meteorite

Unbelievable! Meteorite Hits Woman Having Coffee On Terrace

The first confirmed case of a meteorite directly striking a person occurred in the US in 1954, where a woman was struck by an 3.6 kg stony meteorite that crashed through her roof, leaving her with severe bruising.

Jul 16, 2023, 13:51 PM IST

Alien space rock hit Earth in 2014, confirms US space command

USSC confirmed that a meteor that had hit Earth in 2014 came from another solar system and is, therefore, declared as the interstellar object.

Apr 14, 2022, 09:13 AM IST

DNA: Chinese rocket wreckage - Analysis of China's 'rocket' that fell in India

A bright light was seen in the sky on Saturday night in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Soon after the incident, this light was being told as a meteorite but ISRO believes that this light was of the burning debris of a Chinese rocket.

Apr 05, 2022, 00:02 AM IST

Revealed: Mystery behind diamond-studded meteorite that hit earth in 2008

According to researchers, the meteorite was part of a giant asteroid, which was the same size as the dwarf planet Ceres. 

Dec 28, 2020, 12:41 PM IST

DNA: Man becomes millionaire overnight after meteorite crashes in his house

The Hindi proverb about through-the-roof blessing from God literally came true for an Indonesian man who became an overnight millionaire as a meteorite crashed through his roof. The man with the meteorite, is a humble coffin maker. Selling the meteorite has made him immensely rich literally overnight to the extent that he can easily live his life without having to pursue his current line of work.

Nov 21, 2020, 00:14 AM IST

Man becomes millionaire overnight after meteorite fell from the sky

A man became a millionaire overnight when a meteorite worth Rs 10 crore crashed through the tin roof of his house.

Nov 19, 2020, 13:53 PM IST

Oldest stuff on Earth found inside meteorite that hit Australia

In fact, all of the dust specks analyzed in the research came from before the solar system`s formation - thus known as "presolar grains" - with 60% of them between 4.6 and 4.9 billion years old and the oldest 10% dating to more than 5.6 billion years ago. 

Jan 14, 2020, 09:24 AM IST

Oldest meteorite collection on Earth discovered in Chile

Scientists say they have uncovered the oldest meteorite collection on Earth's surface in Chile's Atacama Desert, allowing them to reconstruct the rate of falling meteorites over the past two million years.

May 24, 2019, 14:22 PM IST

60 million-year-old meteorite impact discovered in Scotland

The discovery was made while exploring a metre-thick layer at the base of a lava flow. 
 

Dec 15, 2017, 19:45 PM IST

2 billion years worth of volcanic activity on Mars? African meteorite provides eye-opening evidence!

Much of what we know about the composition of rocks from volcanoes on Mars comes from meteorites found on Earth.

Feb 02, 2017, 22:39 PM IST

Rare meteorites challenge solar system's history

After analysing minerals from 43 rare meteorites that landed on Earth 470 million years ago, a team of scientists proposes to revise the current understanding of the history and development of the solar system.

Jan 24, 2017, 13:59 PM IST

Scientists in Argentina discover ancient meteorite weighing over 30 tonnes!

The meteorite weighing over 30 tonnes was found in the town of Gancedo, 1,085 km north of capital Buenos Aires, Mario Vesconi, president of the Astronomy Association of Chaco, said on Monday.

Sep 13, 2016, 11:05 AM IST

New meteorite 'Ost 65' to reveal origin of life on Earth

An ancient space rock in a Swedish quarry has been discovered by scientists. The new space rock is a type of meteorite which was never found before on the Earth and can shed more light on the evolution of life.

Jun 16, 2016, 23:51 PM IST

It was meteorite that killed a person in Vellore: Study

It was indeed a meteorite that killed a driver in an engineering college in Vellore and shattered the window panes of buildings and buses, the Tiruchirapalli-based National College categorically said on Monday.

Feb 15, 2016, 23:05 PM IST

Man in India not killed by meteorite, says NASA

The US daily also cited a scientist at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics which is analysing samples of the rock provided by the police as doubting if it was a meteorite.

Feb 10, 2016, 14:33 PM IST

Tamil Nadu man was not killed by meteorite, say NASA scientists

Scientists at the US space agency NASA have discounted reports that an Indian bus driver in Tamil Nadu was killed by a meteorite, saying he was likely hit by a land based explosion.

Feb 10, 2016, 13:48 PM IST

Traces of meteorite that hit Sweden 460 million years ago found

 Researchers have found traces of two simultaneous meteorite impacts in the Swedish county of Jamtland - first evidence of a twin strike that occurred around 460 million years ago.

Sep 12, 2015, 13:46 PM IST