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Martian rock that crash landed in the Sahara listed to sell for around $2M at auction - An 11ft-long dinosaur skeleton will also go on sale for between $4 and $6m, Sotheby’s auction house said ...
Researchers did not expect the huge size of the meteorite given the frigid continent's history of thousands of space rocks uncovered unil now.
He heard about meteorites being found in neighboring Algeria and thought it would be worth looking around Mauritania as well. On their fourth trip from France to the region, they found a dark-brown, ...
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The meteorite is believed to have been about two feet wide and 1,000 pounds before it entered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 27,000 miles per hour.
On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers discovered five perfectly-preserved meteorites that have likely been hiding beneath the ice for thousands of years.
A team of researchers working in Antarctica have discovered a massive meteorite, weighing in at a hefty 17 lbs.
During a one-month excursion to the icy plains of Antarctica, a team of researchers found five new meteorites — including one of the largest ever discovered on the continent.
The 16.7-pound meteorite is thought to be an ordinary chondrite, the most common kind of space rock. Maria Valdes A team of researchers has discovered five new meteorites in Antarctica—one of ...
Even when meteorites sink into the ice, the glaciers' churning motion against the rock below helps re-expose the meteorites near the surface of the continent's blue ice fields.
Scientists have returned from Antarctica with a collection of meteorites including a massive 17-pound space rock.