In April 2019, a fiery streak lit up the sky over northern Costa Rica. It wasn’t lightning or fireworks. It was a rock from space, plunging into Earth’s atmosphere at over 14 kilometers per second.
Aguas Zarcas meteorite with irregular surface features. This 146g stone is on loan to the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies from Michael Farmer. March 31, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- In April 2019, ...
"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones on the ground in Costa Rica in the past 150 years." When you purchase ...
At 10:58 AM on Sept. 28, 1969, residents of the small farming community of Murchison, Victoria, in Australia, heard a series of loud booms. The noise was accompanied by a strong smell and a streak of ...
Aguas Zarcas meteorite with irregular surface features. This 146g stone is on loan to the Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies from Michael Farmer. Photo: Arizona State University / SETI Institute.