Just in case you missed it, a video was recently posted online showing a meteorite striking the Earth in someone’s yard. It came down on Prince Edward Island in Canada and was captured by a doorbell camera.
Media from all over the world reported on it.
- “Meteorite strike caught on P.E.I. home security camera.” The Canadian Press/YouTube. January 14, 2025.
- Stephen Brun. “P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it’s a first.” CBC News. January 13, 2025.
- Chandelis Duster. “Canadian man’s home security camera captures the sight and sound of a meteorite strike.” NPR. January 16, 2025.
- Margherita Bassi. “Meteorite Crash in Canada Is Caught by Home Security Camera in Likely World-First Video Footage.” Smithsonian Magazine. January 16, 2025.
- Scott Sutherland. “First meteorite ever found in P.E.I. arrived with a literal bang.” The Weather Network. January 16, 2025.
- “Sound of meteorite striking Earth caught on doorbell camera.” BBC.
- Cara Tabachnick, “Meteorite crash landing captured on Ring doorbell camera outside home in Canada.” CBS. January 17, 2025.
- Adithi Ranakrishnan. “A meteorite strike was captured on video by a Canadian home’s doorbell camera.” MSN/Associated Press.
- Adithi Ramakrishnan. “Watch doorbell camera capture rare meteorite strike in Canada.” Phys.org. January 16, 2025.
For more on meteorites, meteoroids, meteors, and meteor showers, see a few articles below.
- “Meteors & Meteorites Facts.” NASA.
- “Meteor Showers (and More).” FAS Website.
- “Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites.” FAS Astronomers Blog. August 2020.
- Raymond Shubinski. “Earth’s greatest hits: A history of asteroid impacts.” Astronomy Magazine. September 14, 2022.