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  "id": 4532900,
  "title": "7-stage journey reveals how falling space rocks survive air",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/7-stage-journey-reveals-how-falling-space-rocks-survive-air",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T00:25:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/7-stage-journey-reveals-how-falling-space-rocks-survive-air"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "At least once in our lives, we’ve all seen a bright streak of light briefly blaze across the sky and have quickly referred to it as an asteroid, meteor, shooting star, comet, or some other whimsical name we’ve heard others use to describe it. For those calling it a meteor, you would be correct, but we’ll touch upon this later. The time it takes for a space rock, bolide being its scientific name,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}