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Peru hit by meteorite?

Hundreds of people in South America are feeling ill after a close encounter with what’s thought to be a meteorite that’s fallen to Earth from space. The mystery object left a massive 39 metre-wide crater when it crashed into the ground in a remote part of Peru. About 600 people who’ve visited the site say they’ve had headaches and felt sick after breathing in smelly gasses. A group of scientists is collecting samples from the crash site to find out if the object really was a meteorite. It’s thought the object gave off the smelly gases as it hit the ground, which is something that most meteorites do.