It landed in a drive in Winchcombe. As somebody once said - of all the places in all the world. We visited Winchcombe just before lockdown started last year and found it to be an intriguing and hugely historic place. It had a feel of coming straight out of an historic film set.
The meteor has been revealed to be a carbonaceous chondrite, and researchers say it could provide a valuable insight into what our Solar System looked like as it was forming over four billion years ago.
The meteorite contains amino acids, alcohol and most importantly, tiny grains that predate the solar system itself, meaning they can now better ascertain what came before it.
The idea of something being 4.5 billion years old is almost beyond comprehension. That's even older than my wife!
And to think that a family in Gloucestershire were putting their feet up and enjoying a bit of telly and a piece of billion years old rock just landed in their driveway.
Returning to more mundane matters, I hope you enjoy some of the photos I have taken over the last few days.