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Ancient Space Rock Crashes into Home — Older Than Earth! A fiery meteorite blazed across Georgia’s skies before smashing into a home — and scientists say it’s older than our planet. The 4.56-billion-year-old “McDonough Meteorite” stunned experts with its age and speed, traveling over 1 km per second before impact. Hear from geologists, see the dramatic footage, and learn why this could be a warning about future asteroid threats. 🌌 #Meteorite #SpaceNews #Georgia #NASA #Science #BreakingNews #Astronomy #Asteroid #McDonoughMeteorite

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00:00meteorite that hit home is older than earth scientists say a meteorite that crashed into

00:11a home in the u.s is older than planet earth scientists have said the object flew through

00:16the skies in broad daylight before exploding across the state of georgia on june 26th nasa

00:22confirmed researchers at the university of georgia examined a fragment of the rock that pierced the

00:27roof of a home in the city of mcdonough they found that based on the type of meteorite it is expected

00:32to have formed 4.56 billion years ago making it roughly 20 million years older than earth residents

00:39in georgia and nearby states reported hundreds of sightings and a loud booming noise when the fireball

00:44tore through the skies the rock quickly diminished in size and speed but still traveled at least one

00:50kilometer per second going through a man's roof in henry county multiple fragments that struck the

00:55building were handed over to scientists who analyzed their origins this particular meteor that entered

01:01the atmosphere has a long history before it made it to the ground of mcdonough scott harris a geologist

01:06at the university of georgia said using optical and electron microscopy harris and his team determined

01:12the rock was a chondrite the most abundant type of stony meteorite according to nasa which meant that

01:17it was approximately 4.56 billion years old the home's residents said he is still finding pieces of space

01:24dust around his home from the hit the object which has been named the mcdonough meteorite

01:29is the 27th to have been recovered from georgia this is something that used to be expected once

01:34every few decades and not multiple times within 20 years harris said modern technology in addition to

01:40an attentive public is going to help us recover more and more meteorites harris is hoping to publish

01:46his findings on the composition and speed of the asteroid which will help to understand the threat of

01:51further asteroids one day there will be an opportunity and we never know when it's going to be for

01:57something large to hit and create a catastrophic situation if we can guard against that we want to he said

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