Canadian researchers have helped find a rare meteorite that fell over England in February.
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Posted: Mar 11, 2021 2:19 PM ET | Last Updated: March 11
A fireball was seen over western England on Feb 28 and lasted about six seconds (Supplied by UK Fireball Alliance)
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Canadian researchers have helped discover and study a rare meteorite that fell over England in February. The space rock contains the ingredients that make up our solar system.
Scientists recovered nearly 300 grams of the meteorite in Winchombe, England, this week.
The meteorite is a very rare type of space rock, called carbonaceous chondrite, which remained in a deep freeze for the last 4.5 billion years, untouched by any heating.