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CNN 国际新闻
📌 标题:Fireball over New York City was a rare meteorite containing evidence of extraterrestrial water
📅 发布时间:Updated Jul 15, 2026, 6:25 PM ET
📝 英文原文:
A meteorite weighing more than 2 pounds (1 kilogram) that crashed through the roof of a New Jersey home two years ago could shed light on ancient water in the solar system.Observers across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania reported seeing afireball streaking across the skyduring the daytime on July 16, 2024. As the object whizzed by just south of the Statue of Liberty, it caused a sonic boom felt by New York City and New Jersey residents.The spectacle came from a space rock, estimated to be the size of a heavy airline bag, that zipped through Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of 32,000 miles per hour (14.4 kilometers per second).Unlike some meteorites, this space rock was particularly fragile, and it broke apart about 22 miles (35.4 kilometers) aboveground. Newark Liberty International Airport’s Doppler weather radar detected a cloud of fragments falling to the ground from Staten Island into New Jersey.Only one fragment was recovered, and that’s because it punched through the ceiling of a master bedroom in a Hillsborough, New Jersey, home.The impact caused no injuries, and the homeowners quickly put on disposable gloves and collected the black fragments and dust from the bed and carpet using aluminum foil and glass jars, said Peter Jenniskens, senior research scientist at the SETI Institute and NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.Related articleThis mosaic of Bennu was created using observations made by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft that was in close proximity to the asteroid for over two years.NASA/Goddard/University of ArizonaScientists found tryptophan, the ‘sleepy’ amino acid, in an asteroid. Here’s what it means6 min readJenniskens is the lead author of a study published Wednesday in the journalScience Advancesthat detailed an analysis of the Hillsborough meteorite.The homeowners also patched the roof of their house before rain fell that evening — a crucial step because the fragile meteor is porous and sucks in
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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
两年前,一颗重量超过 2 磅(1 公斤)的陨石从新泽西州一户人家的屋顶坠落,可能有助于揭示太阳系中古老的水。纽约、新泽西、康涅狄格、罗德岛和宾夕法尼亚州的观察者报告称,2024 年 7 月 16 日白天看到一个火球划过天空。当该物体在自由女神像南边呼啸而过时,纽约市感受到了音爆。和新泽西州的居民。这一奇观来自一个s
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