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11 Sep 2014:Alan Pickup on why claims that a meteorite struck in Nicaragua this week do not ring true
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9 Sep 2014: Experts say meteorite cannot be ruled out, but lack of accounts of fireball in sky suggest something else is behind event
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8 Sep 2014:
Officials appeal for witnesses after residents report a loud boom but no one reports seeing the space rock streaking in the sky
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8 Sep 2014: Asteroid fragment thought to have caused large crater and loud noise but uncertainty remains as no streak of light seen in sky
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11 Aug 2014:
Astronomers and amateur skywatchers excited as perigee moon and comet Swift-Tuttle appear together for dazzling skies
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11 Aug 2014:
The spectacular sight of hundreds of shooting stars streaking across the sky might be obscured by the supermoon this year. But you can improve your chances of seeing it, says Nishad Karim
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10 Aug 2014: Alan Pickup on what to look out for in the night sky over the next few days
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Audio
(43min 41sec),
28 Jul 2014:
The British physicist Jon Butterworth discusses his new book Smashing Physics, an insider's account of the discovery of the Higgs boson. Plus, the origins of life
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22 May 2014:
Alan Pickup explains why the International Space Station will be shining brightly in the weeks ahead
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11 May 2014:
Alan Pickup looks forward to a previously unobserved meteor shower, originating from a small comet discovered in 2004, and making its debut apprearance next week
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Video
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20 Mar 2014:
CCTV footage of a giant fireball, thought to be a meteorite, illuminating the Canadian skyline in New Brunswick early on Tuesday
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Video
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24 Feb 2014:
Astronomers capture the moment a Meteorite hits the moon on 11 September 2013
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24 Feb 2014:
Rock travelling at 61,000 km/h punched a crater 40 metres wide and produced a flash that could be seen from Earth
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13 Feb 2014: Alan Pickup recalls the day that a 13,000 tonne mass of rock burst through the sky 23km above a Russian city
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28 Jan 2014:
A source of coveted meteorites and location for Darth Vader's home Tatooine, the Sahara draws many obsessive travellers
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