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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 ...

A meteorite crashes into a Georgia home. Turns out it's older than Earth.

A meteorite "crash landed" in Georgia on June 26. Particles that tore through the roof of a home in Henry County, Georgia, 31 ...
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A Georgia meteorite older than Earth

Now that its ancient journey is over, the rock begins a new chapter on Earth. Officially named the McDonough Meteorite, it is ...

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 ...
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Scientists have finally made an elusive meteorite diamond, predicted to be 50% harder than Earth diamonds

Scientists have created the first sizable meteorite diamond — also known as lonsdaleite or hexagonal diamond — a material ...
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Alabama Woman Became First Human Hit by Meteorite in 1954 — It Crashed Through Her Roof as She Napped On Couch

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 ...
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A meteorite older than the Earth landed in a living room in Atlanta

BOOM! A sonic tremor rattles your home. That’s exactly what happened to one McDonough resident when a meteorite the size of a ...

Niger opens investigation after Sotheby’s auction of Martian meteorite

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

A Meteorite Older Than the Earth Just Crashed Into Someone’s Living Room

A meteorite that plummeted into the roof and living room of a house in McDonough, Georgia, has now been found to be 20 ...
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A Meteorite Tore Through a Georgia Home’s Roof. It Turns Out the Space Rock Is Older Than Our Planet

A planetary geologist finds that the meteorite, which fell in June, came from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ...

Meteorite that tore through southeastern US skies this summer determined to be older than Earth itself, researchers say

A meteorite that tore through the sky in June shaking the Southeast with a sonic boom is now believed to be 4.56 billion ...
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Rare Meteorite with Crystals Dates Back 4.5 Billion Years

In 2000, a hiker in China’s Gobi Desert discovered the Fukang meteorite, a crystal-filled space rock valued at over $2 ...