations caused a severe crop fire when it landed in an Oxfordshire field. Crews were called to Stonesfield, near Woodstock, at 2130 BST on Friday, to seven hectares of Barley crop on fire. [url=http...	Blobrana	0	Jul 31 11:30 2010 by Blobrana
	Springwater meteorite (Preview) Researchers are hoping a fresh slice of a rare 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite will yield new information about our planet. Using a diamond-wire saw, mineralogists at the Royal Ontario Museum cut into the 53-kilogram space rock for media cameras in the laboratory room. Kim Tait, a ROM associate c...	Blobrana	5	Jul 31 05:34 2010 by Blobrana
	Cape Town fireball (Preview) Giant fireball in the sky baffles Cape Town residents Eyewitnesses in Cape Towns northern suburbs reported seeing a strange celestial sight on Monday night. Shortly after 10pm many residents witnessed a giant fireball falling from the sky. [url=http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/articlepro...	Blobrana	1	Jul 28 12:35 2010 by Blobrana
	Meteorite stolen Stolen (Preview) Dinosaur egg, meteorite stolen from Englewood home[url=http://www.mysuncoast.com/Global/story.asp?S=1287807...	Blobrana	0	Jul 27 20:05 2010 by Blobrana
	Ureilites Ureilite (Preview) Research Yields Greater Precision in Determining Age of Meteorites Researchers have aged dated a very important group of meteorites with far greater precision than previously possible by using a different type of radioactive dating on a particularly difficult type of specimen to study. The pro...	Blobrana	1	Jul 22 13:57 2010 by Blobrana
	Radivoje Lajic meteorites (Preview) [url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2803149.html]Re...	Blobrana	2	Jul 20 21:12 2010 by Blobrana
	Hangzhou UFO (Preview) 'UFO' disturbs air traffic in East China The municipal government in China have revealed that an unidentified flying object (UFO) recently disrupted air traffic over Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province. Read more	Blobrana	5	Jul 20 18:22 2010 by Blobrana
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