[Science] An interstellar rock may have hit Earth in 2014 but nobody noticed – AI

Some meteors may have travelled a very long wayWilliam Attard McCarthy / Alamy Stock Photo By Leah Crane‘Oumuamua the “interstellar asteroid” may not have been the first interstellar rock we’ve ever seen. A meteor that burned up in Earth’s atmosphere in 2014 may have come from a distant planetary system – and if it did, it was probably from the area around the system’s star where life would be most likely to develop. Every day, more than 100 tonnes of space dust and rocks hit Earth’s atmosphere, where most of it burns up before it hits …