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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

The researchers examined samples from DOM 08006, a meteorite found in 2008 in Dominion Range, a mountain range along the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 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

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

We do already have some fragments of the Red Planet here on Earth in the form of Martian meteorites.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

Martian meteorites are extremely rare, but like all space rocks that fall to our planet, they become contaminated as soon as they get here, mixing with the air, dust, soil and water.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

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

Those bodies subsequently melted, destroying the physical evidence and making the oldest chondrules much harder to find in surviving meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 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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