Mars, Earth and meteorite
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The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Space.com on MSNChina's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.
Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the neighborhood.
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The flash in the Georgia sky in June, described by witnesses as a fireball, traveled hundreds of millions of miles through space before entering the Earth’s atmosphere, eventually crashing into a home. “This one went through a house in McDonough, an the whole mass, we estimate, was probably like the size of a large cherry tomato,” Harris said.
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Space.com on MSNThe largest Mars meteorite on Earth has sold for $5.3 millionIt sold for more than the maximum estimated price of $4 million. On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million. (Extra fees bring the lot price to about $5.3 million).