Scientists find meteor debris in Canada after that huge fireball

The many videos floating on the youtube about this brilliant fireball now has another part to the story. Meteorites have been recovered.
see PHOTOS
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/28/AR2008112801930.html

Arkansas earthquakes portend a bigger one

Arkansas Quakes Could Offer Warning in the future. More investigation is needed to gauge possibly when a future earthquake may take place.
By JON GAMBRELL

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Nov. 28) - A series of small earthquakes that rattled central Arkansas in recent weeks could be a sign of something much bigger to come.
http://news.aol.com/article/arkansas-quakes-could-offer-warning/262244

3 out of 4 possible telltale signs now detected on planets beyond our own

Now Carbon Dioxide is detected in planets beyond our own. The next one to investigate and find is .... (look at the article)
By Robert Roy Britt
Editorial Director
posted: 23 November 2008
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/081123-planet-carbon-dioxide.html

Leonids and Light pillars

The Leonid meteor shower peaked on the morning of 11/17/2008. While many in Asia and Europe saw significant higher then average meteoric rates, in Kansas I saw nothing due to clouds. I did however see one nice Leonid the morning before.
While that phenomenon was in the atmosphere, Light pillars danced in the sky lower to the Earth. They appear like ice crystal laden auroras but they are not.
http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=22&month=11&year=2008

Closeup view of Saturn's moon shows special structures

This moon has been discovered to have unusual features. Here are the lastest pictures and closeups.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081119.html

Auroras over Saturn

Auroras can be seen over the Earth, both hemispheres. They are also seen above the atmospheres of other planets.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081119.html

Blach holes imaged

Black holes are amazing but seeing the regions where they are being imaged more and more.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081119.html

Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah?

I thought this was rather interesting. Some simulated research after finding an ancient rock with writings and drawing possibly depicts an small asteroid fall in the Austrian alps many years ago. However the title does not say that but refers more that such an asteroidal fall may have destroyed the bilblical Sodom and Gomorrah. I would have preferred that they stick the facts and the rock they found then trying to make assumptions to a Sodom and Gomorrah destructive. If there were more evidence in a Middle Eastern land about such an asteroid fall , I would find it more plausible. However I go congratulate them on finding the stone and decoding it.

Researchers: Asteroid Destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

By Lewis Smith
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343674,00.html?sPage=fnc/scitech/space

Little creature reappears in an Indonesian rainforest

Tiny Primates Found Alive Again in Indonesian Rainforest

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

By Jeanna Bryner

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,454664,00.html

Leonids meteor shower 11/16 and 11/17 may be stronger then average

The famous Leonid meteor shower will peak Sunday starting 9 PM. While it is not supposed to be a meteor storm like 1966, 1999-2001, the rates are mentioned to be higher. At that time you can start to see earthgrazers which are usually brilliant and long meteors that skim the surface of the atmosphere. Just seeing one can be an awesome sight. More none earthgrazers will appear later on in the morning as the Leo constellation (looks like a big question mark in the south) rises higher and higher. We'll see what happens.

New possible extrasolar planet imaged

Here is a photo of a possible imaged planet beyond our solar system. Time will tell whether it is really called a planet (like a big Jupiter) or very small dwarf star.

photo of Fomalhaut b
Credit: NASA, ESA, P. Kalas, J. Graham, E. Chiang, E. Kite (Univ. California, Berkeley),
M. Clampin (NASA/Goddard), M. Fitzgerald (Lawrence Livermore NL),
K. Stapelfeldt, J. Krist (NASA/JPL)

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081114.html

Fomalhaut is a bright, young, star, a short 25 light-years from planet Earth in the direction of the constellation Piscis Austrinus. The Hubble data represent the first visible-light image of a planet circling another star.

Has Pheonix lander demise end the mission?

Possibly the end has come to the Phoenix mission, five months after the spacecraft first landed 0n Mars' in the arctic plains and found water on another planet.

Mars Mission Ends for Phoenix Spacecraft
By ALICIA CHANG

http://news.aol.com/article/nasa-says-phoenix-mars-mission-is-over/180473

All sky camera photograhs many bright meteors

I've watched meteors for many years and seen some real bright ones. However this camera does things better by capturing them in a 360 view. Look at all of them captured over a period of time.
11/08/2008
http://www.spaceweather.com/
can't find it? use the archives and go to earlier date other then this one

Photo of trail from asteroid that came through atmosphere

A small asteroid that was detected and came through the atmosphere left a big trail over the skies in Africa. This was the first time such a detection was found and watched as it came through the atmosphere.
November 8,2008
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
can't find it? use the archives and go to earlier date other then this one

European Taurid fireball lights up the sky

The low file Taurid meteor shower is putting out some fireballs for the next few days after midnight. Here is several photos of one that lit up the sky. It was about as bright as the moon.
http://spaceweather.com/submissions/large_image_popup.php?image_name=Roman-Piffl-tau_20081105_204238_5D_1225929890.jpg

Spaceweather variety of phenomenon photos

Float /click onto the little ball like tick marks to see some nice photos that will float up
http://spaceweather.com/submissions/map.php

Big fireball steaks through astmosphere

I have seen some amazingly bright meteor / fireballs during the year including exploding ones during the many years. One of the most unusal and spectacular ones was a lime green Perseid that was stationary. It just grew bigger and bigger in size (no tail) until it grew about the size of the moon (in the sky) and then fizzled. wow. Here is a photo taken recently of a huge fireball .
http://www.spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=31&month=10&year=2008