UA Scientist and Private Collector Form Center to Save Meteorites

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=18920

"If something isn't done soon, most of Earth's rare space rocks could be gone in
a lifetime. This particularly alarms scientists who want to study meteorites -- rocks from outer
space ranging in size from microscopic particles to boulders weighing tons -- because the
extraterrestrial rocks can help them unlock the secrets of our solar system's history and, possibly,
the origins of life."

-- Dust Found in Earth Sediment Traced to Breakup of the Asteroid Veritas 8.2
Million Years Ago

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=18911

"In a new study that provides a novel way of looking at our solar system's past,
a group of planetary scientists and geochemists announce that they have found evidence on
Earth of an asteroid breakup or collision that occurred 8.2 million years ago."