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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

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

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

Laboratory analysis showed that the recovered rock belonged to a primitive meteorite family known as CM-type carbonaceous chondrites.

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

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

"Other meteorites went through many different processes over this 4.5 billion year history," Weiss says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

Previous measurements suggested that the Sun contained significantly less silver than chemically primitive meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

That difference was difficult to explain because the Sun and those meteorites formed from the same cloud of gas and dust about 4.6 billion years ago.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

Craters on the moon can be caused either by the impact of meteorites or by volcanic action.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins




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