Sky fall: Meteorites strike Earth every few months Feb 15th, 2013 - 11:40h (CET +01.00) BERLIN (AP) - A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia on Friday, injuring hundreds of people as its fragments fell to the ground in the Ural Mountains. Here's a look at those objects in the sky: (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : fall, meteorites, strike, earth, every, months, Top Keywords

Astronaut on Ice: A Search for Antarctic Meteorites Jan 21st, 2013 - 22:30h (CET +01.00) NASA astronaut Stan Love is having a hard time right now. Not in space, but on the forbidding East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Together with a group of dedicated volunteers, Love is looking for meteorites - rocks from space that have fallen to Earth. And it... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : astronaut, search, antarctic, meteorites, every, months, Top Keywords

NYC auction offers 125 meteorites for sale Sep 26th, 2012 - 19:40h (CET +01.00) A New York City auction will offer 125 meteorites for sale, including a large chunk of the moon and a 179-pound iron cosmic rock that evokes Edvard Munch's iconic painting "The Scream." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : auction, offers, meteorites, sale, every, months, Top Keywords

Market for Martian Meteorites Heats Up Jun 20th, 2012 - 14:10h (CET +01.00) No mission to Mars has ever brought back rocks, but pieces of the Red Planet have turned up on Earth. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : market, martian, meteorites, heats, every, months, Top Keywords

Meteorites From Big Fireball Spark Space Age 'Gold Rush' May 12th, 2012 - 15:50h (CET +01.00) Scientists are on an epic treasure hunt for meteorite fragments from a spectacular fireball that lit up the daytime sky over California last month. (Source: SPACE.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : meteorites, fireball, spark, space, 'gold, rush', Top Keywords

Scientists use airship to look for meteorites May 4th, 2012 - 01:30h (CET +01.00) A group of scientists took to the skies in a slow-moving airship Thursday in search of meteorites that rained over California's gold country last month. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : scientists, airship, look, meteorites, 'gold, rush', Top Keywords

Scientists use blimp to look for meteorites May 4th, 2012 - 00:30h (CET +01.00) A group of scientists took to the skies in a blimp Thursday in search of meteorites that rained over California's gold country last month. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : scientists, blimp, look, meteorites, 'gold, rush', Top Keywords