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Meteorite Rush: E.T. treasure hunters dig deep for 'alien gold'


Sometimes you have to dig deep to reach for the stars. That, at least, is the case in Central Russia's Ryazan region, where meteorite fever has spread in recent years. RT's Oksana Boyko jumped at the chance to catch a fallen star.



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Meet the Meteorite Men



Astronomy Now's Nick Howes interviews Meteorite Men Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold about their meteorite hunting secrets.

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"To be most specific, my 'black market/drug trade' comment was a small part of a response to Mr. Broad's expressed incredulity at the volume of meteorites that have been removed from Northern Africa and the scale of operations implied by Gebel Kamil online sales. Unfortunately the author used a quote from me for dramatic effect; leaving out 40 minutes of context and leaving the erroneous impression that I think all meteorite collectors are criminal. Nothing could be farther from the truth - I have made a career out of meteorite hunting, working within some of the strictest legal constraints (look up NSF regulation 45 CFR Part 674, RIN 3145-AA40 in the US's Federal Register, Vol 68, No. 61, p.15378 for a little light reading). I have no problems with legal meteorite collecting and I am constantly impressed by the great number of private (non-governmental) meteorite hunters who have chosen to impose severe constraints on themselves where legal frameworks are not clear".

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Ruben Garcia watches the skies, not for what he might see up there but for what might fall to the ground. The Phoenix resident is a meteorite hunter, making his living by finding and selling the rocks from space that litter the Earth. He monitors the Internet for reports of meteor sightings, combing through news reports, blogs and Twitter feeds.
At times, he'll get calls from other meteorite hunters, who make up a friendly, if competitive, community. In between notable meteor falls, about a half-dozen each year in the United States, Garcia combs the Arizona desert for extraterrestrial rocks that have been buried for hundreds, even thousands of years.
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Meteorite Men, Wednesdays at 9PM on the Science Channel



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The University of Arizona Science Centre is holding its next "Science Café" at Cushing Street Bar & Restaurant in downtown Tucson on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 6 p.m.

Meteorites have slammed into the earth's surface throughout its history, each one carrying an invaluable record of the very beginnings of the solar system. But finding meteorites, some buried over centuries by thick layers of dirt and sediment, is no easy task.
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Meteorite Men - Starts January 20th, 2010



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Discovery's Science Channel has ordered six more episodes of Meteorite Men, about modern day treasure hunters Geoff Notkin and Steve Arnold, following good numbers for the pilot special in May.
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Meteorite Men on The Science Channel



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