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Meteorite Destroys Warehouse In Auckland, NZ

vik writes "According to local media, multiple eye witnesses are reporting that a meteorite crashed into a warehouse in Auckland, New Zealand last night, setting it on fire. The warehouse roof was destroyed but no nearby buildings were damaged and there was only one minor casualty — a man who happened to be inside the building at the time. The fire service have not yet made an official announcement."

Head-sized Meteorite Found From Canadian Fireball

The 13 kg meteorite is roughly the size of a human head. Bruce McCurdy, Edmonton Space & Science Foundation / Royal Astronomical Society of Canada)

#50: Confirmed: 1969 Meteorite Brought Genetic Building Blocks From Space

In June astrobiologists announced [pdf] they had found a key component of genetic material within a meteorite. The discovery supports the idea that asteroid bombardment four billion years ago may have jump-started the emergence of life.

Columbia Report, NASA's Future, An Ancient Meteorite

A NASA report cited a number of design flaws involved in the Columbia space shuttle disaster that happened nearly six years ago. Due to the poor design of their pressure suits, all seven astronauts blacked out almost immediately once the spacecraft started breaking up during re-entry, officials said. All perished in the crash.

Half-baked asteroids have Earth-like crust

Field image of the achondrite meteorite GRA 06129, found in blue ice of the Graves Nunatak region of the Antarctica during the ANSMET 2006/2007 field-season. GRA 06129 and its pair,...

Scientists publish first ever evidence of asteroids with earth-like crust

This is a field image of the achondrite meteorite GRA 06128, found in blue ice of the Graves Nunatak region of the Antarctica during the ANSMET 2006/2007 field-season.

Prairie meteorites could provide glimpse into origins of solar system

University of Calgary planetary scientist Dr. Alan Hildebrand holds a meteorite fragmant recovered last month, near Lloydminster on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, at a press conference in Calgary, Alta. on Monday Dec. 22, 2008. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal

Carphone Warehouse awards DM account to Lida and Table 19

The agencies were appointed to the roster following a pitch against WDMP, Meteorite, Kitcatt Nohr Alexander Shaw and Table 19.

may have arrived from outer space

EXTRATERRESTRIAL: Building blocks of genetic material extracted from a fragment of the Murchison meteorite, similar to the sample shown here, formed in deep space, according to a new study.

University asteroid hunters find 100 meteorites as Prairie cold sets in

More than 100 meteorites have been collected by the University of Calgary since a 10-tonne fireball lit up the border of Saskatchewan and Alberta on Nov. 20. The team of asteroid hunters expects their collection to set a Canadian record for the largest-ever recorded meteorite fall. As many as 20 volunteers, including students, locals, professors and amateur astronomers, have been scouring for the rocks for more than a month in Lloydminster, Sask. Frigid temperatures and heavy snowfall have complicated the search. "Finding all we could before the snow came on Dec. 6 was a real challenge and tough on searchers, with wind chills routinely colder than -20C," said asteroid expert Alan Hildebrand, pictured.

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