
Weird meteorite may be relic of lost planet that no longer exists
The NWA 15915 meteorite was discovered in 2023 Steve Jurvetson/CC BY 2.0 Misfit meteorites that don’t fit neatly into known categories could be relics from a lost Mercury-like world that was destroyed early in the history of the solar system. Most asteroids that fall to Earth as meteorites can be grouped together and have common…