Week-old meteorite recovered from farm in Western Australia

Curtin University's desert fireball network tracks down 1.15kg meteorite that fell hundreds of kilometres north-east of Perth

Scientists have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite from a farm several hundred kilometres north-east of Perth.

Members of Curtin university's desert fireball network team tracked the 1.15kg, squashed brick-shaped meteorite, which fell to Earth near Morawa just after 8pm on 31 October.