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Simona Kitanovska

Meteorites ‘Spit Pebble-Sized Rocks Into Space’

Pebbles ejected off the surface of asteroid Bennu were observed frequently by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. This observation inspired this study. (NASA/Goddard,University of Arizona,SWNS/Zenger News)

Meteorites ‘spit’ pebble-sized rocks into space, flicking fragments of themselves as they hurtle through the cosmos at 160,000 miles an hour.

This bizarre behavior was identified, according to a new study, in the Aguas Zarcas meteorite, which fell to Earth three years ago.

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