Meteorite hunters search remote deserts and polar regions for rocks that act as time capsules of the solar system.

Straddling science and commerce, these fragments reveal cosmic origins while fueling tension between research institutions and private collectors.

More than rare objects, they offer a direct physical link to a time before Earth existed.

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