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 ...
Newsweek23d
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 ...
The New York Times25d
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 ...
USA Today17d
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 ...
Life-bearing water arrived on Earth later rather than sooner, meteorite analysis suggests
A team led by a Rutgers-New Brunswick scientist has concluded water did not arrive as early during Earth's formation as ...
CNN18d
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 ...
New York Daily News25d
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 ...
The Conversation on MSN19d
Earth is bombarded with rocks from space – but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?
University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Every day, about 48.5 tonnes of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But ...