New Kind of Meteorite Unearthed in Sweden

Scientists say they’ve discovered a new kind of meteorite that was unearthed in a Swedish quarry. Writing in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the University of California, Davis say the meteorite, which is called Ost 65, is “chemically distinct from all known meteorite types.” "In our entire civilization, we have collected over 50,000 meteorites, and no one has seen anything like this one before," said study co-author Qing-zhu Yin, Professor of geochemistry...

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