In which we set out and find fossil meteorites in time and space. Wait... meteorites can be fossilized?! Mind blown.

Read more about Philipp Heck's meteoritical research and the arrival of fossil meteorites at The Field Museum!
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/science/bl...

Thanks to Mario Tassinari for the loan of the fossil meteorites, and Birger Schmitz for pioneering this field.
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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie

Producer, Editor, Camera, Archive:
Tom McNamara

Theme music:
Michael Aranda

Created By:
Hank Green

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Thanks to Philipp Heck, The Field Museum and NASA/JPL for archive images and video.

Filmed on Location and Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)

Tony Chu, Kelleen Browning, Barbara Velázquez, and Seth Bergenholtz's translations are -out of this world-! Thanks!