I think it's so utterly cool that this married couple discovered that the big rock decorating their garden was a meteorite that started its journey to Earth half a billion years ago. I write this post full well knowing that meteorites commonly strike our planet: there have been 1,086 meteorite "falls" (witnessed impacts) and 38,660 meteorite "finds" in the history of our planet. I once had the privilege to view the Barringer Crater in Arizona, a crater extending .73 miles in diameter caused by a meteorite impact only 40,000 years ago. I tend to think of the Earth as stable and the meteorites are striking us. The truth is that all of us are streaking through space on a huge rock we call Earth. It's equally amazing that the solar system once did not exist and that it will one day cease to exist. We are privileged to be cognizant of this amazing tour of space, passengers who are lucky to be alive and lucky to be conscious of this experience, all of us touring on the skin of our planet. All of this constitutes the most amazing and true story ever, but I've never yet read any of this in any newspaper headline.