meteorite
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Wearing disposable gloves, he used aluminum foil to collect the meteorite fragments and placed them in glass jars.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The first was the Kolang meteorite, which fell in North Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2020.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Not long afterward, a meteorite weighing more than two pounds punched through the roof of a home in Hillsborough, New Jersey.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Some fragments of the Hillsborough meteorite will eventually be curated by the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, preserving the unusual material for future research.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Collisions among the asteroids happen frequently, and occasionally a piece is chipped off and accidentally intercepts the Earth, falling to the ground as a meteorite.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Previous measurements suggested that the Sun contained significantly less silver than chemically primitive meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026
Carbonaceous chondrites account for only about five percent of meteorites sampled on Earth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Like many meteorites, it contains a mixture of organic compounds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
Previous computer simulations and analyses of meteorites found on Earth have shown that organic material can survive both ejection from a planet and the trip through interplanetary space.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
All around the room, vertical cases with shining spotlights display small sections of meteorites.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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