The meteor that lit up the sky in southwestern Wisconsin on April 14 has spawned its share of wacko science stories: everything from aliens to zombies. But about an hour away from where it landed, the science behind the meteorite is no less wild.In Weeks Hall on the UW-Madison campus, in-depth studies of the meteorite got under way Thursday. The science that will unfold over the next six months is expected to be out-of-this world: Researchers could end up finding out details on the material from which our solar system was birthed, or how to blow apart a threatening asteroid.
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