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NEWS ABOUT: meteor

meteor stories: 7 news summaries

 Schoolboy Survives 
 Meteor Strike 

Red-hot chunk of rock traveling 30,000 miles an hour bounced off boy's hand

Jun 13, 09 3:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old German schoolboy survived with just a scar on his hand after being hit by a meteorite traveling 30,000 miles an hour, the Daily Telegraph reports. The red-hot pebble buried itself in the road after bouncing off Gerrit Blank, who doused it with a drink, dug it out... More »

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 UFO Saved Earth 
 in Suicide Mission: 
 Russian Scientist 

He points to mysterious crystals as proof

May 27, 09 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alien spacecraft crashed into a giant meteor 100 years ago to stop it from hitting Earth, according to a Russian scientist. Most scientists say an exploding meteorite caused 1908’s Tunguska event, which flattened 80 million trees across 100 miles. But researcher Yuri Labvin says crystals found in sparsely populated... More »

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Russia • Siberia • space • UFO • aliens • meteor • Yuri Labvin

(Newser) - A meteor strikes Earth, dust clouds block the sun, and shivering dinosaurs die off in the cold—right? Not so, say researchers who have dug up dinosaur fossils well above the Arctic Circle in Russia. Because the find includes fossilized dino eggshells, they say, dinosaurs settled up there and withstood... More »

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Arctic • extinction • dinosaur • meteor

Mysterious Fireball Reported Along Atlantic Coast

Meteor suspected

Mar 30, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Residents along the mid-Atlantic coast spotted a huge fireball last night—likely a meteor—followed by an explosion and a loud noise minutes later, the Virginian-Pilot reports. “This brilliant green meteor was probably two or three times brighter than the moon,” says one amateur astronomer who spotted... More »

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astronomy • meteor

 Perseid Meteors
 Fly Tonight 

Best viewing hours after 1:30 am moonset

Aug 11, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Earth will plow into the heart of the Perseid meteor stream tonight and give star-gazers a spectacle, Space.com reports. We'll hit the stream's densest part at 7 am EST, but best viewing hours may be after 1:30 am local time—when the moon sets and gives viewers a... More »

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Perseids • meteor shower • stargazing • meteor

'08's Best Meteor Show Tonight

Unique opportunity for viewing Quadrantids

Jan 3, 08 4:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The most exciting space show of 2008 might well be the Quadrantid meteor shower's peak at 1:40 a.m. EST tomorrow, Space.com reports. Though factors such as moonlight and weather usually obscure the annual spectacle, a rural observer this year may see one or two shooting stars per... More »

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astronomy • meteor shower • meteor • Quadrantids

'Meteor' Hole Sickens Peruvians

Crater spews toxic gases, say witnesses

Sep 19, 07 9:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of Peruvians have complained of headaches, nausea, and vomiting since a fireball plummeting from space left a deep crater in a remote area of the Andes Saturday night. Witnesses say the 20-foot-deep crater spews noxious gases that sicken those who come near it, BBC reports. Animals have also fallen... More »

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Peru • Andes • illness • meteor • toxic gas

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