meteorite

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Roy Alexander, director of learning at Battlesteads Dark Sky Discovery Observatory in Northumberland, said there had been more than 190 reports of the incident online, which he believed was a "large meteorite".

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

He said he believed the meteorite was tracked from near Cardiff across to Hull and Grimsby before potentially landing in the North Sea.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Among NASA's team in Houston, there were "audible screams of delight" from scientists when the crew described flashes of light caused by meteorite impact, Young said.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Scientists have long studied amino acids in carbon rich meteorites, including the well known Murchison meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

Two days after the president left, and even before he reached his Virginia home, a meteorite fell out of the morning sky and thudded into Third Street.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy