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![photo of the Murchison meteorite on a stand at a museum](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ARyUziQpt74bL7SoMgSupA-320-80.jpg)
These meteorites contain all of the building blocks of DNA
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Could these compounds have helped to spark life on Earth?
![A fireball observed by the CA000P Global Meteor Network camera in Ontario on April 17.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9ZdgCvnCVimgJajCXi2Qq9-320-80.jpeg)
Massive fireball scattered loads of meteorites across southern Ontario
By Stefanie Waldek published
On Sunday (April 17), skywatching cameras in Ontario recorded a massive fireball that likely produced tens to hundreds of grams of meteorites.
![The rock was found within the Mistastin impact crater in Labrador, Canada, shown here in this satellite image.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Rg59e3Xr2fRxdwkMXsSN74-320-80.jpg)
Massive meteorite impact created the hottest mantle rock ever
By Stephanie Pappas published
It's confirmed: The hottest rock ever discovered in Earth's crust really was super-hot.
![The Allan Hills 84001 meteorite came from Mars and was found in Antarctica in 1984.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zhc58vBrDQ5L8szVZB5bfB-320-80.jpg)
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.
![Photographer Jeffrey Berkes took the image of the Quadrantid meteor shower over the Florida Keys in 2012.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TJg9LXvgzLntNwaxPRBtW-320-80.jpg)
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.
![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.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8e6mMXzZEeczyALYtnLPnC-320-80.jpg)
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.
![A screenshot of the system scientists used to correlate footage of a February 2020 fireball with still images.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kS5hyRnY8Pey2JdpSaf5HS-320-80.png)
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
![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.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HRFLSQBdK7nHizkMZzUsJd-320-80.jpeg)
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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