Scientists believe NWA 13188 initially sprung from Earth before finding its way back home, and after spending thousands of years in space.
is a meteorite from Earth. The researchers have not yet published their work in a study.The meteorite, referred to as NWA 13188 for short, shares the same chemical composition as volcanic rock on Earth, according to the researchers.
launched from Earth and later fell back to its surface after spending some time traveling through space. It may have been initially ejected from Earth after an asteroid crashed onto our planet thousands of years ago or through a volcanic eruption, after which the piece of Earth rock traveled in an orbit around the Sun before falling back onto the surface of ourThis would make NWA 13188 the first evidence of an Earth meteorite returning to its home planet.
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