Is this the UK's most important fireball? ☄ Studying the Winchcombe meteorite is like looking back 4.6 billion years into the past, according to a Leicester PhD student Read more:
A PhD student looking into what scientists regard as the most important space rock ever to be recovered in the UK has said: "It's pretty exciting".
Niamh Topping, 23, is in her first year at the University of Leicester, studying water and rock reactions in the early solar system.Studies suggest it contains water that is a near-perfect match for that on Earth. Ms Topping said: "By looking at something like Winchcombe, we're effectively looking back about 4.6bn years into the past to when the planets and the Solar System were forming.Video journalist: Chris Waring
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