Meteorite hit Mercer County home, The College of New Jersey confirms | See new photos "We are excited to be able to confirm that the object is a true chondrite meteorite," said the chair of TCNJ's ...

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.

Scientists with The College of New Jersey conducted a visual and density examination and scanned electron microscope images of the object, which measured 4 inches by 6 inches and weighed about 2.2 ...

Hopewell Township, N.J. – A metallic object that punched a hole in the roof of a central New Jersey home this week, smashing into a hardwood floor and bouncing around a bedroom, was a meteorite ...

Herd met up with Velaidum a few days later and the pair recovered nearly 100 more grams of debris. Though researchers confirmed the samples to be from an ordinary chondrite meteorite, the most ...

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. May 12, 2023, 8:40 AM EDT / Source : AP (Associated ...

The family that owns the home discovered the black, potato-sized rock in a corner — still warm around 12:30 p.m. Monday.

Geological clues suggest that the space rock that created Chicxulub crater was a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite. Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula and ...

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