Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night.

Studded with molten clumps of minerals (chondrules) distributed like currants in a fruitcake, the Allende meteorite, as it came to be known, contains the oldest material in the Smithsonian ...

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