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Since December 8, the new special exhibition “Micrometeorites: Dust from outer space – everywhere!” has been on display at the RiesKraterMuseum. The exhibition was opened the evening before with over eighty guests. The special exhibition was developed by the RiesKraterMuseum. The starting point for the planning were fascinating microphotographs by Jan Braly Kihle, chief geologist […]

From Friday, December 8, the new special exhibition “Micrometeorites: Dust from outer space – everywhere!” can be seen.

From 09/17 to 09/21 2023, the RiesKraterMueum/ ZERIN was once again one of the three training locations as part of the "PANGAEA" astronaut training program of the European Space Agency ESA.

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 […]

As part of an ESA geological training program, astronauts have also visited the Ries Crater and the Ries Crater Museum in recent years. A scientific publication about the training program was published at the beginning of the year – a summary of the article is now available in five languages. The english version can be […]

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.

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.

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