Catch the Sky Falling: Peter Jenniskens, Meteor Storm Chaser

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LJK — 8/11/2006 8:09:49 PM (archived)

Catch the Sky Falling: Peter Jenniskens, Meteor Storm Chaser

At the SETI Institute, Dr. Peter Jenniskens studies meteor showers in order to
better understand comets and their contribution to the origin of life on Earth,
as meteoroids are samples of the material that rained down on the Earth the
carbon needed for life.

http://www.space.com/searchforlife/seti_perseids_060810.html

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