meteorites

Objects from outside the Earth that enter the Earth's field of gravitation and fall to the Earth's surface. Meteors, on the other hand, are objects from space that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Meteorites are bodies that are left over from the time when the planets formed, and therefore give us clues about the formation of the solar system.

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"I'm extremely excited," she says, after showing us how she cuts meteorites using a diamond blade.

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The earliest known iron artefacts - nine tubular beads - were made from meteoritic iron, which comes from fallen meteorites.

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Small asteroids typically burn up in the upper atmosphere before ever reaching Earth’s surface to become meteorites.

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“Here we show that Bennu samples are volatile rich, with more carbon, nitrogen and ammonia than samples from asteroid Ryugu and most meteorites,” the scientists write.

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The last 17% is made up of everything from aircraft impacts and meteorites to sink holes and snow.

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