An eggshaped meteorite was recently found in Sweden (in the small village of Kitkiöjärvi in the very north of Sweden) Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reports (via SR.se).

The largest found in Sweden to date and one of the largest found in Europe. Weighing 1185 kilos, around 2600 pounds. The two men finding it hopes that the Swedish museum of national history will buy the meteorite from them, since they "would prefer it to stay in Sweden".

Just my smart ass opinion, but if they prefer that and actually really care, why not just give it to the museum for free. I guess since its valued to about 6 million Swedish crowns (about 1 million US-dollars), money of course talks more than anything else.

Update: Via the Swedish blog Populär Astronomi I now read that these types of iron-meteorites are common in this area (although not this size of course). Theres a theory going on about a 100 000 year old Tunguska-like event. More on that here. (In english)

Extremophilic life on mars. The hypothetical one that is of course. Would that be life based on extremly cold or warm conditions you think? Is there any active geological hot spots on Mars at all?

With a passion for geology and space exploration, I, like many others these days keep a eye out on everything related to the Phoenix lander. These are exciting days. Got nothing to say that other bloggers havent already said. Except one question perhaps - can smaller rocks become smoothly rounded like the those seen on this link without water? Can a wind (and temperature, and chemical…) based erosion accomplish that?

Yes, this movie is probably unfortunally completely serious. A man who actually thinks that, not only is the earth hollow, but there’s a governmental conspiracy to cover up the facts about this and that all students of geology are victims to propaganda. And he’s made an exciting movie that proves it… For example, there are no available images of the North Pole; the government keeps those away from the public. A North Pole in which he claims, there’s a huge entrance to the interior of the earth that the goverment doesn’t want people to know about.

I always thought that the Hollow Earth people where a dying breed. A leftover from more ignorant ages. But it seems it’s the other way around. They, the Hollow Earth-fools that is, seem to grow in number every year.