100 years ago today, a meteorite (possibly) vaporized a dog in Egypt
Here’s a bizarre milestone. On June 28, 1911, a meteorite fell over the outskirts of Alexandria, Egypt. The meteorite broke into several smaller rocks, one of which may have reduced a dog to a burnt smear. On that fateful morning a century ago, the Nakhla meteorite broke over the village of Abu Hummus, and 40…
