☄️🪨 When does a #meteor become a #meteorite? What separates a #comet from an #asteroid?

This animated explainer from #London's Natural #History #Museum traces how space #rocks travel from the outer #solarsystem to our skies. #Comets are icy objects that develop glowing tails near the Sun. #Asteroids collide in the Belt, chipping off meteoroids that become #meteors in our atmosphere and #meteorites if they survive the fall. Each name change marks where these rocks are and what they're doing on their journey.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/whats-the-difference-between-asteroids-meteors-and-comets?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=space-rocks

#space #astronomy #science #education #tksst #video

Yesterday, about 30 scientists from the Max Planck Institutes in Göttingen visited school classes to talk about #meteorites, #Mars, the #Sun and much more. Thanks for having us – and for all the great questions! See you next year! #MaxPlanckgehtzurSchule @mpi-nat.bsky.social @mpimmg.bsky.social

🪨🌌 Astronomers in #Uruguay found that our #asteroid belt is gradually disappearing, losing about 0.0088% of its mass annually through gravitational interactions with #Jupiter and internal collisions.

About 20% of this lost material becomes asteroids that cross #Earth's orbit as potential meteorite impacts, while 80% gets ground into the meteoritic dust that creates the faint zodiacal light visible after #sunset.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/our-asteroid-belt-is-slowly-disappearing-a-new-study-reveals-its-fate

#space #solarsystem #astronomy #meteorites #planets #science #research

Gold is more than wealth—it’s Earth’s story told in light. From the core’s hidden vaults to meteorite gifts, its journey reminds us of beauty, rarity, and cosmic wonder. #Gold #Geology #EarthScience #Meteorites #CosmicOrigins #Inspiration #History #Technology #Culture #GoldenEarth
https://medium.com/@mohindroo.sanjay66/earths-hidden-treasure-gold-in-the-core-1638a694b1d8

The Chinese illegally smuggled the 9th largest known meteorite in the world out of Somalia and back to China. The story would make a good Hollywood screenplay. ☄️

🔗 Link : https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-the-mysterious-smuggling-of-the-el-ali-meteorite/

#meteoritics #meteorite #meteorites #PlanetaryScience

Earth’s inner core: nobody knows exactly what it’s made of – now we’ve started to uncover the truth
#EarthCore #Geology #EarthScience #PlanetaryScience #Meteorites #Seismology #InnerCore #Geophysics #Research #SpaceScience #ClimateAndEarth
https://the-14.com/earths-inner-core-nobody-knows-exactly-what-its-made-of-now-weve-started-to-uncover-the-truth/

"Meteorites & Astronomy, an Intimate Connection" 🔭 🪐 🪨

"When we look at craters on the moon in our eyepieces, we are seeing the impact sites that launched the lunar meteorites we now have on Earth in our collections. Holding a lunar meteorite is the closest thing we "normal folk" will come to touching the Moon where the Apollo astronauts once walked." 🌜 🚀

Link : https://galactic-stone.com/meteorites-astronomy-an-intimate-connection/

#Astronomy #Meteorites #PlanetaryScience #Stargazing #SpaceRocks #Space

https://www.wacoca.com/anime/1913533/ 【アニメ】ジャンケンで階段のぼった結果・・・ #すとぷり #anime ##ストプリ #AMPTAK #AMPTAKxCOLORS #Anime #asmr #KnightX #Meteorites #SneakerStep #STPR #StrawberryPrince #vtuber #アニメ #アニメ最新情報 #アンプタックカラーズ #オリジナル #ゲーム #ゲーム実況 #ころん #さとみ #ジェル #じゃんけん #ショートアニメ #ショート動画 #すとぷり #すとぷりチャンネル #すとろべりーぷりんす #すにすて #ナイトエックス #ななもり。 #バーチャル #メテオラ #りいぬ #るぅと #名場面 #新作アニメ #歌い手 #歌い手グループ #神回 #莉犬 #遠井さん #階段 #騎士X

Significant Meteorite Discoveries in Brazil Offer New Scientific Insights and Local Benefits

A recent meteorite fall in Brazil has sparked excitement among scientists and locals alike, with multiple meteorite fragments recovered from the affected areas. Researchers highlight that these meteorites provide valuable scientific data about space and the origins of the solar system. The recovered... [More info]

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#meteorites #meteorite

My earlier post about the book that quoted my article about the history of the Saharan Gold Rush : https://mastodon.social/@galacticstone/114955741466742865

My 2010 article that started it : https://galactic-stone.com/about-nwa-meteorites/

#meteorites #PlanetaryScience

Last month, I wrote about the record largest Mars rock recently sold at Sotheby's auction by an anonymous Chinese seller. Now there is some controversy over the provenance of this specimen.

My blog link : https://galactic-stone.com/galactic-stone-archive/meteorite-market-report-2025/

Scroll down halfway to the part about Planetaries.

The controversy is outlined in this BBC article : https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly3q635n4no

They used the term "Saharan Gold Rush" that I coined in 2010 and mentioned the book I was recently quoted in.

#meteorites #PlanetaryScience

Target Earth: Meteorites, Asteroids, Comets, and Other Cosmic Intruders That Threaten Our Planet by Govert Schilling, 2025

Drawing on the latest scientific discoveries, Schilling explores virtually every aspect of cosmic impacts—from small meteorites to devastating collisions, from the craters that mark our planet’s surface to the impacts that left their mark on other celestial bodies...

@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#asteroids
#comets
#meteorites

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Some scientific papers about Pica Glass :

Widespread glasses generated by cometary fireballs during the late Pleistocene in the Atacama Desert, Chile - https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/50/2/205/609354/Widespread-glasses-generated-by-cometary-fireballs

Hypervelocity Airburst Shower Formation of the Pica Glass - https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022LPICo2702.2021B/abstract

EVIDENCE FOR DYNAMIC MELTING, EMPLACEMENT, AND CARBONACEOUS IMPACTOR ENTRAINMENT IN PICA GLASS FROM THE CHILEAN ATACAMA DESERT - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/385372481_EVIDENCE_FOR_DYNAMIC_MELTING_EMPLACEMENT_AND_CARBONACEOUS_IMPACTOR_ENTRAINMENT_IN_PICA_GLASS_FROM_THE_CHILEAN_ATACAMA_DESERT

#PicaGlass #meteorite #impactite #meteorites #STEM #science #astronomy

Two #meteorites were found in the samples of lunar soil returned during the Apollo missions. Both were no more than a few millimeters in diameter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bench_Crater_meteorite

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_Rille_meteorite

New, Meteorite Market Report 2025.

Somebody paid too much for the world's largest Martian, bogus Cintamani flooding the market, the rise of AI-fueled scams, and where to find bargains.

Link - https://galactic-stone.com/galactic-stone-archive/meteorite-market-report-2025/

#meteorite #meteorites #meteorito #meteoriten #market #collecting

I didn't realize I was quoted in this #Wired article back in February. I stumbled across it yesterday. My essay on the Saharan Gold Rush of Meteorites was quoted in the article and the book mentioned by the author.

Link : https://www.wired.com/story/morocco-meteorites-saharan-gold-rush/

#meteorite #meteorites #Sahara #meteoritics