Meteorites contain a wealth of information about the origins of our solar system, helping us to understand their, and even Earth’s, origin and evolution.
- Professor of Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology, University of the Witwatersrand
Meteorites are usually discovered by someone who notices an unusual rock while out walking.
Impact craters are relatively shallow, so these bowl-shaped “dents” in Earth’s rocky crust can be easily buried or erased by erosion.
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