meteorite
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Based on their results, the researchers suspect that additional meteorite types besides carbonaceous chondrites may also have formed in the same dust trap during even earlier stages of Solar System history.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
The researchers focused especially on carbonaceous chondrites, a type of meteorite rich in carbon.
From Science Daily • May 26, 2026
A resident has told of the "bizarre" moment he watched a suspected meteorite fly through the night sky.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
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
On 13 September 1768 a large meteorite, weighing seven and a half pounds, fell at Lucé, Pays de la Loire.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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