July news cycle had a perfect break story: a meteorite came through a roof in New Jersey. For planetary scientists, fresh falls are gold — unweathered material, quick recovery, fewer centuries of Earth contamination. For the homeowner, it is a skylight nobody ordered.
I like the double ledger: insurance claim on one side, research paper on the other. The universe does not RSVP.
Click to drop a rock. Sometimes it hits the house. Science is not always polite.
If your house is ever chosen by the solar system, call both a roofer and a university. In that order if it is raining.