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Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

(The Conversation) – Have you ever been out at night and seen a streak of light blast across the sky and disappear? Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky? As ...
Nanowerk

Researchers identify water rich meteorite linked to Mars crust

(Nanowerk News) NASA-funded researchers analyzing a small meteorite that may be the first discovered from the Martian surface or crust have found it contains 10 times more water than other Martian ...
SF Weekly

Scientists identify ‘oddball’ meteorite that wiped out dinosaurs

Dinosaurs were unlucky to be wiped out by an "oddball" meteorite 66 million years ago, say scientists. Fine debris thrown into the atmosphere by the space rock, rather than chemicals, was most likely ...
Houston Chronicle

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) As the director of the Peters Observatory at Hamilton College, I have seen many ...
The Telegraph

Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Adam Lark, Hamilton College (THE CONVERSATION) Have you ever been out at night and ...