Until a few decades ago, it was unusual for a meteorite even to be recognized as being connected with a particular meteor event in the sky. But camera technology, sky surveys, and sophisticated software have changed all that. Analyzing a photographic record like the Golden meteorite blazing a trail over Alberta and British Columbia is almost routine nowadays. In short order, the meteor physics group …
Read More »Fireball As Bright as the Moon Captured on Camera by Western University Researchers
Researchers at Western University say that their automated meteor detection system captured a fireball as bright as the full moon in the early morning hours near Bancroft, Ontario.
Read More »The Hunt Begins for Unusual Meteorite Near St. Thomas, Ontario
Researchers from Western University are excited at the possibility of finding an unusual meteorite or meteorites, as there could be more than one, that streaked over Southern Ontario Tuesday evening and landed somewhere between 5-7 kilometers north to northwest of St. Thomas, Ontario.
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