April Will Have 2 Meteor Showers Happening Simultaneously — How to Watch the Rare Spectacle
With meteor showers and other celestial events lighting up the sky throughout April, astronomers predict an exciting month of ...
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How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones ...
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Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system
Meteorites are rocks from space that survive their fiery descent through Earth's atmosphere and reach the ground. More than ...
Scientists Followed 75 Meteorites and Mapped the Asteroid Belt’s Violent Origins
A team of astronomers has spent over a decade tracing meteorite impacts on Earth back to their original sources in the ...
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Meteorites: A geologic map of the asteroid belt
Where do meteorites of different type come from? In a review paper, astronomers trace the impact orbit of observed meteorite falls to several previously unidentified source regions in the asteroid ...
Astronomers Uncover Hidden Birthplaces of Meteorites and Asteroids
"This has been a decade-long detective story, with each recorded meteorite fall providing a new clue," said one astronomer.
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2 major meteor showers will light up night sky in April and May 2025
As the spring weather warms up, the 2025 meteor shower season will be ramping up, with two major meteor showers on tap for April and May. The season will kick off with the Lyrid meteor shower ...