Tag: meteorites
The El Ali Meteorite’s Journey from Landmark to Loot
How a Space Rock Became a Scientific Breakthrough—And a Black Market Commodity A massive Somali meteorite containing never-before-seen-on-Earth minerals vanished into the black market, raising ethical questions about science and ownership. By Rachel Feltman, Dan Vergano, Jeffery DelViscio, Fonda Mwangi & Alex Sugiura Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. For generations…