meteorites
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Meteorites are bodies that are left over from the time when the planets formed, and therefore give us clues about the formation of the solar system.
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Meteorites are the remains of rock left after an asteroid or comet passes through Earth's atmosphere.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025
Meteorites are fragments from space that provide unique information about our solar system.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024
Meteorites are fragments of asteroids which find their way to Earth as shooting stars.
From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024
Meteorites rained widely, including one monster half-ton chunk nearly a meter across that plunged into a lake, and was later recovered.
From Scientific American • Feb. 15, 2023
Meteorites are not abundant and meteoritic samples not especially easy to get hold of.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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