Meteoritics: The Science of Meteorites

Meteoritics is the study of meteors, meteorites and meteoroids. It was born rather dramatically on the afternoon of April 26, 1803, at L’Aigle in Normandy, France. As fireballs flashed across the sky leaving trails of smoke, residents gazed in awe as thousands of rocks plummeted to Earth. Besieged by demands to explain this surreal event, […] The post Meteoritics: The Science of Meteorites first…