US EditionMeteorite that ripped through Georgia homeowner's roof is 20 million years older than Earth, scientist says
HENRY COUNTY, GEORGIA, AUG 10 – The McDonough Meteorite is about 4.56 billion years old, roughly 20 million years older than Earth, and offers insights into early solar system materials, UGA scientists said.
- A meteorite that exploded across Georgia on June 26 and hit a house is estimated to be around 4.5 billion years old, making it older than Earth itself.
- The object, named the McDonough meteorite, was determined to be a chondrite, the most abundant type of stony meteorite, through optical and electron microscopy.
- The resident of the house that was hit is still finding pieces of space dust, and the meteorite is the 27th to have been recovered from Georgia.
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Atlanta Home Struck by Meteorite Older Than Earth, Study Finds
A piece of space rock that crashed into a home in Atlanta, Georgia, had been zooming around in space for longer than Earth has existed, a recent analysis has found. The newly named McDonough Meteorite that punched through Earth's atmosphere on 26 June 2025 formed around 4.56 billion years ago, according to planetary geologist Scott Harris of the University of Georgia. Our home planet, for context, is thought to be around 4.5 billion years old – …
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 years old, according to researchers who studied it following its crash landing.
Scientists have studied the remains of a meteorite that fell on a man's house in the US state of Georgia in late June. They have determined that the meteorite was formed 4.56 billion years ago, which means it is about 20 million years older than our planet.
The heavenly body flew up to heaven the whole day before it exploded in the state of Georgia, U.S.A. on June 26. A meteorite fragment exploded over a house in a small American town and...
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