The Hoba iron meteorite was found in 1920 in Namibia. The single slab-like mass measures 2.7m x 2.7m x 0.9m and weighs in excess of 60 tons. Due to its large mass it has never been moved from its original site. It is the largest single intact meteorite in the world. (image: wikipedia) Experts can…
(Image: Wikimedia) It has now been well over a week since I made the last entry on this blog. Sorry about that! But I do have a good excuse. Well, sort of a good excuse anyway. It is now only a few days until the start of the Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting (MetSoc) in New…
Astronaut David S. Scott using the Lunar Rover during the Apollo 15 Mission (Image: NASA) It’s probably not the best of times for human space exploration just at the moment. One sign of this was President Obama’s announced cancellation of the NASA’s Constellation program back in early February. The situation is still up for discussion…
Some of the first released high-resolution images of 21 Lutetia taken by Rosetta (images: ESA) The Rosetta close encounter with asteroid 21 Lutetia early yesterday evening was certainly a big success. The first images are very impressive and there is a lot more data to follow in the coming weeks. Based on the initial images,…
Meteorites: The Blog from the Final Frontier 