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Pictured is a sample of the El Ali meteorite found in Somalia. The specimen contains two minerals that don't naturally form on Earth, scientists said.
The two brand new minerals were found inside a single 2.5 ounce (70 gram) slice taken from the 16.5 ton (15 metric tons) El Ali meteorite, which was found in 2020.
The new minerals were found in a 2.5-ounce slice of the El Ali meteorite in Somalia, which was discovered in 2020 and is the ninth-largest meteorite ever discovered, the University of Alberta said ...
The two new minerals were discovered in a meteorite found in El Ali, Somalia. This huge rock weighs as much as 17 tons, placing it in the top 10 largest meteorites on Earth.
It weighs 16.5 tons (15 tonnes) and is one of the largest meteorites ever found. Scientists researching its composition discovered it was hiding two new minerals never before seen on Earth.
Scientists have identified two minerals never before seen on Earth in a meteorite weighing 15.2 metric tons (33,510 pounds).The minerals came from a nearly 2.5-ounce slice of the meteorite, which ...
Scientists have observed whether the meteorites can reach Earth from Mercury. Over thousands of meteorites from Mars and the ...
Unusual shape: iron-nickel meteorites are rarely rounded. Instead, they have an irregular shape with unusual pits like finger ...
Researchers in Antarctica have recovered a rare large meteorite on the ice. Weighing in at 7.6 kilograms, it is one of the largest space rocks ever discovered on the continent.
Meteorites are disappearing into the Antarctic ice as a result of the climate crisis, putting them out of reach of scientists, according to a new study. CNN values your feedback 1.
3.5 billion-year-old crater created by meteorite impact found in Australia, ... MORE: Daylight fireball meteor may have rattled parts of New York City and New Jersey, NASA says.