Recent meteors over Ohio and Michigan have sparked interest in meteorite hunting. A Michigan man found a rare meteorite in Ohio from the St. Patrick's Day meteor event. Meteorite values can range from ...

For Houstonians who saw it, the fireball meteor that streaked across the East Texas sky last month was a brief, blazing moment of awe. For space researchers at Rice University, it was an opportunity.

Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a piece of space itself. Maybe it's been sitting there for centuries. Or ...

Scientists at Rice University are analyzing fragments from a meteorite that blazed across the Houston sky on March 21, 2026, producing a fireball bright enough to trigger satellite lightning detectors ...