Amazing New Year’s Eve gift for fireball researchers
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:05 amCongratulations to the Curtin University team on recovery of a 1.7 Kg meteorite. Phil Bland looks very happy!
Digging up our first meteorite (yet to be officially named*) was a massive team effort and a huge relief. It’s also been a news sensation and you can read about it on WA Today, SBS News, The Washington Post, Time Magazine and most everywhere you look on the internet today**. The search story is breathtaking, and the awesome teamwork and science that has led to this moment even better. Here’s a breakdown of what it is and how it really happened...