[meteorite-list] The Science Behind Graham Hancock’s “Ancient Apocalypse

The Science Behind Graham Hancock’s “Ancient Apocalypse Dr. Mark Boslough, blog, October 23, 2022 https://www.boslough.us/blog/ancient-apocalypse-graham-hancock-ydih-dryas https://www.boslough.us/blog Mark Boslough's PubPeer PAge https://pubpeer.com/publications/9D7247C13B6A0ACA3E812D4DAECB0B Ma

[meteorite-list] NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars

NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Stunning Meteoroid Impact on Mars NASA, JPL, press release, October 27, 2022 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasa-s-insight-lander-detects-stunning-meteoroid-impact-on-mars NASA spacecraft records epic ‘marsquakes’ as it prepares to die InSight lander reports larges

[meteorite-list] Ejection site of the oldest martian meteorite found

There are 94 million craters on Mars. Scientists found the one this meteorite by Anthony Lagain, The Conversation, PhysOrg, July 13, 2022 called homehttps://phys.org/news/2022-07-million-craters-mars-scientists-meteorite.html Researchers Identify Water Rich Meteorite Linked To Mars Crust https

[meteorite-list] Moment meteor breaks up off Tasmanian coast captured on ship camera

Moment meteor breaks up off Tasmanian coast captured on ship camera The Guardian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIpbf88lEJc Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteori

[meteorite-list] Warning to Sellers: New $600 threshold for third-party payment reporting.

People, who sell meteorites, need to remember there is a new $600 threshold for reporting on Form 1099-K for third-party payments. IRS warns taxpayers about new $600 threshold for third-party payment reporting Kate Dore, CFP®, CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/23/heres-why-you-may-get-form-1099

[meteorite-list] Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet

NASA May Have Landed on a Martian Megatsunami Deposit Nearly 50 Years Ago Planetary Science Institute, Dec. 1, 2022 https://www.psi.edu/news/megatsunamimars Megatsunami swept over Mars after massive asteroid hit the Red Planet It left a crater 69 miles wide By Charles Q. Choi, December 1, 2022 ht

[meteorite-list] South Bohemia faces growing wave of illegal moldavite miners

South Bohemia faces growing wave of illegal moldavite miners By Ruth Fraňková, Czech Radio, January 25, 2021 https://english.radio.cz/south-bohemia-faces-growing-wave-illegal-moldavite-miners-8706463 Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteo

[meteorite-list] An icy mystery deep in Arctic Canada

An icy mystery deep in Arctic Canada Phoebe Smith, BBC News, Geologic Marvels, April 4, 2022 https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20220403-an-icy-mystery-deep-in-arctic-canada Yours, Paul H.__ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.c

[meteorite-list] The Homemade Air Purifier for dusty workshops

It seems like this would also work for dusty workrooms. The Homemade Air Purifier That’s Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic Made from everyday items found in hardware stores, the Corsi-Rosenthal box is a testament to the power of grassroots innovation Douglas Hannah, The Conversati

[meteorite-list] Green comet streaks across the sky in 2023 for first time since Stone Age

Green comet streaks across the sky in 2023 for first time since Stone Age by: Eric Henrikson, WREG, Memphis, January 6, 2023 https://wreg.com/news/nation-and-world/green-comet-streaks-across-the-sky-in-2023-for-first-time-since-stone-age/ By the way and off-topic, below is a great lecture about

[meteorite-list] A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science

A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/04/02/a-rough-guide-to-spotting-bad-science/ Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist2.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite

[meteorite-list] Scientists find 17-pound meteorite in Antarctic

Scientists find 17-pound meteorite in Antarctic All Things Considered, January 23, 2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/01/23/1150844919/scientists-find-17-pound-meteorite-in-antarctica Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecen

[meteorite-list] Challenges of identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites of non-igneous material.

Anfinogenova, Y. and Anfinogenov, J., 2019. Challenges of identifying putative planetary-origin meteorites of non-igneous material. Geoscience Frontiers, 10(5), pp.1879-1890. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/323444073_Challenges_of_identifying_putative_planetary-origin_meteorites_composed_

[meteorite-list] Meteorite From New Fall Found in Texas

Mysterious object that shook Texas last week identified as a likely meteorite by NASA. CBS News, February 21, 2023 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meteor-mcallen-texas-identified-meteorite-nasa-fragment-found/ Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing

Re: [meteorite-list] Leonard David FYI: damage hand magnets used by amateurs do to meteorites (PDF of Preprint)

David Leonard wrote: Testing the damage hand magnets used by amateurs do to meteorites https://phys.org/news/2023-04-magnets-amateurs-meteorites.html The paper is: Vervelidou, F., Weiss, B.P. and Lagroix, F., 2022. Hand magnets and the destruction of ancient meteorite magnetism. Jour

[meteorite-list] Impact melt rocks from the Late Paleocene Hiawatha impact structure, northwest Greenland.

More on the Late Paleocene Hiawatha impact structure, northwest Greenland. It was once thought to be a possible Pleistocene impact. Hyde, W.R., Garde, A.A., Keulen, N., Malkki, S.N., Jaret, S.J., Waight, T., Beck, P., McDonald, I. and Larsen, N.K., 2023. Impact melt rocks from the Late Paleocene

[meteorite-list] Belize tektites and the tektite strewn field of western Belize.

King, D.T., Jr., 2023. Belize tektites and the tektite strewn field of western Belize. Notas Geológicas, Revista Maya de Geociencias, Junio 2023. pp. 62-75. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371206778_Revista_Maya_de_Geociencias_-_Junio_2023 An older open access paper is: Koeberl, C., Gla

[meteorite-list] Earth's most ancient impact craters are disappearing

Earth's most ancient impact craters are disappearing by Rebecca Dzombak, PhysOrg, August 1, 2023 https://phys.org/news/2023-08-earth-ancient-impact-craters.html Earth Oldest Impact Craters Are Disappearing By Micheal Starr, ScienceAlert, August 2, 2023 https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-oldest-im

[meteorite-list] New Paper Rebukes Claim That an Exploding Comet Destroyed Hopewell Culture

New Paper Rebukes Claim That an Exploding Comet Destroyed Hopewell Culture Jason Colavito Blog, August 9, 2023 https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/new-paper-rebukes-claim-that-an-exploding-comet-destroyed-hopewell-culture Comet Catastrophe Debunked: Archaeologists Refute Claims That a Comet Destro

[meteorite-list] Possible asteroid crater 520km in diameter buried deep in southeast Australia

Asteroid crater 520km in diameter buried deep in southeast Australia, scientists say Dy Andrew Glikson, Australian Geographic.com,UNSW Sydney • August 16, 2023 https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2023/08/asteroid-crater-520km-in-diameter-buried-deep-in-southeast-aus

Re: [meteorite-list] Mysterious patches of glassy rock across Atacama Desert

In Mysterious patches of glassy rock across Atacama Desert, https://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/msg131785.html Robert Verish asked: >This story caused a big splash on the Internet back in late-2021, >but I'm still looking for a published paper. >Has anyone heard anyth

[meteorite-list] Pre–Younger Dryas megafaunal extirpation in southern California

How Early Humans May Have Transformed L.A.’s Landscape Forever Science Friday, NPR, August 25, 2023 https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/la-brea-saber-tooth-cat-fires/ The paper is: O’Keefe, F.R., Dunn, R.E., Weitzel, E.M., Waters, M.R., Martinez, L.N., Binder, W.J., Southon, J.R., Cohen,

[meteorite-list] This Ancient Meteorite from the Birth of Our Solar System

This Ancient Meteorite Is A Time Capsule From The Birth of Our Solar System by Michelle Starr, ScienceAlert, August 30, 2023 https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-meteorite-is-a-time-capsule-from-the-birth-of-our-solar-system The open access paper is: Krestianinov, E., Amelin, Y., Yin, QZ. e

[meteorite-list] The paper about the Hopewell airburst event has been retracted.

The paper about the Hopewell airburst event has been retracted. The open access note about it is: Tankersley, K.B., Meyers, S.D., Meyers, S.A. et al. Retraction Note: The Hopewell airburst event, 1699–1567 years ago (252–383 CE). Sci Rep 13, 14201 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41237

[meteorite-list] NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before being whisked away by helicopter Nell Greenfieldboyce, All Things Considered, September 24, 2023 https://www.npr.org/2023/09/24/1201386042/watch-live-nasa-sends-an-asteroid-sample-back-to-earth Nasa hails 'awesome' rescue mission as asteroid sampl

[meteorite-list] Suspected extraterrestial impact crater reported from North Korea

A suspected extraterrestial impact crater, the Hapcheon impact crater, is reported from North Korea by the below open access papers. Lim, J., Hong, S.S., Han, M., Yi, S. and Kim, S.W., 2021. First finding of impact cratering in the Korean Peninsula. Gondwana Research, 91, pp.121-128. https://www.

[meteorite-list] Correction: Its "South Korea" not "North Korea"

Hi, "Suspected extraterrestial impact crater reported from North Korea" should read "Suspected extraterrestial impact crater reported from South. Korea." Apologies for the brain fart. Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecent

[meteorite-list] The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest

The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than Thought, Lunar Rock Samples Suggest By Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, October 23, 2023 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-moon-is-40-million-years-older-than-thought-lunar-rock-samples-suggest-180983117/ Scientists believe moon is 40 millio

[meteorite-list] Harvard astronomer’s “alien spherules” are industrial pollutants

Harvard astronomer’s “alien spherules” are industrial pollutants BIg Think, November 14, 2023 https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/harvard-astronomer-alien-spherules/ The open access paper is: Gallardo, P.A., 2023. Anthropogenic Coal Ash as a Contaminant in a Micro-meteoritic Underwater Searc

[meteorite-list] Open access paper supporting Bolaven Plateau as location for source crater of Australasian strewn field

Kerry Sieh, Dayana Schonwalder Angel, Jason Herrin, and Jia Yong Quah, 2023. Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern Laos Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (50) e2310351120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310351120 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.231

[meteorite-list] OT - Happy New Year with Cats

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Let start the new Year with some cat news. Cats' dazzling eye colors may come from 1 unusual ancestor News By Patrick Pester, Live Science, November, 2023 https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/cats-dazzling-eye-colors-may-come-from-1-unusual-ancestor The op

Re: [meteorite-list] OT - Happy New Year with Cats

In my last post, there was one broken URL. The correct one is below. Cats have nearly 300 facial expressions, including a 'play face' they share with humans By Jennifer Nalewicki, Live Science, October 30, 2023 https://www.livescience.com/animals/cats/cats-have-nearly-300-facial-expressions-inclu

[meteorite-list] Holocene impact craters on Earth.

An interesting recently published open access summary of Holocene Impact Craters. Losiak, A., 2023. Holocene impact craters on Earth. Miscellanea Geographica. Vol. 27 • No. 4 https://intapi.sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/mgrsd-2023-0016 https://sciendo.com/journal/MGRSD Yours, Paul H. _

[meteorite-list] Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have formed from lost meteor impact

Libyan desert’s yellow glass: how we discovered the origin of these rare and mysterious shards, Elizaveta Kovaleva Lecturer, University of the Western Cape The Conversation, November 20, 2023 https://theconversation.com/libyan-deserts-yellow-glass-how-we-discovered-the-origin-of-these-rare-and-mys

[meteorite-list] Footprints of birds, pterosaurs, dinosaurs below the K/Pg boundary, Las Encinas, Formation. Coahuila, Mexico

There is an interesting paper about the tracks of footprints of birds, pterosaurs, dinosaurs found below the K/Pg boundary in the Las Encinas Formation, State of Coahuila, Mexico. Although it is in Spanish, a more or less usable translation can be obtained using document option of Goggle Transl

[meteorite-list] Strange Metal From Beyond Our World, Found in Ancient Treasure Stash, The Treasure of Villena, Iberia

Strange Metal From Beyond Our World, Found in Ancient Treasure Stash The Treasure of Villena, Iberia Michelle Starr, ScienceAlert, February 2024 https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-metal-from-beyond-our-world-found-in-ancient-treasure-stash The paper is: Rovira-Llorens, S., 2023 ¿Hierro meteorí

[meteorite-list] Physicists suggest a possible way to confirm or deny the existence of the Chinguetti meteorite

Physicists suggest a possible way to confirm or deny the existence of the Chinguetti meteorite by Bob Yirka , Phys.org https://phys.org/news/2024-03-physicists-deny-chinguetti-meteorite.html  The paper is: Warren, R., Warren, S. and Protopapa, E., 2024. New evidence on the lost giant Chinguetti

[meteorite-list] Interstellar Meteorite was Just a Truck

Interstellar Signal Linked to Aliens was Actually Just a Truck The findings from a Johns Hopkins University-led team raise doubts that materials pulled last year from the ocean are alien materials from a 2014 meteor fireball John Hopkins University, HUB, March 7, 2024 https://hub.jhu.edu/2024

[meteorite-list] Claims of Extrasolar Spherules from Pacific Ocean Site CNEOS 2014-01-08 Disputed

Recently, a preprint has been posted to the arXiv site that disputes proposal that Be,La,U-rich spherules recovered form Pacific Ocean Site CNEOS 2014-01-0 are from an extrasolar origin. Instead, they argued to be microtektites of terrestrial lateritic sandstone. The preprint is: Desch, S.,

[meteorite-list] New Zealand's 10th meteorite discovered

New Zealand's 10th meteorite discovered by couple sitting in Queenstown spa by Juliet Speedy, NewsHub, March 22, 2024 https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2024/03/new-zealand-s-10th-meteorite-discovered-by-couple-sitting-in-queenstown-spa.html Newshub video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u

[meteorite-list] Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California (photos, video)

Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California, creating spectacular fireball (photos, video) Mike Wall, SpaceCom, April 7, 2024 https://www.space.com/chinese-space-junk-fall-fireball-shenzhou-15 Yours, Paul H. __ Meteorite-list mailing li

[meteorite-list] Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars

Too bad one of these rocks has not turned up as a Martian meteorite Thousands of strange white rocks found on Mars. Will they ever be brought to Earth? SpaceCom, Sharmila Kuthunur, April 3, 2024 "These are very unusual rocks and we're trying to Figure out what's been going on." https://www.space.

[meteorite-list] ‘Space junk’ crashes into Florida home from International Space Station, NASA says

‘Space junk’ crashes into Florida home from International Space Station, NASA says ALcom, Apr. 16, 2024 https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/space-junk-crashes-into-florida-home-from-international-space-station-nasa-says.html Object that slammed into Florida home was indeed space junk from ISS, NASA c

[meteorite-list] Customs and Border Protection Crackdowns on some De Minimis Shipments into the US

Currently, US Customs and Border Protection is cracking down on de minimis Shipments from China into the US. It is now currently limited to air shipments from China. However, this crackdown could extend eventually to other countries and ultimately to some degree to marine shipments. Because de mi

[meteorite-list] Cubic zirconia found in impact glass from West Clearwater Lake impact structure, Quebec, Canada

Quebec lake meteorite impact yields rare rocks and evidence of extreme heat by Jeff Renaud, University of Western Ontario, June 6, 2024 https://phys.org/news/2024-06-quebec-lake-meteorite-impact-yields.html#google_vignette The open access paper is: Chinchalkar, N.S., Osinski, G.R., Erickson, T.M

[meteorite-list] Suzdalevo Lake (Central Siberia, Russia)—A Tunguska Event-Related Impact Crater?

Another proposed impact crater has bit the dust. Kavková, R., Vondrák, D., Chattová, B., Svecova, E., Takac, M., Golias, V., Štorc, R., Stanghellini, C. and Kletetschka, G., 2022. Suzdalevo Lake (Central Siberia, Russia)—A Tunguska Event-Related Impact Crater? Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, no.

[meteorite-list] Moroccan meteorite merchants suspected of smuggling money abroad

Moroccan meteorite merchants suspected of smuggling money abroad Hespress English, August 24, 2024 https://en.hespress.com/90121-moroccan-meteorite-merchants-suspected-of-smuggling-money-abroad.html https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/moroccan-meteorite-merchants-suspected-of-smuggling-money-abroa

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