Allende Meteorite

In the early hours of February 8, 1969, a brilliant fireball exploded over northern Mexico, momentarily turning night into day. Thousands of meteorite fragments rained down on the desert.

Within a few weeks, Allende material was distributed to scientists worldwide. The massive research effort that followed revealed that Allende holds samples of our Solar System's first solid grains. A window on our most distant past, Allende sparked a revolution in how we think about our Solar System.