4.5 Billion Years Old

On the 27th of November, a network of high-tech cameras glimpsed it falling from the sky: a shining meteorite zipping through the earth's atmosphere and landing somewhere in the Australian outback. The journey was visible for about six seconds, a long exposure for such an event.

The star it circles, 51 Eridani, is just 20 million years old - fairly young considering the Sun is about 4.5 billion years old.

The sparse crowd watching a county match was treated to an out of the world experience quite literally when a 4.5 billion years old meteorite fell.

On the 27th of November, a network of high-tech cameras glimpsed it falling from the sky: a shining meteorite zipping through the earth's atmosphere and landing somewhere in the Australian outback. The journey was visible for about six seconds, a long exposure for such an event.

The star it circles, 51 Eridani, is just 20 million years old - fairly young considering the Sun is about 4.5 billion years old.

The sparse crowd watching a county match was treated to an out of the world experience quite literally when a 4.5 billion years old meteorite fell.