The Shooting Star of Starr County
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The Museum of South Texas History presents “The Shooting Star of Starr County: An Out of this World Discovery” exhibit, opening Friday, Sept. 20, in the Cell Block Gallery upstairs in the 1910 Jail building.
On Feb. 15, 2023, meteorites landed on a ranch near the town of El Sauz in Starr County, Texas. The meteorites found on the ranch were documented and collected by expert and amateur meteorite hunters. The exhibit will highlight a two-fold story: how meteors fell through the sky across Europe and the United States before crash landing on a ranch in South Texas and the history of space rocks. Several meteorite pieces found on the ranch property will be featured in state-of-the-art cases with a 360-view.