BOOM! A sonic tremor rattles your home. That’s exactly what happened to one McDonough resident when a meteorite the size of a cherry tomato punched through his roof, shredded his HVAC duct, and embedded itself in his floor with the force of a

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.

Researchers Developed a New Kind of Diamond From a Meteorite — And It's 58% Harder Than a Normal Diamond A new kind of diamond is now in town, according to researchers. These are apparently 58% harder than ordinary diamonds.

Now that its ancient journey is over, the rock begins a new chapter on Earth. Officially named the McDonough Meteorite, it is only the sixth “witnessed fall” recovered in Georgia’s history, making it a rare specimen.

Meteorite diamonds, which could be 58% harder than ordinary diamonds, have finally been made in the lab. Scientists have created the first sizable meteorite diamond — also known as lonsdaleite or hexagonal diamond — a material predicted to be even harder than the diamonds normally found on Earth.

A mysterious fireball blazed across the sky in broad daylight on June 26, sparking hundreds of siting reports in Georgia and South Carolina.

Watch the moment a meteorite lit up with night sky over Japan on Tuesday night (August 19) in a video captured on a driver's dash cam. The driver was heading through Kagoshima in western Japan when the ball of light appeared around 11pm local time.

A large Martian meteorite found in Niger recently sold at auction. Now, the country is investigating the legality of its export.

A meteorite that plummeted into the roof and living room of a house in McDonough, Georgia, has now been found to be 20 million years older than Earth. Researchers who examined fragments of the broken meteorite now think that its parent body split from a monster asteroid (which formed before Earth) about 470 million years ago.

Ann Hodges never intended to be famous, but in 1954 she found herself thrust into the national spotlight when her afternoon nap was interrupted by a falling meteorite.

A meteorite that tore through the sky in June shaking the Southeast with a sonic boom is now believed to be 4.56 billion years old, according to researchers who studied it following its crash landing.

Ann Hodges was hit by a meteor in her Alabama home in 1954, and had to be admitted to a hospital due to the crowd attracted by the incident.