meteorite
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Some were present when the meteorite formed, while others likely came from biological contamination after it landed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 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
That pattern does not match biological material that could have contaminated the meteorite where it was found.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
It all started when a geologist friend told her she could buy a small piece of a lunar meteorite called Bechar 003, so she did.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
Ahnighito is thirty-four tons of iron and is the largest meteorite on display in any museum.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
Previous measurements suggested that the Sun contained significantly less silver than chemically primitive 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
Carbonaceous chondrites are primitive, carbon-rich meteorites that contain some of the oldest material formed in the solar system.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
"We only know it existed because a few fragments of it happened to land on Earth. These meteorites preserved evidence of a completely different pathway through which early planets developed."
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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