Somewhere in a remote stretch of forest near Maine\u0027s border with Canada, rocks from space crashed to Earth and may be scattered across the ground
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The museum wants to add to its collection of moon and Mars rocks, Pitt said, so the first meteorite hunters to deliver a 1-kilogram specimen will claim the $25,000 prize. The chunks of space rock likely impacted across a swath of ground spanning from the town of Waite, Maine, to Canoose, New Brunswick. According to NASA, the largest specimens will be strewn at the west end of the debris field, closest to Waite — about a 3 1/2 hour drive from Portland.
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