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#Russian meteor was a wake-up call University of California Davis rightoriginal Studyposted by Andy Fell-UC Davis on November 18 2013consumer video cameras
and advanced laboratory techniques gave scientists an unprecedented opportunity to study the meteor that exploded over Chelyabinsk Russia in February. f humanity does not want to go the way of the dinosaurs we need to study an event like this in detailsays Qing-zhu Yin professor
an object of this type. ur goal was to understand all circumstances that resulted in the damaging shock wave that sent over 1200 people to hospitals in the Chelyabinsk Oblast area that daysays Peter Jenniskens meteor astronomer at SETI Institute.
a meteor is the hooting starin the sky; and a meteorite is the object that reaches the ground.
The meteor s brightness peaked at an altitude of 29.7 km (18.5 miles) as the object exploded.
Data from NASA's Galileo probe which orbited Jupiter from 1995 to 2003 show clay-like minerals on Europa's surface probably debris from meteor impacts
the Perseids reach their peak tonight with more than 100 meteors an hour expected to be produced.
these meteors are bright enough for a few to be visible.''The moon is out of the way
and this will make it easier to see the fainter meteors and ring up the numbers.''The Perseids are usually fairly bright.
You can see the train hanging there glowing in the sky for a few seconds-sometimes for several minutes-after the meteor has gone.'
'Meteors are the result of particles as small as a grain of sand entering the Earth's atmosphere at high speed
The meteor show is named after the constellation Perseus as when viewed from the ground the shower seems to come from a focal point, known as a radiant, in the constellation.
stargazers can expect to spot an average of one meteor per minute radiating from the constellation Perseus in the northern sky, somewhat near the North pole.
At the meteor shower's peak, skywatchers could see as many as 100 meteors per hour according to NASA.
because light pollution will wash out the fainter meteors. And be sure to give your eyes time to adjust to the dark.
Meteor experts Bill Cooke, Danielle Moser and Rhiannon Blaauw, all from NASA Meteoroid Environment Office at the Marshall Space flight Center, will also provide onair commentary.
Results from the METEOR trial Patients with advanced kidney cancer live for nearly twice as long without their disease progressing
about results from the first 375 patients out of a total of 658 patients recruited to the phase III clinical METEOR trial comparing cabozantinib with everolimus,
The results of the METEOR trial indicate that cabozantinib is able to shrink tumours and slow down tumour growth much better than current standard treatment in patients who previously received VEGFR-targeted drugs.
"An early evaluation of overall survival from the ongoing METEOR trial has shown a strong trend indicating that survival may be improved in patients receiving cabozantinib compared to standard therapy.
Patients recruited to the METEOR clinical trial, which started in June 2013, were randomised to receive either 60 mg a day of cabozantinib in tablet form,
The METEOR trial is also evaluating the safety of the treatment. The incidence of serious side effects was similar for both drugs
"The METEOR results are important from a clinical and scientific point of view. Overcoming mechanisms of tumour escape
The results of the METEOR study are remarkable and most likely will be practice changing. This, together with the report of the Checkmate 025 study, are definitely among the highlights of this congress."
#Perseid meteors to light up summer skies The evening of Wednesday 12 august into the morning of Thursday 13 august sees the annual maximum of the Perseid meteor shower.
Meteors (popularly known as hooting stars are the result of small particles, some as small as a grain of sand, entering the Earth atmosphere at high speed.
This shower of meteors appears to originate from a single point, called a adiant in the constellation of Perseus, hence the name.
although for most of that period only a few meteors an hour will be visible. From the UK, the peak of the shower occurs in the late evening on 12 august to the morning of 13 august,
when as many as 100 meteors or more may be seen each hour. This year, for the first time since 2007, this peak coincides with a new moon on 14 august,
creating ideal dark sky conditions for meteor-spotting. Perseid shooting star near the Pleiades over Woodingdean, Sussex, on the early morning of the 13th,august 2013.
Advice from experienced meteor observers is to wrap up well and set up a reclining chair to allow you to look up at the sky in comfort.
Although the number of visible meteors is hard to predict accurately, at least one every few minutes can be expected.
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