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Meteorite Sikhote - Alin

The Sichote-Alin iron meteorite fell in 1947 in the mountain of the same name in the southeastern pa...

Meteorite Loket (Elbogen)

The Loket meteorite is one of the oldest meteorites in the world whose fall has been documented in d...

Allan Hills 84001

Allan Hills 84001 - Ark of Life from Mars? It is 1984 and a team of meteorite hunters (ANSMET proje...

Hoba meteorite

Hoba - 60 tons of iron. In 1920, a landowner in Namibia made an accidental discovery while cultivat...

Ancient Egypt and meteorites

Ancient Egypt and meteorites. We are 5000 years back in time in ancient Egypt. A time when the firs...

Micrometeorites

Micrometeorites - Space dust all around us. Our planet is bombarded not only by meteorites visible ...

Chelyabinsk meteorite

Chelyabinsk meteorite - the most famous meteorite impact in decades. A spectacular example of an as...

Meteorite injury

Meteorite injury - a danger from the heavens? Perhaps the most commonly reported impact-related inj...

Martian meteorites

Martian meteorites - visitors from a nearby planet. There is a group of meteorites whose characteri...

Australites

Australites are a type of tektite, which is a natural glass formed when a meteorite hits the Earth's...