A tiny meteorite holds interstellar material from a distant supernova - Inverse

The Hypatia stone is a fragment of a comet or asteroid found in Egypt. Within it are materials that formed outside our Solar System.

From the outside, the little pebble looks like an ordinary rock yellowish-brown, a little lumpy, and only aboutthree3 grams in mass. But beneath that brownish veneer, its studded with microscopic d… [+6901 chars]

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