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1 month ago
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Comet Fragment Explodes in Dark Skies Over Spain and Portugal

A fireball spotted over Spain and Portugal was not an asteroid but a fragment of a comet, providing a rare celestial event. [ more ]
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4 months ago
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Newly Discovered Asteroid Fragments Are As Old as the Solar System

Fragments of a rare space rock type called aubrites have been recovered from a meteorite that exploded over Germany.
Only 11 examples of aubrite meteorite falls had been found on Earth prior to this discovery.
The aubrite meteorites are believed to represent just 1% of known meteorites and likely came from the inner side of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. [ more ]
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5 days ago
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An Odd Rock in a Box Gets Linked to a Shooting Star That Fell 54 Years Ago

Researchers connected a meteorite found in the Austrian Alps with flashes of light from a space rock hurtling through Earth's atmosphere, showing the value of looking into old data sets. [ more ]
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