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Science Delivery: One Meteorite, One Roof

July 13, 2026 · Field notes · backfilled break

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.

Trajectory doodle

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.