The Natural History Museum officially took to Instagram and shared an image of a rare meteorite created about four billion years ago. The London-based museum wrote in the caption that this was the first recovered meteorite in the UK for more than 30 years. The rare meteorite found in a pavement in Gloucestershire has left the netizens horrified and the image has now gone viral across social media.
Rare meteorite found
The image shows the black object held on a silver base. It seems a little polished. Now that it has reached the museum, scientists are researching it. The meteorite that is older than the earth and belongs to the time when the sun was still fresh may help scientists to learn more about evolution. Let’s take a look at the image.
Netizens stopped him
Surprised by the image, netizens took over the comments section. The image has accumulated over 6.5K likes. In the comments section, one Instagram user tagged his friend and wrote, “I want to go meteorite hunting !!!”. Another Instagram user wrote, “It would be amazing to see what that little rock saw on its journey”. Making a humorous statement, one Instagram user wrote, “are people still trying to eliminate a capable creator or just afraid to recognize it’s possible?”. People can also be seen tag their friends in the comments section.
‘Ingredients of life’
Earlier, a glorious meteorite made its way through the skies of Britain and Northern Europe and scientists believe it could be ‘ingredients for life’. The fragment of the space rock, which landed in the Winchcombe causeway in Gloucestershire in the county of Gloucestershire, was collected by researchers who have now been said to be composed of carbonaceous chondrite in which are organic matter and amino acids, both essential elements for creating life. The meteorite weighs 300 grams and is currently housed at the Natural History Museum in London.