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Scientists study pieces of porous black rock they believe to be fragments of the meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains, injuring hundreds of people and damaging thousands of homes.

Meteorite found in Russia

( Alexander Khlopotov / Urals Federal University AFP/Getty Images )

Scientists study pieces of porous black rock they believe to be fragments of the meteor that exploded over Russia's Ural Mountains, injuring hundreds of people and damaging thousands of homes.

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