[meteorite-list] Second Cycle of Martian Seasons Completing for Curiosity Rover

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6512 Second Cycle of Martian Seasons Completing for Curiosity Rover Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 11, 2016 NASA's Curiosity Mars rover today completes its second Martian year since landing inside Gale Crater nearly four Earth years ago, which

[meteorite-list] 2007 OR10: Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6509 2007 OR10: Largest Unnamed World in the Solar System Jet Propulsion Laboratory May 11, 2016 Dwarf planets tend to be a mysterious bunch. With the exception of Ceres, which resides in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, all

[meteorite-list] Hubble Catches Views of a Jet Rotating with Comet 252P/LINEAR

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2016/14 Hubble Catches Views of a Jet Rotating with Comet 252P/LINEAR News Release Number: STScI-2016-14 May 12, 2016 [Images] For thousands of years, humans have recorded sightings of mysterious comets sweeping across the nighttime skies.

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: May 4-10, 2016

http://mars.nasa.gov/mer/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Microscopic Imaging Camera on Robotic Arm Back to Normal Operations - sols 4365-4371, May 04, 2016-May 10, 2016: Opportunity is exploring 'Marathon Valley' on the rim of Endeavour crater, searching specific outcrops

[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: April 27 - May 3, 2016

OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Investigations on Microscopic Imaging Camera Continue sols 4358-4364, April 27 - May 3, 2016 Opportunity is exploring Marathon Valley on the rim of Endeavour crater, searching specific outcrops for evidence of clay minerals. The rover is currently conducting an in-situ

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: May 2-13, 2016

MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES May 2-13, 2016 o Peraea Cavus - False Color (02 May 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160502a o Ganges Chasma - False Color (03 May 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160503a o Plains - False Color (04 May 2016) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20160504a o Arabia

[meteorite-list] AD-NWA 10126 CM2, eBay auctions ending Sat, April 14

Aloha Meteorite Lovers, NWA 10126 CM2 is official, Big Kahuna's sixth CM carbonaceous chondrite, with others being NWA's 6720 (Feb 2011), 7131 (Sep 2011), 7306 (CM-anomalous in Mar 2011), 7309 (Mar 2012), and 8060 (Sep 2013). TKW is 17.6g. There are a lot of full slices in sub gram sizes,

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite dust changes theory of life’s origin

Tom, it appears to be a subscriber-only access. (But I have a hard time believing that anyone's "new meteorite dust theory" is really going to change in any significant way, our ideas about the origin of life.) Pete -Original Message- From: Tommy via Meteorite-list

Re: [meteorite-list] Cosmos Article: Lava & Meteorites Unveil Ancient Earth's Atmosphere

Interesting May 12, 2016 article in Cosmos describing how micrometeorites are used for oxygen signatures in Earth’s atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago by examination of certain types of iron oxide minerals.

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Ibitira Contributed by: Anne Black http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=05/13/2016 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at