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“Impact flashes on the moon are very common,” University of Colorado Boulder astrophysical and planetary sciences professor Paul Hayne said. “In fact, they happen more or less every night, and it’s a ...

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A RUSSIAN woman has hit the jackpot after a mysterious green meteorite pierced the roof of her home. The stunned homeowner, from Okulovka, in the Novgorod Region in Russia, spotted the damage ...