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Meteorite

The small size of the blue halite crystals found in two meteorites is shown next to a pair of tweezers.

Blue salt crystals on meteorites stoke conversation about extraterrestrial life

Technology

The blue salt crystals, which resemble blue sapphires, may have come from Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

An object, which is a piece of a meteorite according to local authorities and scientists, is on display on the bank of the Chebarkul Lake, after it was lifted from the bottom of the lake, some 50 miles west of Chelyabinsk.

Meteorite lifted from Russian lake weighs so much it breaks the scale

Environment

Meteorite explodes over Russia, hundreds injured in blast wave

Environment

The Race for Space Rocks: Meteorite Hunter Travels the Globe

Conflict & Justice

Red Letter Day for Meteorite Curator

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Meteorite Explodes Above Russia’s Ural Mountains

Environment

A meteor estimated to weigh about 10 tons entered the earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 33,000 miles per hour over Russia’s Ural Mountains and caused a shockwave that shattered windows and damaged walls in the town of Chelyabinsk.

Space News: For the History Books or the Front Pages?

Yesterday afternoon, space geeks around the country were on the edge of their seats awaiting news from NASA on the latest discoveries made by Mars rover Curiosity at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. Anticipation began building two weeks ago after NPR quoted mission chief scientist John Grotzinger as saying […]

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German Geologist Says Buddhist Statue Made From Ancient Meteorite

Arts, Culture & Media

The Iron Man statue was taken from Tibet by the Nazis in the 1930s and brought to Germany. Elmar Buchmer, a geologist at the University of Stuttgart, says he believes it’s the only human figure ever to have been found that is carved out of a meteorite.

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NASA’s Mercury Messenger Finds Clues to Planet’s Origins

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New data that’s just been released from NASA’s Mercury Messenger spacecraft could reveal how Mercury formed and changed over the 4.5-billion-year history of the Solar System. The planet appears to have shrunk as it has aged. Denton Ebel joins us.

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Fireball lands in Canada

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Anchor Ken Bader speaks with University of Calgary researcher Alan Hildebrand about a meteor that fell through the atmosphere and landed somewhere in western Canada.

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