Bright daytime Bolide was observed by more than 300 witnesses from Belgium, Netherland and Germany on 28 June 2019 around 9:30 in the evening hours. A loud sonic boom and bright fireball were reported by many hundreds of people. UPDATE JULY 05: First picture with clear fragmentation of […]
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The meteorites we find on our planet do not all share the same origin story and that you notice the great difference in their composition and structure. Some of them have remained unchanged without any differentiation as asteroids since the creation of our solar system, consisting of the primary materials that gave birth to the […]
In the previous few months we have seen an increase in fireball activity. Is it the end times? Probably not in the way that some people are thinking it is, but some scientists are worried. Que the Taurid Swarm. These debris are what the comet Encke left behind on it’s most recent […]
The widmanstatten pattern from an 830g etched slice of Muonionalusta fine octahedrite IVA. Image by Mike Duncan and Marissa Fanady. Not long after starting my meteorite collection an idea popped into my mind. Like most other people who just began a collection my purchases were small specimens. Some are so small that they are […]
Every single person in the meteorite community has been confronted with a question that we all face at some point in our meteorite career. There is no escaping or evading this question and it comes in various forms; the question is “why are you so interested in meteorites?” Sometimes people say “they’re just […]
On May 1, 1860 about 12:30pm a space invader made its debut over Washington County, Ohio and traveled Northwest towards Muskingum County. Meteorite Fragments rained down upon the town of New Concord Ohio and the surrounding areas.
Several meteorites have been found in Cuba after a giant fireball was witnessed in broad daylight on February 1, 2019. Thousands of locals from pinar del rio to vinales cuba witnessed a giant meteorite explosion that rumbled and shook the ground.
The Willamette meteorite was found in 1902 in the town of Willamette, Oregon and is classified as a type IIIAB medium octahedrite iron meteorite. This incredible space rock weights an astonishing 15.5 tons or 32,000 pounds, making this space gem the largest meteorite found in the United States and the sixth largest meteorite in the world!
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