Imagine coming across an object that is older than Earth itself. The official Instagram account of the Natural History Museum shared information about a rare meteorite which formed 'four billions years ago when the Sun was still yet new' has blown people's minds.
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The rare space object was recovered in the UK and according to scientists, the black rock can help them figure out 'not only where most water came from, but also the building blocks of life itself.'
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Along with the description, the museum also shared a blog link which gives deeper details about the meteorite. They also shared a beautiful image of the shiny black rock.?
According to the blog, on February 28, the residents of a house in Winchcombe heard a rattling sound but since it was night time, they didn't bother checking. However, the next morning they came face to face with the space object and called the UK Meteor Observation Network who further informed the museum.?
¡°For somebody who didn't really have an idea what it actually was, the finder did a fantastic job in collecting it. He bagged most of it up really quickly on Monday morning, perhaps less than 12 hours after the actual event. He then kept finding bits in his garden over the next few days,¡± said Dr Ashley King, a researcher at the Museum who studies meteorites, cites the blog.
¡°It looks a bit like coal. It is really black, but it is much softer and is really quite fragile. It is exciting for us because this type of meteorite is incredibly rare but hold important clues about our origins,¡± King added.