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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

Remarkably, the meteorite has retained much of its original mineral makeup despite surviving billions of years of solar system history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

The findings may also solve another puzzle involving the meteorite record.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Hours later, however, we haven’t found one meteorite, not one piece of sky litter, but I so don’t care.

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

"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

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 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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