meteorites
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Meteorite Hunters Find 8 kg Space Rock in Antarctica
Researchers combing the surface of Antarctica for space rocks hit the jackpot by finding five meteorites in the tundra, one of which weighs almost 8 kg.
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Drones Are Hunting for Meteorites in the Aussie Outback
Researchers from Curtin University are using drones and artificial intelligence to hunt for meteorites in the Australian Outback.
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Meteorite That Crashed Into Michigan Contains ‘Pristine’ Organic Compounds
The rapid recovery and analysis of a meteorite that fell onto a frozen lake in Michigan two years ago is illuminating the pivotal role these rocks played in delivering the basic building blocks for life to Earth.
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German Man Finds Rock From Early Solar System In His Front Yard
Scientists have released their initial analysis of a meteorite that fell over Europe last September. They report that the rock, the remnant of a daytime bolide that impacted Earth with an energy of 0.48 kilotons of TNT (around this much), is a carbonaceous chondrite—the kind of meteor that contains material from the earliest epoch of…