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TEXAS SCIENCE · NOVEMBER 13, 2026

A SPACE ROCK CRASHED THROUGH A TEXAS ROOF. NOW YOU CAN SEE IT.

A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite that landed inside a Spring home is now on display in Houston.

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A rock older than Earth’s oldest surviving rocks made an unforgettable entrance into a Texas home this year. In March, a meteorite punched through the roof of a house in Spring, north of Houston, and ended up in a bedroom. No one was injured. The Houston Museum of Natural Science now displays the specimen in its Fall to Earth exhibit. Researchers are studying what its composition can tell us about the early solar system.

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