Meteorite

Night of Perseids, skytrails and airplanes

Perseids Meteor Shower: How to catch a falling star…

Aug 13, 2016 by thlmainadmin in About, Asteroid, Meteorite Comments Off

…on your camera. Here’s a nice shot of a meteor, from about 1AM, August 12, 2016 over the South Shore of Massachusetts: QUICK AUTHOR’S NOTE: ALL PICS HERE, COPYRIGHT, BARNAS…

Make your own International Space Station (ISS) with a free paper model kit!

Mar 4, 2016 by thlmainadmin in About, Meteorite, Physics, Space, Space Exploration Comments Off

Do you know what a Zarya is? How about a Truss, Dextre, Kiba, Zvezda or Cupola? Well, these are all parts of the International Space Station (ISS), which is a…

In the Sky This Weekend: Stay Up Late to Watch the Perseid Meteor Shower

Aug 9, 2013 by Sarah Campbell in About, Family activity, Meteorite, Nature study, Outdoor activity, Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) Comments Off

Hope for clear skies this weekend – there’s a lot happening in the heavens. Over the next few nights you’ll have a chance to observe in for the Perseid Meteor Shower,…

Space News: Three Cool Things We Learned This Week

Mar 1, 2013 by Sarah Campbell in Asteroid, International Space Station, Meteorite, Planets, Space Comments Off

We live in a an age of incredible discoveries. It seems like every day we get news of a finding or an event that changes not how we think about…

Look! Up in the sky! It’s an asteroid – oh, wait – it’s a meteorite!! Oh, it’s both!!

Feb 15, 2013 by Sarah Campbell in Asteroid, Meteorite 2 comments

No, they’re not related events, although some dispute that assumption. Most scientists think it’s just a huge coincidence that as the world was looking skyward for today’s passing of an…