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News Articles: meteorites

Rocks from a rare fireball have landed in an area across the Maine-Canada border, and a museum will pay people to find them.

A rare fireball flew over Maine. Now there's a $25K reward for pieces of space rock

The Maine Mineral and Gem Museum is looking for meteorites from a rare fireball event near the Maine-Canada border. It's willing to pay anyone who can find them.

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  • Rachel Treisman
A scenic view of a lake against the sky at night in British Columbia. Earlier this month, a resident of Golden, B.C., woke up to the sound of a crash and found that a meteorite had landed in her bed.

A meteorite crashes through a home in Canada, barely missing a woman's head

British Columbia resident Ruth Hamilton had a rude awakening earlier this month when a large meteorite plunged from space, through her roof and landed in her bed.

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  • Scott Neuman
The Pacific Ocean from space. In both liquid and frozen form, water covers most of the Earth's surface, and there's been a debate among scientists about where all the water originated.

Water, Water, Every Where — And Now Scientists Know Where It Came From

Some unusual meteorites suggest that Earth got its water at its start, rather than forming dry and being watered by comets later on.

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  • Nell Greenfieldboyce