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  • Forget The Debt Ceiling — Traders Are Buzzing About The Gigantic Asteroid Barreling Towards Earth

    01/08/2013 8:20:42 AM PST · by blam · 68 replies
    TBI ^ | 1-8-2013 | Sam Ro
    ART CASHIN: Forget The Debt Ceiling — Traders Are Buzzing About The Gigantic Asteroid Barreling Towards Earth Sam RoJan. 8, 2013, 8:46 AMWith no major economic, earnings, or political news, yesterday turned into one of the most boring trading days in a very long time. According to UBS's Art Cashin, this gave the New York Stock Exchange floor traders time to chat about various things. One of those things: the gigantic asteroid heading toward earth. From this morning's Cashin's Comments: And You Thought The Debt Ceiling Was All You Had To Worry About – Trading was slow enough yesterday that...
  • A streak, a boom, and now meteor debris?

    10/18/2012 9:11:15 PM PDT · by thecodont · 18 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle / SFGate.com ^ | Updated 4:20 p.m., Thursday, October 18, 2012 | Ellen Huet
    (10-18) 15:07 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A bright flash across the sky and a shaking boom awed Bay Area onlookers Wednesday evening, and one scientist says souvenirs of the phenomenon might be strewn in the hills around Martinez. A meteor, perhaps the size of a small car when it hit the Earth's atmosphere, put on a spectacular lightshow at 7:45 p.m. that was visible throughout the Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern and Central California. The accompanying noise was the meteor's sonic boom as it traveled faster than the speed of sound, said Jonathan Braidman, an astronomy instructor at Oakland's...
  • Jupiter Has Taken a Massive Meteor Hit (So Earth Didn’t Have To)

    09/12/2012 2:41:21 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 47 replies
    Gizmodo ^ | 9/12/12 | Jamie Condliffe
    On Monday, Jupiter took a massive hit from a meteor, which was spotted by amateur astronomers based in the US—and if previous evidence is anything to go by, it could have saved Earth from a massive collision in the process. Dan Peterson of Racine, Wisconsin, was gazing at Jupiter on Monday when he saw a bright, white flash on the surface of the planet. When he posted his observation online, another astrophotographer, George Hall, discovered he'd unknowingly captured the massive explosion on video. Turns out it was probably a meteor striking the surface of the planet—and you can watch the...
  • Mom Stumbles Onto Meteorite Worth About $20,000

    05/03/2012 12:28:31 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 11 replies
    http://sacramento.cbslocal.com ^ | 01 MAY 2012 | Staff
    LOTUS (CBS13) – People from all over the world are in the tiny town of Lotus in El Dorado County looking for something that’s out of this world, but leave it to a stay-at-home mom walking her dog to find a precious meteorite. The rock Brenda Salveson found is 17 grams, equal to just over a tablespoon of sugar. But when it comes in the form of an asteroid, its weight has no boundaries. “I was lucky, blessed, good karma,” Brenda said. “It was sitting there at my toes like an Easter egg.” An egg? More like a diamond in...
  • The Sierra Meteoric Blast

    04/23/2012 5:29:36 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 36 replies
    NBCBayArea.com ^ | updated 38 minutes ago 2012-04-23T23:45:43 | By Rob Mayeda
    Speaking to SpaceWeather.com, Bill Cooke, head of NASA’s MEO office says, “The energy is estimated at a whopping 3.8 kilotons of TNT, so this was a big event,” he continues. “I am not saying there was a 3.8 kiloton explosion on the ground in California. I am saying that the meteor possessed this amount of energy before it broke apart in the atmosphere. [The map] shows the location of the atmospheric breakup, not impact with the ground.” The event that rattled windows, set off car alarms and glaringly bright enough to be seen in early morning daylight was also recorded...
  • Rare daylight meteor seen, heard over Nevada, California

    04/22/2012 10:51:51 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 11 replies
    Reuters ^ | 4/22/12 | Steve Gorman
    LOS ANGELES | Sun Apr 22, 2012 10:22pm EDT (Reuters) - A rare daytime meteor was seen and heard streaking over northern Nevada and parts of California on Sunday, just after the peak of an annual meteor shower. Observers in the Reno-Sparks area of Nevada reported seeing a fireball at about 8 a.m. local time, accompanied or followed by a thunderous clap that experts said could have been a sonic boom from the meteor or the sound of it breaking up high over the Earth. "It probably would have exploded as it entered the atmosphere," said Mike Smith, a meteorologist...
  • Strong Quadrantid Meteor Shower, One of 2012's Best, Peaks Wednesday (Right Now 3 AM Central)

    01/04/2012 1:57:19 AM PST · by Yosemitest · 27 replies
    http://www.space.com/ ^ | Date: 03 January 2012 Time: 08:06 AM ET | by Joe Rao, SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
    If you enjoy the sight of "shooting stars" then make plans to be out looking skyward during the predawn hours on Wednesday (Jan. 4) when a strong display of Quadrantid meteors may appear. This first meteor shower of the year may end up being one of the best of 2012. To paraphrase Forrest Gump: The Quadrantid meteor shower is like opening up a box of chocolates; you never know what you're going to get! Indeed, the Quadrantids are notoriously unpredictable, but if any year promises a fine display, this could be it. Peak activity is due to occur early on...
  • 2011 Perseid meteor shower is best seen tonight

    08/10/2011 1:34:42 PM PDT · by metmom · 20 replies
    LA Times ^ | August 9, 2011
    Stargazers, get thee to the closest open space you can find! Astronomers say tonight may be the best time to view the Perseid meteor shower — one of the most spectacular (and reliable) of the annual meteor showers. The shower, which is visible across the nation, is not expected to peak until Saturday night. But the peak coincides with a full moon, meaning that night's dazzling display of tiny streaks of light shooting across the sky — sometimes as fast as 60 to 120 meteor streaks per hour — won't be so dazzling. The light of the moon will get...
  • Evidence Found for Undiscovered Comet That May Threaten Earth

    07/28/2011 8:51:45 AM PDT · by LibWhacker · 37 replies
    Space.com ^ | 7/27/11 | Mike Wall
    A surprise meteor shower spotted in February was likely caused by cosmic "bread crumbs" dropped by an undiscovered comet that could potentially pose a threat to Earth, astronomers announced today (July 27). The tiny meteoroids that streaked through Earth's atmosphere for a few hours on Feb. 4 represent a previously unknown meteor shower, researchers said. The "shooting stars" arrived from the direction of the star Eta Draconis, so the shower is called the February Eta Draconids, or FEDs for short. The bits of debris appear to have been shed by a long-period comet. Long-period comets whiz by the sun very...
  • 'Fried Egg' may be impact crater

    12/20/2009 9:37:16 AM PST · by SunkenCiv · 36 replies · 1,143+ views
    BBC News ^ | Friday, December 18, 2009 | Jonathan Amos
    Portuguese scientists have found a depression on the Atlantic Ocean floor they think may be an impact crater. The roughly circular, 6km-wide hollow has a broad central dome and has been dubbed the "Fried Egg" because of its distinctive shape. It was detected to the south of the Azores Islands during a survey to map the continental shelf. If the Fried Egg was made by a space impactor, the collision probably took place within the past 17 million years... It lies under 2km of water about 150km from the Azores archipelago. The depressed ring sits roughly 110m below the...
  • Mystery Boom in Virginia Likely a Meteor

    05/14/2011 10:08:00 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 8 replies
    Space.com ^ | 5/12/11
    Tuesday evening, residents across Virginia Beach, Norfolk and Suffolk, Va., dialed 911 to report what sounded what a large explosion. Today, a NASA scientist explained that it might have been a meteor. The area is home to several military bases, so residents are accustomed to loud sounds. This was out of the ordinary, though; several 911 callers reported a loud noise that rattled their screen doors and windows. One woman told the local television station, WAVY, that it felt like an earthquake. That's not uncharacteristic for a sonic boom created by a meteor, said Joe Zawodny, a senior research scientist...
  • 'Numerous export enquiries' for Meteor missile, says UK MoD

    05/13/2011 11:00:06 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 5 replies
    Flight International ^ | 13/05/11 | Craig Hoyle
    'Numerous export enquiries' for Meteor missile, says UK MoD By Craig Hoyle With development work on MBDA's Meteor entering its final year, the UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the beyond visual-range air-to-air missile has attracted strong international interest. "Meteor has been the subject of numerous export enquiries from around the world, with some nations considering the possibility of making an order," the MoD's Defence Equipment and Support organisation said in its Desider publication. Being developed for partner nations France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK as a replacement for the Raytheon AIM-120 AMRAAM, the Meteor weapon system...
  • Bits of Halley's Comet to Rain Down in Meteor Show

    05/06/2011 8:14:22 PM PDT · by Beowulf9 · 10 replies · 1+ views
    Discovery News.com ^ | May 7, 2011 | unknown
    Remember Halley's comet? Twenty-five years ago thousands of people peered through telescopes to see it whiz by. Early Saturday morning stargazers will have the chance to see bits of the comet rain down during the annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower. Meteor showers are named after the constellation that their radiant is in, in this case -- the constellation Aquarius. The shower stems from the "water jar" near one of the constellations brightest stars, Eta Aquariid. NEWS: Did the Greeks See Halley's Comet First? The Eta Aquarids are created by bits of material from Halley's Comet as it travels through the...
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day

    01/23/2011 6:28:21 AM PST · by Western Phil · 18 replies
    NASA ^ | 23 Jan 2011
    Explanation: The Peekskill meteor of 1992 was captured on 16 independent videos and then struck a car. Documented as brighter than the full Moon, the spectacular fireball crossed parts of several USA states during its 40 seconds of glory before landing in New York. A video of the fireball beyond a high school football game in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, is pictured above. The resulting meteorite is imaged here, and was found to be composed of dense rock and has the size and mass of an extremely heavy bowling ball. If you are lucky enough to find a meteorite just after...
  • QUADRANTID METEOR ALERT/PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE.

    01/03/2011 3:28:32 PM PST · by TaraP · 12 replies
    Spaceweather ^ | Jan 3rd, 2010
    QUADRANTID METEOR ALERT: Earth is about to pass through a narrow stream of debris from shattered comet 2003 EH1, source of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower. "Peaking in the wee morning hours of Tuesday, Jan. 4, the Quads have a maximum rate of about 100 per hour (varies between 60 and 200)," says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office. "What makes this year so special is that the Moon is New on the night of the peak, so there will be no interference from moonlight." PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE: After the meteor shower, observers in Europe, northern Africa, the Middle...
  • Meteor Shower and Total Lunar Eclipse to Wow Skywatchers This Month

    12/08/2010 6:39:56 PM PST · by Islander7 · 20 replies
    Space.com Via Yahoo ^ | Dec 8, 2010 | SPACE.com Staff
    Skywatchers, grab your blankets. December's night sky spectacular will feature the best meteor shower of 2010 as well as the only total lunar eclipse of the year -- sights that should outshine any New Year's Eve fireworks display in terms of sheer wonder. The massive Geminid meteor shower returns every year, so you'll have more chances if the cold proves too daunting on the night of Dec. 13. But anyone in North America who skips the total lunar eclipse on the night of Dec. 20 will be missing what promises to be the best lunar eclipse show until April...
  • Meteor Shower registered on the junction of Serbia, Macedonia and Kosovo

    11/13/2010 11:56:27 PM PST · by Islander7 · 12 replies
    MINA ^ | Nov 13, 2010 | Staff
    The people of southern Serbia were disturbed by a flash of light and clamor, which were reportedly caused by a falling meteor. Blinding lightning was also seen by residents of northern Macedonia and southeastern Kosovo. Part of the meteor fell in the region of Grdelica Gorge in southern Serbia. Witnesses claim that they've seen a lighting object falling over the Sarajevo bridge at the entrance of Grdelica Gorge. The light was blinding accompanied by a deafening noise, Radio-Television Serbia reports. Regional information centers in Nis and Vranje say the meteor ripped through the sound barrier over Surdulica village towards...
  • Deep Hotspots on Ancient Mars Looked Habitable

    10/12/2010 6:34:55 PM PDT · by KevinDavis · 15 replies
    space.com ^ | 10/12/10 | Jeremy Hsu
    An ancient meteor strike on Mars has revealed the first direct evidence of how warm liquid water may have shaped a habitable underground environment. Images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed the first carbonate rocks found inside Leighton Crater at a level that was once buried 4 miles (6 km) below the red planet's surface.
  • PICTURE: MBDA reveals clipped-fin Meteor for F-35

    09/17/2010 3:46:38 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 3 replies · 2+ views
    Flight International ^ | 17/09/10 | Stephen Trimble
    PICTURE: MBDA reveals clipped-fin Meteor for F-35 By Stephen Trimble MBDA has revealed a slightly modified Meteor that would allow four of the beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles to be stored inside the Lockheed Martin F-35. A miniature Meteor mock-up featuring four clipped fins appeared for the first time in the company's display at the Air Force Association's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington DC. The missile's total fin area is reduced by roughly 20% compared with the original design, says Rob Thornley, MBDA sales and business development executive. The new shape allows the Meteors to squeeze into the...
  • Asteroid Strikes Colombia -- American Media Buries It!

    09/07/2010 10:37:04 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 54 replies
    The Intel Hub ^ | Monday, September 6, 2010 | "Alex"
    **Update -- Intel Hub -- RSOE EDIS is reporting that a 1,000 strong search team was tasked with finding the impact area and so far have been unable to locate it... Such a colossal event, so little media coverage. Around 3:10PM Sunday afternoon residents of Colombia were awestruck when the clear sky was cracked open by a massive fireball that exploded upon impact leaving a 300 foot wide crater and a lot of rattled nerves.