Russia says huge meteorite chunk discovered before being smuggled to U.K.

Russia's customs service says a 2.8-ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite was found in a shipping container, labeled as a garden ornament.

Russian authorities seize 4.5-billion-year-old meteorite hidden as sculpture in UK-bound shipment

Declared as garden décor, a massive object stopped at a Russian port turned out to be a rare space relic, triggering legal ...