STRANGE TEXAS | OCTOBER 30, 2026
A ROCK OLDER THAN EARTH SMASHED THROUGH A TEXAS ROOF — NOW SEE IT!
A 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite from a Spring home is headed to a Houston museum.
A rock from space that crashed through a home in Spring, Texas, is about to become a museum attraction. The meteorite fell in March and landed near an upstairs bedroom, after a fiery passage through the atmosphere caused a boom heard across Southeast Texas. Researchers have recovered multiple fragments, and the Houston Museum of Natural Science says the remarkable 4.5-billion-year-old specimen will appear in its free Fall To Earth exhibit opening November 6. The rock offers scientists clues about the early solar system. No one was hurt when the fragment struck the house.
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And One More Thing…
Most houseguests bring flowers. This one brought four and a half billion years of baggage.