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meteorite

[mee-tee-uh-rahyt] / ˈmi ti əˌraɪt /


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Instead, the researchers concluded the contamination was probably picked up while the meteorite passed through Earth's atmosphere, where it encountered aerosols produced by fossil fuel combustion.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

The researchers focused especially on carbonaceous chondrites, a type of meteorite rich in carbon.

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

Burbery also compares Satan to the Hoba meteorite, a 60-ton space rock that survived impact largely intact.

From Science Daily May 11, 2026

A resident has told of the "bizarre" moment he watched a suspected meteorite fly through the night sky.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

Hours later, however, we haven’t found one meteorite, not one piece of sky litter, but I so don’t care.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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

It also raises new questions about how organic molecules found in meteorites acquire contamination and what increasing levels of petroleum related pollution in Earth's atmosphere may mean for future studies.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Of the more than 80,000 meteorites found on Earth, just 68 belong to the angrite group.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Eighteenth-century English and French scientists rejected the ample testimony as to the reality of meteorites, as we reject stories of alien abduction.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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