asteroid
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There are vitrines throughout, filled with fine jewelry, asteroid chunks and a brontosaurus tooth; some of them have drink rails, where a martini can rest beside an artifact that’s hundreds of millions of years old.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
John Maclean, from the UK Meteor Network, said the meteor was not connected to any astronomical event, and likely stemmed from a larger asteroid.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Another lamented that they cry at the end of every dino doc, even though they know the asteroid is coming and extinction is on the horizon.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
In a classic episode, Elroy goes to an asteroid on a school field trip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
As late as 1988 more than half of all American paleontologists contacted in a survey continued to believe that the extinction of the dinosaurs was in no way related to an asteroid or cometary impact.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Vocabulary lists containing asteroid
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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