Asteroids’ orbits around the sun may put them in collision paths with inner planets. We may have had a near-miss, but ...

Velaidum's home is based in Charlottetown, the capital of Prince Edward Island off the eastern coast of Canada ... the splat sound the meteorite made when it hit the walkway.

In the Mauritanian desert, nomadic herders look for unusual rocks with a dark surface, hoping to find rare meteorites and strike it big.