meteorite

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While large meteorite impacts and major volcanic eruptions are rare in any given year, they are inevitable over long timescales.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

The experiments included exposure to powerful shock waves comparable to those created by meteorite impacts on Mars, as well as perchlorate salts, which are toxic compounds known to exist in Martian soil.

From Science Daily • Feb. 8, 2026

Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

The huge specimen weighing more than 2.5 tonnes is believed to have come from the Aletai meteorite, one of the largest known iron meteorites on Earth, it said.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

Ahnighito is thirty-four tons of iron and is the largest meteorite on display in any museum.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon