Namibia: When space touches Earth: The meteorite that refuses to get hot – Enviroment

On a scorching summer afternoon at Grootfontein, Namibia, a curious paradox greets every visitor to the Hoba meteorite.

Here lies the largest known intact meteorite on Earth, an 80 tonne iron mass forged in the furnace of deep space, yet it remains cool to the touch even under merciless African heat.

This deceptively simple observation opens a window into the physics of matter beyond our world and challenges our everyday assumptions about the nature of metal, heat, and the very…