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Where do meteorites come from?

Where do meteorites come from?

25 June 2019

Most meteorites are bits of asteroid, which are themselves leftovers from the formation of the solar system.
Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

Tracking the first interstellar asteroid back to its home star

9 November 2017

Last month, astronomers saw the first asteroid from outside our solar system speed by. Now, they're tracing its orbit back to find out where it came from

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