4.56 Billion-Year-Old Meteorite Streaks Through Georgia Sky, on Video

Scientists confirmed a meteorite that crashed through a Georgia home in June 2025 is approximately 4.56 billion years old, making it older than Earth itself. The space rock, named the McDonough Meteorite, was analyzed by University of Georgia researchers who classified it as a rare Low Metal ordinary Chondrite. Dramatic video footage captured the fireball streaking across southeastern U.S. skies before fragments pierced a resident’s ceiling in Henry County. Witnesses reported seeing a bright flash, with one driver describing it as a ‘big flash in the sky come down and disappear.’ This discovery provides valuable insights into the early solar system’s formation.