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Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > Meteorology > General
Every rock has a story tell, and none more so than those which have
fallen from the sky: meteorites. Originating in the Asteroid Belt
between Mars and Jupiter, these rocky fragments offer clues not
just to the earliest origins of the Solar System but also to
Earth's very survival into the future. Sky at Night presenter, Dr
Tim Gregory takes us on a journey through the very earliest days of
our Solar System to the spectacular meteorite falls that produced
'fiery rain' in 1792, to the pre-solar grains (literally stardust)
that were blown in from other solar systems and are the oldest
solid objects ever discovered on earth. Meteorites reveal a story
much bigger than ourselves or our planet. As Tim says, 'it is an
epic beyond compare'.
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