A meteorite that crashed through the roof of a home near Atlanta this summer is believed to be more than four and a half billion years old — predating Earth, geologists say.

A meteorite that ripped through the roof of a home in Georgia earlier this summer is older than Earth itself, according to a scientist who examined fragments of the space rock.

Researchers have analyzed the McDonough meteorite, which crashed through a man's home in June, and determined that it is older than our planet.

Last June, a small meteorite crashed through the roof of a home in McDonough, Georgia, before landing in the living room. This fragment of space rock, now officially named the McDonough meteorite, has ...

Meteorite Crashes Into Georgia Home, Turns Out to Be 20 Million Years Older Than Earth Studying this ancient space rock will help scientists prepare for larger, more dangerous asteroid impacts.

A piece of space rock that crashed into a home in Georgia's Atlanta earlier this year is believed to be over four and a half billion years old, according to researchers from the University of ...

An all-female research group, As Meteoriticas, scours the South American country’s interior aiming to preserve meteorites for ...

Ancient droplets found in meteorites reveal the history of planet formation. About 4.5 billion years ago, Jupiter expanded quickly into the giant planet we see today. Its immense gravity disturbed the ...

Ryugu samples illuminate terrestrial weathering effects on primitive meteorites Date: December 11, 2023 Source: Tohoku University Summary: Asteroids offer valuable windows into the early solar ...