Wham! Hear a meteorite hit the ground for the 1st time [Video]

See and hear a meteorite impact on Prince Edward Island. Video via Laura Kelly/ University of Alberta.

• Meteorites – small space rocks – hitting the ground are common. But no one has ever captured the sound of an impact before.
• A home security camera caught video and audio of a meteorite impact for the first time in July 2024.
• The meteorite hit close to a residential house on Prince Edward Island in Canada. Subsequent analysis at the University of Alberta confirmed the small rock really was a meteorite.

Hear a meteorite for the first time

Meteorites – small fragments of space rocks – hit Earth on a regular basis. But a meteorite that landed on Prince Edward Island, Canada, in July 2024 might be a unique first. Both the video and audio of the impact were caught on camera, the University of Alberta saidon January 13, 2025. According to a scientist at the university, this is the first …