- Adapted from The Meteorites: Encounters with Outer Space and Deep Time by Helen Gordon, published by Profile
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Meteorite falls are extremely rare and offer a glimpse of the processes that formed our world billions of years ago. When a space rock came to an English market town in 2021, scientists raced to find as much out as they could
By Helen Gordon. Read by Sasha Frost