‘Astonishingly rare’ fireball meteorite found in UK driveway – CNET [CNET]

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Since the dark, fragile rock landed in the town of Winchcombe, it’s already becoming known as the “Winchcombe meteorite.” According to the museum, carbonaceous chondrite meteorites “are made of a mixture of minerals and organic compounds, including the building blocks of life itself: amino acids.”

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