"Recent Discoveries: Meteorite Chunks, Asteroids, and Earthly Fireworks"

Fragments of a walnut-sized meteorite from asteroid 2024 BX1, which exploded over Germany, have been found by researchers from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. The asteroid was only the eighth-ever object predicted to collide with Earth, and its impact was detected about three hours before. The discovery highlights the importance of asteroid prediction systems for Earth's safety and the potential for retrieving pristine asteroid samples to aid in understanding the formation of the Solar System.