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The Audio Long Read

It came from outer space: the meteorite that landed in a Cotswolds cul-de-sac

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Meteorite falls are extremely rare and offer a glimpse of the processes that formed our world billions of years ago. When a space rock came to an English market town in 2021, scientists raced to find as much out as they could By Helen Gordon. Read by Sasha Frost. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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It came from outer space, the meteorite that landed in a Cotswold's cul-de-sac by Helen

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Gordon, read by Sasha Frost.

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At 20, By Helen Gordon, read by Sasha Frost. At 2154, on the 28th of February 2021,

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16 cameras belonging to amateur skywatching network UK-Mond

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picked up a bright shape headed towards Earth.

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Pictures show a long white line,

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which was visible for eight seconds, a glowing globule of light against the dark sky.

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For me, it's like fishing, said Richard Carcerac, one of the founders of you came on. You cast your line and then you wait. There are days when you catch nothing, but there are days when you catch a really, really big fish and it's so

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