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Poland struck by rare meteorite after fireball lights up skies

Stanisław Kaleta
 25.04.2026, 10:55
The meteorite was found when two researchers, Anna and Paweł Walczak, spotted a 40-centimeter-deep crater. Photo: Facebook/Koluszkowska Stacja Kosmiczna
The meteorite was found when two researchers, Anna and Paweł Walczak, spotted a 40-centimeter-deep crater. Photo: Facebook/Koluszkowska Stacja Kosmiczna

It is the first iron meteorite in Poland to be found so quickly after an observed fall.