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Meteorite Crashes Into Georgia Home, Turns Out to Be 20 Million Years Older Than Earth
On a clear June day in Georgia, a blazing fireball suddenly fell out of the sky over the Atlanta metro area. The source of this spectacle was a 1-ton meteor that exploded in mid-air, sending a cherry tomato-sized fragment shooting through the roof of a McDonough home.
A mysterious extraterrestrial visitor now has a permanent home and identity, thanks to University of Georgia researchers.
The reports came during the Bootids meteor shower, a lower-level celestial event that was ongoing during the last week of ...
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The Georgia Meteorite That Carries the Solar System’s Earliest HistoryIt’s older than the Earth.” In a mere five words, planetary geologist Scott Harris summed up the staggering nature of a ...
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Fireball Update: Researchers say meteorite spotted in Georgia, Carolinas is older than Earth itselfA meteorite that tore through the sky in June, shaking the Southeast with a sonic boom, is now believed to be several billion years old.
Dashcam footage captures a large fireball in the sky over Lexington, South Carolina, which was recently confirmed to be a ...
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