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Canada's famous Tagish Lake meteorite found to contain cosmic compounds

Jeff Spry

May 16, 2020

Tag: Meteorites

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A bright, sodium-laced fireball over Spain

Phil Plait

Mar 4, 2020

A very bright meteor was seen over Spain on 22 February 2020, caught on camera. Credit: SMART network

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Was this 'meteor' part of an alien invasion? Nope, just another day in L.A.

Josh Grossberg

Mar 21, 2019

Red Bull Air Force supermoon event

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Sometime in the past decade Mars suffered an impact shotgun blast

Phil Plait

Feb 27, 2019

A series of fresh impact craters on Mars were created by the breakup of an incoming asteroid or comet. The event happened sometime no earlier than 2009. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

How far away can you see a meteor?

Phil Plait

Dec 13, 2018

A bright Geminid streaks past Orion and the bright star Sirius in the 2009 shower. Credit: Babak Tafreshi

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

A bright meteor over Greenland didn't spark nuclear war. [Phew]

Phil Plait

Aug 3, 2018

The Chelyabinsk, Russia fireball on Feb. 15, 2013, seen from a dashboard camera. Credit: Евгений Славенков via YouTube

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Why do asteroids explode high in the atmosphere?

Phil Plait

Dec 11, 2017

Artwork depicting the fireball from the Siberian Tunguska impact of 1908. Credit: Don Davis / DonaldEDavis.com used by permission

Tag: Bad Astronomy

Tag: Bad Astronomy

In space, no one can hear when you're hit by a meteoroid. Except that one time when LRO was hit.

Phil Plait

May 30, 2017

LRO and an incoming meteoroid

Tag: Bad Astronomy

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