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Kansas Soil Yields Massive Meteorite

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the that-rocks dept.

ROMRIX writes "The Discovery Channel is reporting that Scientists have unearthed a 154 pound meteorite from a Kansas field using ground penetrating radar. The article also states that this type of radar may someday be used on Mars to locate water in a future mission."

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  1. Wait, where in Kansas? by nurhussein · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is it Smallville, Kansas? Because, uh, if it is, that's no ordinary meteorite...

    1. Re:Wait, where in Kansas? by Simon+Garlick · · Score: 5, Funny

      The Kansas State Board of Education today released a statement denying the existence of any "meteorite", instead describing the object as "a rock put in place by God when he created the Earth 6000 years ago".

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  2. Can't be more than a few thousand years old... by benna · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't let the board of education find out about this.

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