'Fireball' meteorite lands in driveway after 4 billion-year-old rock blazed across sky
dailystar.co.ukmeteorite that lit up the night sky has been found after landing in a village driveway.Astonished skywatchers in Gloucestershire reported seeing a trail across the skies on February 28, and it was first thought to have landed somewhere in the Cotswolds.The giant space object was initially understood to have landed between Swindon Village and Bourton-on-the-Hill, according to the UK Meteor Network.But it has now been confirmed it was discovered on a driveway in the market town of Winchcombe, GloucestershireLive reports.Fragments of the space rock, the first to be recovered in the UK since 1991, have now been sent to the Natural History Museum.Scientists say it could provide valuable insight into how our Solar System looked as it formed more.
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