meteorite
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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
The Hillsborough event is only the 22nd observed fall involving a CM-type meteorite.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Every other witnessed CM fall has involved CM2 material, and no CM1 meteorite fall has ever been observed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Another major group of primitive carbonaceous chondrites is known as CI, with the "I" referring to the Ivuna meteorite that fell in Tanzania in 1938.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
“My meteorite bag’s still packed,” he says, and I nod like this explains something.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
"Thanks to the homeowner's quick reaction, these are the most pristine CM1/2 meteorites we know of," said Jenniskens.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
The diversity of those compounds provides further evidence that the Hillsborough material experienced more extensive alteration by water than most other CM-type meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
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
They’re not going to be watching movies on the couch when I come home or looking for meteorites in the woods.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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