A doorbell camera has captured the sound of a meteorite striking Earth for the first time.
Joe Velaidum and his partner Laura captured the incredible moment a rock appeared out of nowhere and landed near their house.
They had checked their doorbell camera after finding a pattern of dust in the shape of a star outside.
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The video shows the brief moment the space rock fell from the sky, reports Need To Know.
The couple, who live on Prince Edward Island in Canada, went outside to gather as much of the stray rock as they could, ending up with roughly seven grams.
The samples were sent to Chris Herd, curator of the University of Alberta’s meteorite collection, who confirmed the rock had originated from a meteorite.
The expert happened to have a family trip planned to the area and visited 10 days later to collect more samples from the crash site in the couple’s neighbourhood of Charlottetown.
While it is the first recorded meteorite to land on Prince Edward Island, it has also set a global record – being the first time the sound of a meteorite hitting Earth has been captured on camera.
The meteorite – found to have originated in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter – also left a small indentation on the couple’s driveway.
The expert said that meteorites usually enter Earth’s atmosphere travelling at around 60,000kmph, before slowing down.
He estimates the space rock would have been moving at around 200kmph when it hit the ground.
Luckily, Joe had left the house to walk his dogs just minutes earlier.
The footage was captured in July 2024 and released publicly earlier this month following analysis.
