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How many meteorites hit Earth every year?Earth is constantly showered by space rocks, but how many of these actually land on Earth's surface?
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Exploding meteor startles UtahA loud explosion heard Saturday (Aug. 13) in Utah may have been an exploding Perseid meteor.
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Astronomers plan to fish an interstellar meteorite out of the ocean using a massive magnetThe interstellar asteroid crashed into the Pacific Ocean in 2014 and its recovery would be a world-changing scientific discovery, scientists say.
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Strange, never-before-seen diamond crystal structure found inside 'Diablo canyon' meteoriteGraphene found interlocked with diamonds inside an ancient meteorite could be the key to superfast, supercharged tech.
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Meteor impact left 'uncorrectable' damage to the Webb telescope's mirror, new report showsThe James Webb Space Telescope has been hit by at least 19 tiny meteors since launching in December 2021, and new images reveal the damage.
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Never-before-seen crystals found in perfectly preserved meteorite dustResearchers have discovered tiny, never-before-seen carbon crystals in meteorite dust left over from the explosion of the Chelyabinsk meteor in 2013.
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James Webb Space Telescope hit by large micrometeoroidNASA's next-generation space observatory has sustained its first noticeable impact less than six months after launch, but the agency isn't too concerned.
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A 'meteor storm' of 1,000 shooting stars per hour may light up the skies over North America tonightThe Tau Herculids could bring up a meteor storm, but there's a good chance it won't happen at all.
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A meteor shower outburst from a shattered comet may spawn a new tau Herculids display on May 30The tau Herculids from comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann which began to fragment in 1995 may make an appearance on the night of May 30-31.
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