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.

The 'discreet' fragment of Aletai, weighing more than 2 tons, comes from one of the largest iron meteorites known on Earth.

Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.

Moscow — Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday. The huge specimen ...

On February 15, 2013, a small asteroid exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] The shock wave from this explosion damaged thousands of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into smuggling (Handout) (Handout/Federal Customs Service of Russia/AFP) Russian ...

Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday. The huge specimen weighing more ...