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The Allan Hills 84001 meteorite came from Mars and was found in Antarctica in 1984.

Infamous Mars meteorite contains organic molecules. But they aren't proof of life.

By Charles Q. Choi published

Organic molecules in a Mars meteorite that crash-landed on Earth are not signs of life, but instead formed in chemical reactions between water and rock.

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Photographer Jeffrey Berkes took the image of the Quadrantid meteor shower over the Florida Keys in 2012.

How to watch the Quadrantid meteor shower this week

By Joe Rao published

Every year, Earth briefly encounters the Quadrantid meteor shower in early January. Here's how to catch the show.

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This rare lunar meteorite (which is not the meteorite that recently fell in British Columbia) is on display at the UCLA Meteorite Gallery. Only a small fraction of the meteorites that strike Earth each year are ever recovered.

Meteorite crash-lands in woman's bed in Canada

By Mindy Weisberger published

A meteorite that landed in British Columbia crashed through a roof and narrowly missed hitting a woman who was asleep in her bed at the time.

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A screenshot of the system scientists used to correlate footage of a February 2020 fireball with still images.

Brilliant dashcam fireball videos help scientists find 3 meteorites in Slovenia

By Meghan Bartels published

Brilliant dashcam fireball videos help scientists find 3 meteorites in Slovenia

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The first "Fountain of Tolerance," in the Italian village of Fontecchio, offers the opportunity to become a human-alien hybrid, via the ingestion of meteorite-infused water.

Art project creates 'human-alien hybrids' with meteorite-infused water

By Mike Wall published

The water flowing from a medieval fountain in the Italian village of Fontecchio bubbles with extraterrestrial effervescence.

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The world's largest Martian meteorite, Taoudenni 002.

World's largest Martian meteorite goes on display

By Harry Baker published

The largest piece of Martian rock on Earth, weighing around 32 pounds, has gone on display for the first time, at a museum in Maine.

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Jason Weingart captures meteors of the Perseid meteor shower as they dart across the night sky, on Aug. 14, 2016 in Big Bend National Park, Texas.

How to watch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower this week

By Stephanie Pappas published

Get ready: The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Thursday (Aug. 12), and it has the potential to put on a good show.

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A fish-eye view of Perseid meteors in 2016 as seen from West Virginia.

Perseid meteor shower peaks this month: New moon bodes well for skywatchers.

By Joe Rao published

Perseid meteors are already beginning to fall in a display that promises to dazzle skywatchers this month.

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The meteor, travelling up to 43200 miles per hour, lit up the night sky as if it were daytime.

Flashing meteor that exploded over Norway landed somewhere in a nearby forest

By Ben Turner published

Scientists believe the ultra-fast object landed in a densely-forested area near the capital, Oslo. It could take up to ten years to find.

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A rare meteorite found in England in March 2021.

4.6 billion-year-old meteorite found in horseshoe footprint

By Stephanie Pappas published

A meteorite found nestled in a horseshoe imprint in England was formed in the early days of the solar system and may contain the building blocks of life.

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