'Meteorite' Review: We Are Stardust
Falling stars have always captured human imagination, but their rocky remains contain wonders in themselves. A meteor illuminates the sky near Park City, Utah. Photo: Bill Dunford/NASA By Robert M. Thorson Jan. 8, 2021 11:30 am ET Struck with cosmic awe on the rocky, windswept summit of Maineâs Mount Katahdin, Henry David Thoreau asked in 1846: âWho are we? Where are we?â Nearly two centuries later, British geologist Tim Gregory offers the best scientific answer Iâve yet found in his meticulously researched and eminent...