05 May 2009

Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 4MAY09

Despite record-setting meteorite hunt, big chunks still missing
CBC Edmonton
Mon, 04 May 2009 12:53 PM PDT
Meteorite hunters have shattered a record by finding more than 1,000 pieces of a meteor that blazed through the sky above the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary about 4½ months ago.

Alberta-Saskatchewan meteorite find sets record
Regina Leader-Post Mon, 04 May 2009 12:25 PM PDT
The spectacular asteroid that tore through the skies above Alberta and Saskatchewan in November has resulted in a Canadian record for the number of fragments collected from a single meteorite fall, with about 1,000 pieces now recovered.

Geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs
PhysOrg
Mon, 04 May 2009 08:42 AM PDT
A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has compiled powerful new evidence asserting her position.

Princeton geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs
EurekAlert!
Mon, 04 May 2009 08:29 AM PDT( Princeton University )
A Princeton University geoscientist who has stirred controversy with her studies challenging a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs has compiled powerful new evidence asserting her position.Gerta Keller, whose studies of rock formations at many sites in the United States, Mexico and India have led her to conclude that volcanoes, not a vast meteorite, ...

Space rock chunk to land at U of C
The Calgary Sun via Yahoo! Canada News
Mon, 04 May 2009 03:46 AM PDT
Scientists from the U of C are set to receive the largest chunk of space rock found yet from the Buzzard Coulee meteorite that lit up the skies over Alberta and Saskatchewan in November and landed near Lloydminster.

Hundreds of valuable fragments collected from 2008 meteorite
Canada.com Sun, 03 May 2009 21:42 PM PDT
The asteroid that produced a huge fireball seen in the skies above Alberta and Saskatchewan last fall has resulted in a record-breaking find for University of Calgary researchers.

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