19 May 2009

Latest Worldwide Meteor/Meteorite News 19MAY09

Possible Meteorite-NOT Found in Field
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth
Mon, 18 May 2009 11:05 AM PDT
Scientists have visited a field in Somervell County to see if a mysterious rock is indeed a meteorite. ...

Collector pays $50,000 for a 5-pound rock
Chicago Sun-Times
Mon, 18 May 2009 07:30 AM PDT
The Garza stone has a new home. The five-pound meteorite that crashed into a Park Forest home in 2003 was bought by a private collector for $50,787.50 Sunday during an auction by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. David Herskowitz, director of natural history at Heritage, says it's the Garza's provenance that makes it exceptional. "The added value of this meteorite is that it hit a man-made ...

「地球外生命体を光で探す」新手法
(New Method for Detecting Extraterrestrial Life)
Wired Vision
この説の証拠としては、太陽系形成初期からあまり変質していないと考えられているマーチソン隕石に地球上に存在していないアミノ酸が検出され、このアミノ酸がL体が ...

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