Colorado town throws 100th birthday party for pet space rock

On the evening of July 6, 1924, John Moore’s funeral was interrupted. A meteorite, trailing smoky plume, announced its arrival with a series of thunderous bangs. As the attendees walked over to the site of the crash, they discovered a meteorite buried four feet (1.2 meters) deep into the soil. “Being a burial, they happenedContinue reading “Colorado town throws 100th birthday party for pet space rock”
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