meteorite
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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
The first was the Kolang meteorite, which fell in North Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2020.
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
On 13 September 1768 a large meteorite, weighing seven and a half pounds, fell at Lucé, Pays de la Loire.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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
Chondrules are small rocky spheres found inside chondrites, which are among the most primitive meteorites preserved in geological collections.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
"The Hillsborough meteorite contained 1.8% by weight of carbon and 0.07% of nitrogen, and had carbon and nitrogen isotopes typical for CM-type meteorites."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 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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