An Out-of-this-World Fall Hazard [Photo Gallery]

Oct. 9, 2014

Imagine watching TV in your living room when you hear a terrific crash outside. When you go out to investigate, you find a hole in the rear end of your car and a matching hole in your driveway. In the hole, you find a bowling-ball-size rock that smells like sulfur.

Later, you learn that the rock was a meteorite that traveled millions of miles from outer space en route to the trunk of your orange 1980 Chevy Malibu.

That improbable story happened on this day in 1992. Thanks to the Peekskill meteorite, Oct. 9, 1992, is a day that will live in infamy – at least for astronomy geeks and the people of Peekskill, N.Y.

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