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 ...
New Scientist4d
A thrilling guide to the Indiana Jones-like world of meteorite hunting
Hunting for meteorites can be a high-octane race as private collectors and scientists go head-to-head, reveals a new book by ...
Space.com14d
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.
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'It was so simple': How Antarctica's missing meteorites were discovered using a block of ice, a freezer and a lamp
"What if the iron stones were warming up to the point where they would actually melt the glacial ice beneath them and sink ...
BGR13d
Scientists are hunting for a meteorite that just struck in Australia
and once the approximate coordinates are distributed there will surely be several meteorite hunting expeditions. Any remnants of the meteor will be dark gray or black in color, and likely smooth ...
NDTV18d
Earth Is Bombarded With Rocks From Space. But Who Decides Who Keeps Them?
But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership. Globally, meteorite hunting has become a lucrative business, with chunks of alien rock traded online and shipped between ...
The New York Times25d
A Meteorite Is Caught on Camera as It Crashes Outside a Front Door
The source of the splotch was officially registered on Monday as the Charlottetown meteorite, named after the city on Prince Edward Island, in eastern Canada, where it landed. Only 69 meteorites ...
Phys.org19d
Earth is bombarded with rocks from space—but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?
But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership. Globally, meteorite hunting has become a lucrative business, with chunks of alien rock traded online and shipped between ...
Yahoo4d
'It was so simple': How Antarctica's missing meteorites were discovered using a block of ice, a freezer and a lamp
She had recently moved to work at the University of Manchester too and, as an expert on meteorites who had already been out to Antarctica hunting the things, it was obvious that she should join ...
Yahoo14d
Earth is bombarded with rocks from space — but who gets to keep these ultimate antiques?
But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership. Globally, meteorite hunting has become a lucrative business, with chunks of alien rock traded online and shipped between ...