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Meteorite that ripped through Georgia homeowner's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientist says
A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and South Carolina.
Meteorite fragment that crashed into a Georgia home is billions of years old — older than Earth itself: professor
University of Georgia geology professor Scott Harris determined that a meteorite fragment that crashed through the roof of a home in Georgia last June is billions of years old.
A meteorite crashed into a Georgia home. Scientists say it’s older than the Earth itself
A meteorite crashed into a Georgia home. Scientists say it’s older than the Earth itself - Onlookers in the Southeast were stunned when a fireball streaked across the sky on June 26
A fiery meteor that punched through a Georgia home’s roof is older than Earth, a scientist says
A scientist says fragments of a meteorite that punched through a Georgia homeowner's roof after blazing across the sky in a fiery streak is older than the Earth itself.
Meteorite fragment that slammed through homeowner's roof is billions of years old, predates Earth: professor
A meteorite that crashed through a Georgia home roof in June has been identified as billions of years old and older than the Earth, according to a geology professor.
Meteorite That Slammed Through Homeowner's Roof Predates Earth
The meteorite entered the atmosphere at a speed faster than sound, leaving a trail of destruction as it pierced through the roof of the home and created a small crater in the floor.
Meteorite older than Earth hits home in Georgia, traveling faster than the speed of sound
A meteorite traveling faster than sound struck a home in Georgia on June 26. Scientists have confirmed that it is older than ...
Mars rock found in Niger sells for millions in New York - now the country wants answers
"Brazen! It is brazen!" Prof Paul Sereno says down the phone line from Chicago. He makes no effort to disguise his anger that ...
2025 Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show boulder than ever at Big E
A woman was arrested for allegedly stealing over $1,000 worth of merchandise from an Orange County grocery store. The suspect ...
Meteorite slams into Earth’s atmosphere at 34km per second above Western Australia
A meteorite has been captured lighting up skies over Western Australia on “as a fist-sized chunk of space rock slammed” into ...
Chinese scientists create meteorite diamond in laboratory breakthrough
Unusual variant has previously been confirmed only within the cosmic debris that hit Arizona’s Canyon Diablo 49,000 years ago ...
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'Meteorite diamond' recreated in Chinese lab: Why it matters
Chinese researchers have successfully replicated the rare meteorite diamond in a laboratory, resolving a six-decade-long ...
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6 out of 7 PH meteorites now at National Museum
The National Museum of the Philippines now has pieces of six of the seven Philippine meteorites. On August 5, the Pampanga, ...
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When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline
Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...
Meteorite spotted in the Southern sky
Dashcam footage captures a large fireball in the sky over in Lexington, South Carolina, which was recently confirmed to a meteorite fragment that crashed into a Georgia home on June 26, 2025. (Credit: ...