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Treasure Hunters Flock To California For Pieces Of Six-Billion-Year-Old Meteor

A stay-at-home mum was out walking her dog recently when she stumbled upon a weird, 17-gram rock. It turned out to be 4-6 billion years old. And from space. And it’s worth $US20,000. Is El Dorado County due for another gold rush?

January 23, 2012
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I Really Want To Drink This Wine Aged With A 4.5 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite

I’m not that big a fan of the vino, but I really want to drink the Cabernet Sauvignon from Ian Hutchinson’s vineyard in Chile’s Cachapoal Valley. Why? Well, for some reason, it’s aged with a three-inch, 4.5 billion-year-old meteor from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. SPACEWINE.

January 18, 2012
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If You’ve Got Cash, You Can Buy A Piece Of Mars

Pssst. Hey, you. Yeah, you. Wanna buy some Mars? This is no bridge sale, son, it’s the real deal. Just $US22,500 an ounce and you can own your own little bit of the Red Planet.

September 27, 2011
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Did A Meteorite Kill A Woman And Destroy Buildings In Argentina?

Some media is reporting that a meteorite or a piece of a satellite struck a woman in Monte Grande, Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing her and injuring eight. Witnesses say that they saw a blue ball of fire striking a house.

August 10, 2011
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Everyone On Earth Has Alien Parts

Stop looking for alien life. It’s right here, on Earth. You are one of them. Me too. We all are. At last, scientists have discovered evidence that supports the theory that part of our DNA actually comes from deep space.

June 29, 2011
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100 Years Ago Today, A Meteorite (Possibly) Vaporised A Dog

Here’s a bizarre milestone. On June 28, 1911, a meteorite fell over the outskirts of Alexandria, Egypt. The meteorite broke into several smaller rocks, one of which may have reduced a dog to a burnt smear.

March 7, 2011
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Did Dr. Richard B. Hoover Just Discover Alien Life?

So the methane organisms discovered in that hostile little lake in California weren’t such a big deal after all. No harm, no foul—they were at the very least interesting. Interesting, but nothing like this: Dr. Richard Hoover, as astrobiologist with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight centre, claims he’s found alien life.

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