*The meteorite is likely to be named based on the nearest postal address, thus likely to be officially dubbed the "Titusville, NJ" meteorite *Best estimate of landing time is approximately 12:14 p ...

Rare 4.5-Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Crashes Into New Jersey Home: 'It Penetrated The Roof' Shannon Graham, who helped analyze the rock, said the meteorite had likely come from the belt of ...

Harris, working with Henry County Emergency Management and the homeowner, examined the entry point and fragments of meteorite ...

Scientists with The College of New Jersey determined the 6-by-4-inch object, which weighs about 2.2 pounds, is a rare stony chondrite meteorite.

The rare stony chondrite meteorite will likely be dubbed the “Titusville, N.J.,” after the location where it smashed through a roof, officials said.

Scientists with The College of New Jersey determined the 6-by-4-inch object, which weighs about 2.2 pounds, is a rare stony chondrite meteorite.

The 6-inch-by-4-inch object is a rare stony chondrite meteorite, the experts said. They came to the conclusion after a visual examination, density measurements, scanning electron microscope images ...

What to Know A meteorite struck a home in Hopewell Township, New Jersey, on Monday, a physics professor at The College of New Jersey confirmed. The object went through the roof and the ceiling of ...

"We are excited to be able to confirm that the object is a true chondrite meteorite, in excellent condition, and one of a very small number of similar witnessed chondrite falls known to science ...

*The total weight is 984 grams (2.2 lbs), volume approximately 317 cubic centimeters, bulk density of approximately 3.2-3.3 g/cc. That density is in the usual range for chondrite meteorites and ...