‘I’m glad it didn’t hit a sheep!’ Farmer DONATES £140,000 meteorite
A six-inch long chunk of the so-called Winchcombe meteorite has been donated to the Natural History Museum after it crashed into a sheep field on February 28. The 4.6-billion-year old lump of meteorite is believed to be worth up to £140,000 and will now be analysed by astronomers. Its entry into Earth’s atmosphere was so dramatic … Read more