Meteorite Identification – How To Identify A Meteorite

To understand how to identify a meteorite you must first know the types of meteorites there are. There is a set of identifying characteristics that most meteorites exhibit that will aid in identification.
Typically most meteorites contain iron and tend to be magnetic. They are usually heavier and much more dense than ordinary terrestrial stones due [...]

Comet Eaten By Sun [VIDEOS]

A Comet Gets Eaten By The Sun! [VIDEO] Nasa SOHO
The SOHO spacecraft captured the arcing orbit of a sungrazing comet as it approached the Sun (Jan. 3, 2010) and evaporated. The comet is believed to belong to the Kreutz family of comets that broke up from a much larger comet [...]

Asteroids Meteoroids Meteors & Meteorites

What’s the difference between asteroids, meteoroids, meteors, and meteorites? Well if you don’t know you’re not alone. Many people confuse them and use the terms interchangeably when in fact they aren’t all the same at all. In it’s simplest form an asteroid is BIG, a meteoroid is smaller, meteors are flaming meteoroids as they are [...]

Gold Basin Meteorite Hunt – Mr Meteorite! Ruben Garcia

Ruben Garcia & Son just had a successful trip to the Gold Basin meteorite strewnfield. See the photos below on the wonderful Gold Basin meteorites they collected. 355 grams in all. Two of the fragments fit together… Wow! Great work guys!
The Gold Basin meteorite strewnfield is located in northern Arizona about 45 minutes north of [...]

The Meteorite Men Series!

The Meteorite Men are coming! Everyone should run, not walk, to their TIVO and set this show for record. After last years surprise smash hit on May 10th 2009, the Meteorite Men have been busy making 6 new episodes for the coming season starting on January 20th on the Science Channel.
The Meteorite Men cable series [...]

Meteorite Hunting

Meteorite hunting in the United States.

Hi Everyone, Welcome To The New And Improved Meteorites USA
Like many people today that are curious about meteorites and meteorite hunting you probably want to know where you can find them. Well the quick and dirty answer to that is that you can find them anywhere. Meteorites have been falling [...]

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Meteorites In The United States
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A Google Earth Map of all meteorites found and classified in the United States, complete with links, classification types, and coordinates of the meteorite falls and finds. Data will be added over time and are searchable on the Meteoritical Bulletin’s website for more information.

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Report A Fireball!

Have you seen a meteor fireball? Report it here.
To Report A Fireball Sighting: Fill out the form below and click SEND. Someone from Meteorites USA will be in contact with you shortly. Clicking SEND will post the report info immediatly to the site in REAL TIME. If there’s info you don’t wish to be [...]

New Meteorite Fall In Muzaffarnagar India?

Two “Asteroid” pieces have been found in Karimpur village in India
No Photos… Short blurbs… Hot meteorites!???
http://www.indopia.in/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/579540/Science/9/20/9
EXCERPT: “…Two asteroids, which are believed to be pieces of a bigger meteor, have been found at Karimpur village in the district here.The small asteroids were found in the compound of Shyambir, a villager, yesterday. “Two small asteroids which fell [...]

Fireball, Explosion & Big BOOM Might Have Been Meteorite: Geelong Australia

A huge explosion and shower of debris sparks a theory that this event could be a meteorite dropping fireball. Here’s an excerpt from an article published in the Geelong Advertiser.
The report also states that a resident in the area said “..it sounded like a rock had been thrown at their kitchen window…”
“…David Van Vledder believes [...]