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Published online 6 February 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news020204-3
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Meteors go pop in the night
Recordings of sounds from shooting stars defy explanation.
Scientists camping out in the Mongolian snow at minus 30 oC have made the first recordings of an elusive sound: the crackle and pop of a meteor shower1. Their observations defy all current explanations of what happens when debris burns up on entry to the Earth's atmosphere.
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