[Global Web Report] CNN reported on the 13th local time, according to documents recently released by the U.S. Space Command, researchers discovered the first known interstellar meteor to hit Earth.

CNN said that interstellar meteors are a type of space rock from outside the solar system, which is really rare.

The report also said the meteor, known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, crashed off the northeastern coast of Papua New Guinea on January 8, 2014.