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Alien World Chemistry Found Inside Meteorite That Struck New Jersey Home

48 pointsby spzxtoday at 1:35 AM15 commentsview on HN

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ButlerianJihadtoday at 3:50 AM

The real jackpot here is how this large chunk happened to impact a home belonging to an astute and prepared individual:

  He then immediately preserved and documented the entire scene using disposable gloves and aluminum foil to place the meteorite fragments in glass jars.
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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fractallytetoday at 5:06 AM

"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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andrewstuarttoday at 4:51 AM

Scene one of a Steven Spielberg movie.

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