Some fun meteorite facts related to the blue planet! Up to 300 tons of space dust (including micrometeorites) fall to Earth every day. In fact, so much cosmic dust ends up in our atmosphere that an international research project called CODITA (COsmic Dust In the Terrestrial Atmosphere) has been formed to study it – you […]
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Fireball lights up Arizona night sky!
A bright meteor streaked across southwestern skies Saturday, April 12th and was witnessed by several bystanders. You can see video of the fireball and listen to eye-witness accounts here! Meteor: A trail of light produced by a meteoroid as it passes through an atmosphere. Meteorite: A meteoroid that was naturally transported from the celestial […]
