Two months after a meteorite exploded over the Chelyabinsk region of Russia and slammed into the Ural mountain range, a collection of meteorite pieces gathered in the aftermath is on display at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, RIA Novosti reported.
“This particular event was like one in a century and the fact that there were so many dashboard cameras and so many witnesses, and also because of the close flyby of an asteroid on the same day, space has really captured the public’s imagination,” said Jim Holstein, collections manager of meteorites and mineralogy at the Field Museum.
“People are fascinated with meteorites this year. It’s the year of the space rock,” he added.
