A brave team of scientists has endured the inhospitable conditions of Antarctica's frozen desert to recover five new meteorites, including a nearly 17-pound space rock. The team of scientists included the Field Museum and University of Chicago researcher Maria Valdes, who estimated that of the 45,000 meteorites recovered so far from Antarctica's frigid wasteland, only about 100 were the size of the largest member of this new one transportation which weighs 16.7 pounds (7.6 kilograms). 'Size doesn't necessarily matter when it comes to meteorites, and even tiny micrometeorites can be incredibly valuable scientifically, but of course, finding a large meteorite like this is rare and really exciting,' Valdes said in a statement.

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