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Winchcombe meteorite boosts theory regarding origins of Earth’s oceans | Science & Tech News
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A new study of a meteorite that landed in Winchcombe has bolstered a theory regarding the origins of water on Earth. Scientists have published their first detailed analysis of the carbonaceous chondrite meteor, which fell on the Gloucestershire town in February 2021. The new study, published in Science Advances, shows that carbonaceous chondrites like the…
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Extra-terrestrial water found for first time in meteorite that landed in UK | UK News
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Extra-terrestrial water has been discovered for the first time in a meteorite that landed in the UK. The meteorite crashed into a driveway in the Gloucestershire town of Winchcombe last February and is believed to hold clues about where the water in the Earth’s vast oceans came from. Some 12% of the sample was made…
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Large fireball meteorite spotted ‘burning up’ over Scotland and Northern Ireland sky | UK News
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There have been multiple reports of a mysterious “fireball” that lit up the night sky over Scotland and Northern Ireland on Thursday. The UK Meteor Network received over 200 reports of the “fireball” being spotted in the night sky at approximately 9pm on Thursday. It said it was “investigating to ascertain what the object was…
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Scientists find answer to 66 million-year-old mystery over dinosaur extinction meteorite | Science & Tech News
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The meteorite that wiped out Earth’s dinosaurs instantly ignited wildfires up to thousands of miles from its impact zone, scientists have discovered. The six-mile-wide meteorite struck the Yucatan peninsula, in what is now Mexico, at the end of the Cretaceous period 66 million years ago. Its devastating impact brought the reign of the dinosaurs to…