Could a meteorite hit you? How often they fall to Earth, according to experts
One Alabama woman was rudely awoken from a nap in 1954 when a meteorite came through her roof and hit her, leaving a big ...
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Making money: space diamonds and meteorite collecting
“This metric is more important when considering the value of asteroidal meteorites than for Lunar or Martian meteorites, given the rarity of the latter two categories.” Mike Starling is the ...
The moon has been listed as a threatened historic site, but the value of 'lunar heritage' needs defining
Scientific and commercial activities on the moon could permanently change the lunar environment. These activities include sending vehicles to the moon, extracting its resources through mining the ...
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Antarctica unveils new mineral ‘wassonite’, found by NASA and co-researchers
The meteorite likely may have originated from an asteroid orbiting between Mars and Jupiter. Wassonite is among the tiniest, yet most important, minerals identified in the 4.5-billion-year-old sample.
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Could a meteorite hit you? How often they fall to Earth, according to experts
The frequency of meteorites making it to the Earth's surface depends on their size, according to the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. Earth is "showered in almost 100 tons ...