Martian lava rocks shed light on critical period of red planet's history
No matter how many missions to Mars she takes part in, the sheer joy of unearthing discoveries about the red planet never ...
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Earth is bombarded with rocks from space — but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?
Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth.
How Morocco Became the Meteorite Hunting Capital of the World
Since the “Saharan Gold Rush” in the 1990s, one researcher has been fighting for the North African country’s contributions to ...
Roving the red planet: New paper documents first Mars mission soil samples
A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...
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Meteorite crash landing captured on Ring doorbell camera outside home in Canada
Curious about the dust the homeowners checked the video footage from their security camera and saw an astounding moment - a rock that appeared to be a meteorite falling from space and crash ...
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Unique Moment Space Rock Strikes Driveway Captured on Camera
According to the University of Alberta, the footage marks the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has ever been recorded. Photos showing the aftermath of a meteorite impact and the ...
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Sound of meteorite striking Earth remarkably caught on doorbell camera: ‘It was just pulverized’
It’s a different kind of rock music. Doorbell cameras aren’t just for busting home invaders and porch pirates. A Ring camera captured the sound of a meteorite crash-landing near a house in ...
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Doorbell camera catches rare footage of meteorite striking home’s front walkway
“I have the expertise that I’ve looked at hundreds, if not thousands of these types of photos,” Herd said, noting that meteorites are coated with a black shell that forms when space rocks ...
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A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door
“To the best of my knowledge, it’s the first time that a meteorite hitting the surface of the Earth has been recorded on video with sound,” said Dr. Herd, who identified the space rock after ...
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Doorbell video of crashing meteorite believed to be first recording of its kind
Though researchers confirmed the samples to be from an ordinary chondrite meteorite, the most common space rock that strikes Earth, it’s the only meteorite known to have landed on Prince Edward ...
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Unprecedented video shows falling meteorite, records sound of impact
A home security camera captured a falling meteorite and the sound it made when it hit the walkway leading to a house in Canada, the incident occurring just moments after the homeowner departed for ...
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Could a meteorite hit you? How often they fall to Earth, according to experts
The bit of falling space rock, caught on camera in July, was confirmed to be a meteorite by the University of Alberta, which said that the footage was the first of its kind. The video shows the ...