| ▲ | Alien World Chemistry Found Inside Meteorite That Struck New Jersey Home(seti.org) | |||||||
| 22 points by spzx 4 hours ago | 7 comments | ||||||||
| ▲ | xnx an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
Source paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aea2105 | ||||||||
| ▲ | fractallyte 10 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
"Our cameras in Northford, Connecticut, and Douglassville, Pennsylvania, as well as a doorbell camera in Wayne, New Jersey, captured the meteor, and from that we measured its trajectory... The path traced back to low in the asteroid belt." I don't doubt it, but that's an astounding trajectory estimation... | ||||||||
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| ▲ | ButlerianJihad an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
The real jackpot here is how this large chunk happened to impact a home belonging to an astute and prepared individual:
I can think of many diverse reactions to a meteor strike, but even NASA is singing the praises of this guy and his quick thinking. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | andrewstuart 25 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
Scene one of a Steven Spielberg movie. | ||||||||
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