Posts Tagged With: meteorite hunters
Fireball Seen Over Tucson June 23 2009
A bright meteor (bolide) was seen in the night skies over Tucson on June 23, 2009. We are looking for eyewitness reports. Continue reading
Meteorite Men the Television Show
Sometimes dreams do come true: The author (above left) and Steve Arnold with a 230-lb Brenham pallasite recovered during the filming of Meteorite Men. The meteorite was buried about four feet underground and had to be excavated using a back hoe. Photograph by Caroline Palmer © Aerolite Meteorites. So, after seventeen months of work Meteorite &hellip Continue reading
The Great West Texas Meteorite Hunt
A small oriented meteorite, untouched by human hands just as found in the West, Texas strewnfield. Photograph by Steve Arnold. Anyone who took part in the Great Texas Fireball Hunt of February, 2009 will remember it for as long as they live. On the afternoon of February 15, while the Aerolite Meteorites team was hard &hellip Continue reading
Texas Fireball Spurs International Meteorite Hunt
As Sherlock Holmes used to say to his pal Watson whenever a new chase began: “The game’s afoot!” Two independent groups led by my colleagues Ron Dilulio, and Mike Farmer, have found small freshly-fallen stone meteorites on the ground near Waco, Texas. They are almost certainly associated with the bright daytime fireball witnessed over Austin, &hellip Continue reading
A Cool New Science Magazine and a Very Cool New Meteorite Article
Unlike many of my colleagues, I really enjoy doing media interviews, especially when I have the pleasure of working with a particularly thoughtful, bright and inventive journalist. A few weeks ago, I received a call from Eleanor Perry-Smith, a writer at Northwestern University in Illinois. She was working on a the premiere issue of a &hellip Continue reading
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Meteorite Men on Location 
Meteorite Men on Twitter- MeteoriteMen: AZ Daily Star: "Meteorites give 'rare' a whole new meaning" http://t.co/i6fiTfHz #Tucson #MeteoriteMen #gems #astronomy
- MeteoriteMen: No-reserve auction of rare #MeteoriteMen #collectibles Sat. evening in #Tucson http://t.co/xjfUeepK #auctions #astronomy
- MeteoriteMen: Steve of #MeteoriteMen discusses the #Texas #fireball http://t.co/4s0j2F6Z on WFAA Dallas #meteorites #meteors
- MeteoriteMen: Our friend Mac talks about the #Texas #fireball: http://t.co/jlHFC28E #meteorites #meteors #astronomy
- MeteoriteMen: @NickAstronomer Thank you! Looking forward to imminent arrival of @darkyskyone and hoping to see YOU in AZ one of these days : )
- MeteoriteMen: RT @NickAstronomer: @darkskyone @MeteoriteMen A superb meeting of minds... I hope you have a great time and a great show!
- MeteoriteMen: RT @NickAstronomer: Solar physicists studying the sun have a flare for research #spacejokes
- MeteoriteMen: @darkskyone Let's make it happen! A dark sky waits for no man : )
- MeteoriteMen: RT @darkskyone: Headed to Tucson next week. Hope to catch up with Dark Sky Ambassador Geoff Notkin @MeteoriteMen at the #Gem Show.
- MeteoriteMen: @DiscoverySciCa Thank you for the mentions! Thrilled that we are airing in Canada. Warmest wishes from us in the US : )
- MeteoriteMen: RT @DiscoverySciCa: .@MeteoriteMen head to Russia in search of one of the most rare & valuable meteorites on the planet—the Dronino atax ...
- MeteoriteMen: It's Saturday & that means BOTH our #Tucson gem show locations are open! http://t.co/uvxkez7a #meteorites #gems #Arizona
- MeteoriteMen: RT @NickAstronomer: Here's the top 20 closest asteroids that haven't hit us - http://t.co/TKNVM0c4
- MeteoriteMen: Setting up our biggest & best meteorite display EVER for #Tucson gem show. Who's coming? http://t.co/uvxkez7a http://t.co/TSO0SGfO
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Buzzard Coulee Hunt, April 2009