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Meteorites that fall to Earth represent some of the original, diverse materials that formed planets billions of years ago. By studying meteorites we can learn more about our solar system’s history.
- ARES | Meteorite Falls | How to Find Meteorites - NASA
This is a step-by-step guide on how to locate meteorite...
- Meteors and Meteorites - NASA Science
Meteors: When meteoroids enter Earth’s atmosphere (or that...
- ARES | Meteorite Falls | How to Find Meteorites - NASA
- Eyes in Space
- Weather Radars
- The Search
- The Value of Open Data
Finding meteorites is not an easy task. There is a network of high-quality ground-based sensors called the Global Fireball Observatory, but it only covers about 1% of the planet. The US satellite data published by NASA covers a much larger area than ground-based detectors, but it only picks up the biggest fireballs. What's more, they don't always g...
In 2019, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology started making its weather radar data openly availableto researchers and the public. I saw this as an opportunity to complete the puzzle. I combed through the record of events from the Desert Fireball Network and NASA, and cross-matched them with nearby weather radars. Then I looked for unusual radar signa...
I gave what I hoped was an accurate treasure map to my colleague Andy Tomkins from Monash University. In September this year, he happened to be driving past the site on his way back from an expedition in the Nullarbor. Thankfully, Andy found the first meteorite within 10 minutes of looking. In the following two hours, his team found nine more. The ...
This find was only made possible by the free availability of crucial data—and the people who made it available. The US satellites that detected the fireball are presumably there to detect missile and rocket launches. However, somebody (I don't know who) must have figured out how to publish some of the satellite datawithout giving away too much abou...
Overview. Asteroids, comets, and meteors are chunks of rock, ice, and metal left over from the formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. They are a lot like a fossil record of our early solar system. There are currently about 1.3 million known asteroids, and more than 3,800 known comets.
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Nov 22, 2022 · From space to the outback, meteorite-tracking tools are building the knowledge we need to prepare for a future asteroid impact.
Feb 27, 2024 · Meteorites are bits of the moon, Mars, asteroids, comets or other space rocks that have landed on Earth. This meteorite came from an asteroid named 2023 CX1. The bit of asteroid rubble was found in February 2023 in northwestern France. LOU BENOIST/Contributor/AFP/Getty Images. By Maria Temming. February 27, 2024 at 6:30 am.
