Quantcast
Channel: EurekAlert! - Breaking News
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3915

New space rock is rare type of meteorite

$
0
0
On April 22, 2012, several Doppler weather radars detected a fast-moving fireball that many spectators also saw in the skies over much of California and Nevada. A new study describes the speedy recovery of this meteorite and reports that the space rock is an unusually complex example of the rare meteorites known as carbonaceous chondrites.

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3915

Trending Articles