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meteorite

[mee-tee-uh-rahyt] / ˈmi ti əˌraɪt /


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There are seagull puppets, a tandem bicycle, an oil stain in the shape of a rabbit, a meteorite.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Using small pieces of the original meteorite, the team separated tiny mineral grains and identified several CAIs containing naturally magnetic minerals, including iron.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Grizedale Observatory near Ambleside, Cumbria, opened in May 2024, offering public access to telescopes, a planetarium and meteorite laboratory, as well as staging a dark skies festival and other events.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Only one meteorite was recovered, largely because it made its presence impossible to miss by striking a house.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 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

He gained international recognition for his lunar research before moving to Cambridge University, where he analysed meteorites found in Antarctica that were believed to have come from Mars.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Those bodies subsequently melted, destroying the physical evidence and making the oldest chondrules much harder to find in surviving meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

With the new calculation, the Sun's silver abundance is now much more consistent with the amount found in these ancient meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

From about 4.56 billion to 3.5 billion years ago, meteorites, micrometeorites and interplanetary dust particles from asteroids and comets repeatedly struck Earth.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Each day, millions of meteorites fall against the outer limits of the membrane and are burned to nothing by the friction.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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