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A home in New Jersey was struck with a high-speed rock last week that smashed through their bedroom ceiling and bounced around the room, causing damage.
The rock that struck a residential home in New Jersey earlier this week is a rare 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite, scientists confirmed on Thursday (May 11).
Experts confirmed the object was a 2.2 stony chondrite meteorite that was over four billion years old.
The meteorite that struck a home in the Titusville section of Hopewell, New Jersey on May 8 is about 4.56 billion years old, according to scientists at The College of New Jersey. The object, about 4 by 6 inches and 2.2 pounds, was examined by researchers who concluded it is a fragment of an LL chondrite, a type of meteor rarely found on Earth. Experts believe other debris from the event that brought it to Earth is likely scattered around the area.
(NEW YORK) — A New Jersey family made an out-of-this-world discovery this week. After a mysterious black rock was found in a Trenton-area home that had apparently damaged the ceiling and floor, the homeowner and his children went searching for answers. Suzy Kop found the […]