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Winchcombe meteorite: space rock may reveal how water came to Earth
The Winchcombe meteorite "streaked from space into the atmosphere as a spectacular green fireball" in 2021 ... a substantial amount of the space rock – around 300g – it was named after ...
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This meteorite is 4.6 billion years old. Here's what it could reveal about Earth's creation
Encrusted with green crystals, Erg Chech 002 is a type of stony meteorite called an achondrite rock that has features similar to volcanic rock and is among the oldest known to date. In the paper ...
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"Major," Green Meteor Lights Midwest Night Sky
Igniting over Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri around 10:15 p.m., local time, the fireball briefly turned night to green-tinged ... the space rock that causes the meteor, or fireball ...
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A rock smashed through their roof. Scientists say it was a meteorite.
But a closer look revealed jagged edges that exposed a gray-green interior underneath ... Jersey confirmed that the rock had tumbled from space. The discovery of a meteorite sent a wave of ...
Meet the NASA scientist tasked with identifying asteroids on a collision course with Earth
NASA officer Dr Kelly Fast is responsible for identifying and tracking asteroids, and figuring out if any of these rocky ...
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A rock smashed through their roof in New Jersey. Scientists say it was a meteorite.
But a closer look revealed jagged edges that exposed a gray-green interior underneath ... Jersey confirmed that the rock had tumbled from space. The discovery of a meteorite sent a wave of ...