Normandy: a student finds a meteorite fragment

It is a rarity fallen from the sky, found in the middle of the fields. It is a fragment of meteorite unearthed by a student. “It was a pebble that didn’t look like the others“, says Loïs Leblanc-Rappe, an arts student. The asteroid landed on Earth on Monday February 13. A ball of fire in the sky, which for a few seconds had illuminated the night. Its entry into the atmosphere was visible from England or Paris.

Bringing answers to the origin of our galaxy

To find its trace, French researchers and NASA have combed several hectares in search of the stone so characteristic, sometimes difficult to discern. “It is a rock which is often covered by a light black crust, very thin, and which forms when entering the atmosphere.“, details Sylvain Bouley, planetary scientist and professor at Paris-Saclay. The asteroid of a few centimeters should be studied by scientists and should provide answers on the origin of our galaxy.