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Teachers preparing for the upcoming school year should check out “This Dynamic Planet” a map that illustrates the Earth’s topography, volcanoes, earthquakes, plate boundaries, impact craters and more.
Tags: australia, europe, geology, hawaii, massachusetts, meteors and meteorites, michigan, pennsylvania, plate, plate-tectonics, united-states, virginiaA guy finds a meteorite on someone else’s property who is in the process of selling the property to a third person. This is a really nice 50-pound stone meteorite – the second largest ever found in the state – and worth a lot of money. Who is the rightful owner?
Tags: ads-by-google, australia, canada, climate-change, energy, europe, geology, hawaii, massachusetts, meteors and meteorites, pennsylvania, virginia, washingtonThe Kaali Meteorite Crater Field is located on the Estonian island of Saarema. There are nine craters which formed from impacts that occurred about 2700 years ago
Tags: aerolite-meteorites, california, earth sciences, europe, meteorites, meteors and meteorites, pennsylvania, virginiaA mystery object struck the southern hemisphere of Jupiter on July 19, 2009, leaving a dark bruise the size of the Pacific Ocean. Was it the impact of a comet or an asteroid?
Tags: ads-by-google, astronomy, california, europe, geology, Geology.com, hawaii, Jobs, jupiter, meteors and meteorites, mexico, pennsylvania, spaceWith the Leonid Meteor Shower peaking on November 17th at between 2:00 and 4:00 AM you might be interested in an article by David Lynch that explains two topics: #8220;How to Observe a Meteor Shower#8221; and #8220;What Causes Meteor Showers?#8221;.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/rtD7Iclv6Mk” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Tags: ads-by-google, canada, Geology.com, leonid-meteor, meteors and meteorites, night, pennsylvania, perseid, space, washingtonNASA#8217;s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity drove just 700 meters after finding the #8220;Block Island#8221; meteorite and spotted another! This one is about 47 centimeters long and has been named #8220;Shelter Island#8221;.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/Us_zS4j5Ppw” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Tags: ads-by-google, aerolite-meteorites, australia, canada, earth sciences, geology-news, Geology.com, Jobs, massachusetts, meteorite, meteors and meteorites, mexico, michigan, virginiaPhotos of meteorites found by NASA#8217;s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity and Spirit. These robots have found about 1/2 ton of meteorites in their travels in the short time that they have been driving around Mars.
Tags: aerolite, aerolite-meteorites, canada, geology, marcellus-shale, Meteorites on Mars, meteors and meteorites, united-states, virginiaThe 2009 Perseid meteor shower will peak between 1:30 PM and 4:00 PM EDT on August 12. This is during daylight hours but a second peak is expected at about 5:00 AM EDT, August 12. Article: #8220;How to Observe a Meteor Shower#8221; by David Lynch.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/68mmfKIkhBs” height=”1″ width=”1″/
Tags: Geology.com, geophysics, marcellus-shale, meteors and meteorites, night, perseid, shower, space, virginia, washington#8220;NASA#8217;s Hubble Space Telescope has taken the sharpest visible-light picture yet of atmospheric debris from an object that collided with Jupiter on July 19. NASA scientists decided to interrupt the recently refurbished observatory#8217;s checkout and calibration to take the image of a new, expanding spot on the giant planet on July 23.#8221;
Tags: astronomy, geology, geology-news, Geology.com, interesting, meteors and meteorites, moved-temporarily, space, temporarilyAn astronomer observing Jupiter from his home observatory noticed a new dark spot in the southern hemisphere of Jupiter – it looks like the dark spots produced by the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact. Phil Plait, author of Bad Astronomy, provides expert commentary on the possible causes of this new dark spot.img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Geologycom/~4/NK-CLl7MChI” height=”1″ width=”1″/
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Did Something Just Hit Jupiter?