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Scientists finally unlock the secret to why carbon-rich asteroids don’t hit earth
The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.
Space.com24d
How a 'mudball' meteorite survived space to land in the jungles of Central America
"The fall of Aguas Zarcas was huge news in the country. No other fireball was as widely reported and then recovered as stones on the ground in Costa Rica in the past 150 years." ...
SaltWire on MSN4d
ATLANTIC SKIES: How to know if you've found a meteorite
Most meteorites are small — pebble-sized or smaller — chunks of rocky material that, in most cases, get buried in the soil or ...
Euronews18d
Europe’s largest meteorite impact crater is pumping out methane and nobody knows why
New research in Sweden has uncovered perplexingly high methane emissions coming from the largest meteorite crater in Europe. The Siljan Ring is a prehistoric impact structure in central Sweden ...
The Washington Post12d
On the hunt for meteorites in the far reaches of the Sahara
BIR MOGHREIN, Mauritania — You may have seen a meteorite before, even if you didn’t know it. Nearly 100,000 pounds of meteoritic matter enters Earth’s atmosphere every day, scientists estimate.