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
It all started when a geologist friend told her she could buy a small piece of a lunar meteorite called Bechar 003, so she did.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
A resident has told of the "bizarre" moment he watched a suspected meteorite fly through the night sky.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
During this celestial event the crew also saw flashes of light -- meteorite strikes on the lunar surface.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
The next case housed a Canyon Diablo meteorite, one of many fragments of the asteroid that created the Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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