Overview

• The Desert Fireball Network relied on sky-monitoring cameras alongside weather modelling to trace the meteorite’s Mother’s Day fireball to Lake Hope, seven hours east of Perth.
• After driving through rugged terrain, the team trekked more than seven kilometres across salt flats before uncovering two space-rock fragments.
• Team member Mia Walker celebrated the discovery, exclaiming “We found a meteorite!” as she unearthed the first chunk.
• One of the recovered pieces ranks among the largest meteorite fragments Curtin University researchers have ever collected.
• Researchers estimate the space rocks formed about 4.5 billion years ago and plan to pinpoint their solar system origin through detailed lab work.