A meteorite estimated to be 4.56 billion years old, older than Earth itself, crashed into the roof of a home in McDonough, Georgia, on June 26, missing the resident by just 14 feet.
The space rock, part of a meteor seen blazing across southern US skies that day, punched through the roof, ductwork, and ceiling before denting the laminate floor.
Scott Harris, a planetary geologist at the University of Georgia, analyzed 23 grams of fragments from the object, which likely originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Harris said the impact created a sound and vibration similar to a close-range gunshot. The homeowner, who escaped unharmed, is still finding specks of space dust in his living room.
The “McDonough Meteorite” is the 27th recovered in Georgia and the closest call for a human since 1954, when a meteorite struck a woman in Alabama.
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