Parts of Moon and Mars in One Picture, Woman Holding the Meteor Pieces Goes Viral
Sarah Hörst got too lucky when she got to hold two pieces of meteors- one from the moon and one from the red planet!
Space enthusiasts are forever keen to know more and more about the celestial world. They all at some point harbour a dream to visit the space, possibly stay on planets and experience the world beyond. The constant in depth research about exploring the universe continues through several missions launched in space. A professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Sarah Hörst got too lucky when she got to hold two pieces of meteors- one from the moon and one from the red planet! Sarah has been working to understand the formation and composition of planetary atmospheres.
When Sarah posted her picture of holding the two pieces, she instantly went viral! In Sarah's picture we can see the happiness she must have experienced and other enthusiasts too wanted the opportunity! She smiles ear to ear and everyone else wanted her luck.
Check out Sarah's pictures of her holding the pieces from Moon and Mars
The one in black colour is from Mars and the other one is from Moon. Sarah also gave more information about these meteors. The Martian meteor had come to the Earth all by itself. It was due to something which smashed the red planet and the meteor piece fell on the earth. Sarah's picture has got 14,000 plus retweets and and 87,000 plus likes! What's more is these rocks and similar updates have a Twitter account too! It is run by an expert in meteorites and asteroids.
Check out how some of the Twitterati has reacted to Sarah's pictures!
Jealousy is obvious!
Goal on the bucket-list
Too cool, too cool!
Retain the touch
Sarah's entire thread was filled with bewildered people hoping for a same chance. Some had many questions about the weight and composition, which others were just too delighted to watch Sarah touching two universal bodies so easily. Sarah even said that there are some museums and planetariums which keep lunar meteorites which allow for visitors to touch these rocks. But isn't it exciting to have pieces of moon and mars on your hand!
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