Cannonball-size meteorite crashes through roof of Texas home
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At its peak, the meteor – or Event: 20260324-013109 as NASA has categorized it, was 40 times brighter than the planet Venus, the space agency said.
A bright green fireball was visible in parts of the Pacific Northwest as it beamed across the sky. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry describes a fireball as a particularly bright meteor that can be seen up to 80 miles above the Earth.
A meteor was seen in parts of Michigan Monday night, with photos and videos shared widely on social media.
The Houston resident said the meteorite broke through the roof and ceiling before landing in a bedroom in her home, according to reports.
A bright fireball that was spotted Saturday afternoon in the skies over southeastern Texas was confirmed to be a meteor that likely broke apart over the Houston area, according to NASA
Meteorite hunters are combing Ohio for fragments of a space rock that streaked across the sky earlier this week.
A possible meteorite crashed into a Houston area house on Saturday night, tearing through the roof and two stories of the home, officials said.
Meteorite debris from a Houston fireball was detected on weather radar. Learn how radar tracks falling meteorites after a meteor breaks apart.
After a seven-ton fireball exploded above the Cleveland area, a group of meteorite hunters descended too, in the name of science — and possibly cash.