October 18, 2006

New Radar Finds Meteorite Below Kansas Field

Scientists located a rare meteorite in a wheat field in Brenham, Kansas, thanks to new ground-penetrating radar technology that someday might be used on Mars. The meteor's location in the Pleistocene epoch soil layer suggests that the spectacular meteorite fall of Brenham occurred 10,000 years ago. More than 15,000 pounds (6,800 kilograms) of meteorites have been recovered from the Brenham fall since the field was discovered in 1882.