A 10.22-kg rock used as a Michigan barn doorstop was identified as a new iron meteorite

In 1939, a meteorite was unearthed on a Michigan farm and innocently pressed into service as a doorstop for many years. It ...

Michigan farm used this 10.22-kg rock as a doorstop for decades. It was a meteorite

A 10.22-kg rock used as a barn doorstop on a Michigan farm for decades has been confirmed as an iron meteorite from the IIIAB ...
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Bright Fireball Event May Have Dropped Meteorites

A fireball as bright as the full moon was observed by the Western University All-Sky Camera Network across southern Ontario and Quebec 4:44 a.m. ET this morning (Wednesday, July 24). Western’s Physics ...
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NASA’s Opportunity Rover Finds an Iron Meteorite on Mars

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found an iron meteorite, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet. The pitted, basketball-size object is mostly made of iron and ...