Mars is located closer to the asteroid belt, so it has an increased chance of being struck by materials from that source.
When Darwin visited in 1834 aboard the Beagle, he remarked in his diary on the islanders' generosity, but he was most struck by their poverty, both cultural and material.
Finder, sender, and author are all struck by the material: The warmth of it.
Mitchell was struck by how much material with his name on it — email correspondence, meeting minutes, financial spreadsheets — was in the hands of law enforcement officials.
Unpacking the Waterfield Cargo bag I was struck by how thick the material is.
Watching that footage now, you're struck by how much of the material – Palin's recurrent role as a surreally incompetent shopkeeper, for instance – anticipates Monty Python.
"The odds of being involved in an 'active shooter' situation are similar to being struck by lightning," notes its publicity material.
This paper presents a physics based modelling procedure to predict the thermal damage of composite material when struck by lightning.
When he plays his debut single, I Luv You, it's hard not to be struck by the contrast between his early material – which still sounds challenging and avant-garde a decade on – and the Day-Glo Club 18-30 pop-house thet he now deals in and to conclude that something has been lost along the way.
She attended classes at Chicago's Junior Art Institute, where she enjoyed working with clay, struck by the intensity of touching the material. .
Scintillators are luminescent materials that, when struck by an incoming particle, absorb its energy and scintillate – emit light.
