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The Fallen Sky A Captivating New Meteorite Book

We meteorite enthusiasts are passionate about our space rocks, and also pretty much anything else related to them, especially books. It has been a while since a major new meteorite book appeared in our telescopes. The last was The Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites by O. Richard Norton and Lawrence A. Chitwood published in &hellip Continue reading »

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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 »

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Exciting Life Of A Meteorite Hunter

Sunburned and a little haggard after a long day of meteorite hunting in the Arizona desert. Self portrait by the author. During my childhood years in London Monty Python’s Flying Circus was the most controversial and talked-about show on television. My father wryly encouraged me to stay up until 9:25 pm and watch each new &hellip Continue reading »

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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 »

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Meteorites Rock at the 2009 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show

On Saturday afternoon, around 4 pm, we closed the showroom. It was the final day of my thirteenth consecutive show and — unlike the majority of things in the modern world — the Tucson gem shows really do get bigger and better each year. With 4,000+ dealers from practically every country on earth, over forty &hellip Continue reading »

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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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