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Fireball over Bavaria

27. June 2023 | Blog

The cameras on the roof of the RiesCraterMuseum recorded the bolide that could be seen over Bavaria and the Czech Republic yesterday evening, June 26th 2023. At 10.45 pm, a brief, extremely bright flash of light was recorded on the black and white camera. The light trail is clearly visible in the still images of […]

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Opening of the Molassic Park exhibition

21. December 2022 | Blog
The new special exhibition "Molassic Park" has been on display at the museum since December 16. The exhibition was opened the evening before with over a hundred guests.
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Online lecture on micrometeorites

12. May 2021 | Blog

In just under an hour and a half, Jon Larsen explains how he finally found his first micrometeorite in 2015 after years of unsuccessful searching.

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Film by the “Moviebande” student club at Nördlingen elementary school

16. September 2020 | Blog

The “Moviebande” school group from Nördlingen Mitte elementary school visited our museum at the beginning of the year.

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