meteorite
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The "M" refers to the Mighei meteorite, which fell in Ukraine in 1889.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Some fragments of the Hillsborough meteorite will eventually be curated by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, preserving the unusual material for future research.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Zolensky and colleague JangMi Han discovered small CM1 fragments rich in salt inside the Hillsborough meteorite.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Laboratory analysis showed that the recovered rock belonged to a primitive meteorite family known as CM-type carbonaceous chondrites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Collisions among the asteroids happen frequently, and occasionally a piece is chipped off and accidentally intercepts the Earth, falling to the ground as a meteorite.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
That difference was difficult to explain because the Sun and those meteorites formed from the same cloud of gas and dust about 4.6 billion years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
With the new calculation, the Sun's silver abundance is now much more consistent with the amount found in these ancient meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
From about 4.56 billion to 3.5 billion years ago, meteorites, micrometeorites and interplanetary dust particles from asteroids and comets repeatedly struck Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
The database could also improve scientists' ability to interpret the history recorded inside meteorites and asteroid fragments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
He hops off the rock-slide and starts picking up the meteorites and loading them back into his bag.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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