Exploding meteor wows NZ
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Sonic boom, purple and red flames, the works New Zealand was earlier today treated to a suspected meteor crash-landing which "rattled windows across the Pacific nation's South Island", Reuters reports.â¦
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Astronomers produce amazing pictures using a remarkable new instrument on the UK Infrared Telescope in Hawaii.
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Mount Asama&#39;s mid-sized eruption set off a loud blast and shook a nearby town. It also sprinkled small bits on ash on downtown Tokyo.
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DESTINY&#39;s child Michael Clarke hammered New Zealand but batting bunny Glenn McGrath received a guard of honour for breaking Kiwi hearts in Brisbane yesterday.
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A large explosion was heard over Jakarta after a suspected meteor was seen streaking across the sky over the Indonesian capital.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Washington -- Mount St. Helens blew off more steam yesterday, shooting a billowing white plume several hundred metres above the volcano and thrilling hundreds of visitors.
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Meteors are unpredictable. You never know, not exactly, when one will streak across the sky. Not so on Wednesday, September 8th. At precisely 8:52:46 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), northwest of Bend, Oregon, a fireball will appear: a white-hot dot of light, brighter than the planet Venus, gliding across the blue morning sky.
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Athens: New Zealand doubled its Olympic medal tally in sensational style yesterday as Hamish Carter and Bevan Docherty blitzed the men&#39;s triathlon to plunder gold and silver on the Athens waterfront.
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Astronomers in Indonesia say a large meteor was the most likely explanation for a loud explosion which was heard in Jakarta on Sunday.
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An explosion of &quot;medium strength&quot; rocked the airport on the Spanish Mediterranean holiday island of Ibiza Saturday, the Europa Press news agency reported, quoting witnesses.
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Witnesses have reported seeing an object with a tail of fire hurtling toward earth near Indonesia&#39;s capital, before a loud explosion was heard in several districts of Jakarta.
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An 8.1 magnitude earthquake that struck in Antarctic waters on yesterday -- the biggest recorded in the world this year -- would have devastated a city had it been much closer, according to a New Zealand seismologist.
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If all goes to plan, my research colleagues and I will have front row seats to spectacular New Year fireworks. These are not the artificial bangs and whistles that shoot a few hundred yards into the sky, but the awe-inspiring impact of cosmic dust moving at astronomical speeds. These bits of comet dust travel through space faster than Santa's sled, spanning the distance from Los Angeles to New York in a mere minute and a half. When they hit Earth, the impact of a grain of sand shines so brightly it can be seen for hundreds of miles around. They are called "meteors."
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Mathew Sinclair and Jacob Oram completed half-centuries to help New Zealand recover from an early batting collapse and reach 250 for seven at the end of the opening
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Several loud blasts believed to be  caused by a meteor shower echoed across the Indonesian capital  Jakarta and nearby towns early on Sunday, startling residents  who reported seeing flying objects in the sky.
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Several loud blasts were heard in the  Indonesian capital Jakarta and two nearby towns early on  Sunday, but one radio report said it could have been a meteor  shower.
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The latest study of movements on the South Island&#39;s Alpine Fault has found new evidence that a devastating earthquake could strike any day.