meteorite
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"Only a minute fraction of the projectile is preserved in the planet's KT clay layer because the entire meteorite vaporized upon impact."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
Instead of Martian rocks, the team tested samples from the famous Murchison meteorite, which fell in Australia in 1969.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 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
He said he believed the meteorite was tracked from near Cardiff across to Hull and Grimsby before potentially landing in the North Sea.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
The meteorite that fell on Lucé was too strange; the ones that fell on Siena were not so strange.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
The database could also improve scientists' ability to interpret the history recorded inside meteorites and asteroid fragments.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 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
Chemical reactions like those in our laboratory vessels may be responsible for the organic matter in interstellar space and the amino acids found in meteorites.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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