from the travel-all-that-way-and-end-up-in-New-Jersey dept.
The incident could be related to the ongoing Eta Aquariids meteor shower:
A metallic oblong-shaped rock may have made its way from space all the way to the surface of Earth, traveling hundreds of millions of miles only to land in New Jersey.
The object fell through the roof of a home in Hopewell Township, New Jersey on Monday just after 1:00 p.m. ET, CNBC first reported. Although it remains unidentified, it's suspected that the small rock may in fact be a meteorite that formed billions of years ago.
"We are thinking it's a meteorite, came through here, hit the floor here because that's completely damaged, it ricocheted up to this part of the ceiling and then finally rested on the floor there," Suzy Kop, the daughter of the family that owns the house, told CNBC. The residents were not home at the time, and there were no reported injuries.
[...] Investigations are still ongoing regarding the origin of the flying object, but authorities suspect that it could be related to the ongoing Eta Aquarid meteor shower, which is active between April 15 and May 27. The meteor shower originates from Halley's comet, named after English astronomer Edmond Halley who plotted its orbit in the 17th century.
Thousand of meteorites fall to the surface of Earth each year, but rarely do they ever fall inside people's homes, which makes the latest incident a cosmic treat—especially knowing no one was hurt.
(Score: 4, Funny) by r1348 on Saturday May 13, @12:20PM (2 children)
You travel for millions of years in open space, only to end up in New Jersey.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 13, @12:31PM
Let's hope that no one tested it with a magnet...
[https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=23/05/10/0431233]
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday May 13, @01:13PM
Douglas Noël Adams has gone from writing humor to making it happen in the afterlife.
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(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Saturday May 13, @03:02PM (1 child)
It's not a meteor, it's frozen toilet waste from a jet landing at Newark international airport.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 1, Flamebait) by JoeMerchant on Saturday May 13, @03:24PM
It's not even landing in New Jersey, it's just flying over at 36,000 feet.
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