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Meteor Leaves 40-Foot Crater Near Managua's Airport

A photo released by the Nicaraguan army shows an impact crater made by a small meteorite in a wooded area near Managua's international airport and an air force base. AP hide caption

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Meteor Leaves 40-Foot Crater Near Managua's Airport

September 8, 2014 • The space rock, thought to have broken off from an Earth-passing asteroid, left a hole 16 feet deep just outside the international airport in the Nicaraguan capital.

A photograph of the new crater (large, center). Take by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment. NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona hide caption

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Mars Weathercam Spots Big New Crater

May 22, 2014 • A scientist monitoring Martian weather for the Opportunity rover team noticed an inconspicuous dark patch that turned out to be a new impact crater half the size of a football field.

Debris From Space Helped Shape Who We Are

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13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Debris From Space Helped Shape Who We Are

February 19, 2013 • The eye-popping, ear-splitting meteor streaking over Russia last Friday was an invitation to look up more often, to track the shooting stars we might see on any given night. These daily visitors to our planet put cosmic history into context, lighting up a past that is full of debris.