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The wonderful array of speakers that the Galway Astronomy Club have been bringing to Galway this year continues with a talk on Monday next on “The Wonderful World of Meteorites.”

Lady Luck could finally be smiling down on this little financially beleaguered country of ours if 200 tonnes of the fallen meteorite, which fell somewhere in the west, is found as it could fetch $500 per gram, giving us nearly the €85 billion ‘bailout from the skies’ that is needed, Astronomy Ireland spokesperson David Moore joked following reports of a fireball being sighted at the weekend.

The hunt for the meteorite which landed on Irish soil last week has been narrowed down to an area between Portumna and Galway city, according to Astronomy Ireland which is appealing for more people to log reports of the fallen fireball.

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Are you mad about meteorites? Visit the Museum of Ireland Country Life Turlough on Wednesday February 11 from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Join Matthew Parkes, the museum’s geologist on a journey back to the beginning of the solar system.

Planet Earth: Our Place in Space, a new temporary exhibition based on the geological collections from the National Museum of Ireland – Natural History this week opened in the National Museum Ireland - Country Life, Turlough Park, Castlebar . The exhibition will run until the end of February 2009.