Top Space Stories of the Week!

[Judi Lynn]

By Doris Elin Salazar 11 hours ago


Protestors gathered at Mauna Kea in Hawaii to protest the construction of a telescopic observatory, the black hole at the core of the Milky Way warps light in such a way to once again prove Einstein right and three spaceflyers launched up towards the space station on the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing by the crew of Apollo 11. These are just some of the top stories this week from Space.com.

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Meteorite glass 'pearls' from clam fossils



(Image credit: Mike Meyer/Meteoritics and Planetary Science)

During a student dig at a quarry filled with fossilized hard-shelled clams, one person found 83 tiny glass pearls. Over a decade later, a study suggests they are the byproducts of a strong splash made by an ancient meteorite that descended near the Florida peninsula a couple of million years ago.

Full Story: Glass Pearls from Clam Fossils Hint at Ancient Meteorite Crash in Florida

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[marble falls]

1. Those pearls are way cool.