On June 26, 2025, at noon, a fiery bullet crossed the sky of Georgia and South Carolina in United Statescausing hundreds of references and a strong click that was heard in several cities. According to NASA, the meteorite It exploded over Georgia before launching fragments on the ground.
Near Atlanta in the United States, a piece of meteorite, in the size of a tomato, pierced the housing in the city of MacDona, leaving a dent on the floor of the living room. The sample, weighing 23 grams, was analyzed by Scott Harris, a planetary geologist at the University of Georgia. The conclusion: The meteor was formed 4.56 billion years ago, ie 20 million years before the creation of the Earth.
According to Harris, this fragment comes from a asteroid group in the basic zone between Mars and Jupiter, formed by the breakdown of a much larger asteroid about 470 million years ago. The owner of the house says he continues to find a thin space dust in his living room.
A meteorite fragment that crashed through a Georgia man’s roof is older than Earth, a geologist says. pic.twitter.com/wltU1nxbN1
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#BREAKING: A geologist says a meteorite fragment that smashed through a man’s roof in Henry County, Georgia, is actually older than Earth itself. pic.twitter.com/KVxETJ3Mop
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A fossil of the primordial solar system
Scientists at the University of Georgia, in collaboration with the State University of Arizona, intend to give this space rock the name “Meteorite MacDona” from the city where it fell. This is the 27th meteorite found in the state of Georgia and the 6th whose fall has been noticed.
According to Harris, such phenomena were expected to be “once every few decades”, but are now more often thanks to modern technology and increased public attention.