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Every day, about 48.5 tons of space rock hurtle towards Earth. Meteorites that fall into the ocean are never recovered. But the ones that crash on land can spark debates about legal ownership.

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Meteorites have long been divided into two basic categories: the "falls" and the "finds." If any part of the event leading to the landing was witnessed, either by people or their equipment ...

The space rock—recorded with visuals and sound—landed where the homeowner had been standing just minutes earlier ...

Curious about the dust the homeowners checked the video footage from their security camera and saw an astounding moment - a rock that appeared to be a meteorite falling from space and crash ...

The source of the splotch was officially registered on Monday as the Charlottetown meteorite, named after the city on Prince Edward Island, in eastern Canada, where it landed. Only 69 meteorites ...

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