It’s not every day a chunk of Mars ends up under the hammer in Manhattan – especially one weighing in at a hefty 25 kilos. But that’s exactly what happened in July when NWA 16788, the largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth, fetched a record-breaking price at auction.
Now, Niger wants to know how this millions-of-years-old space rock – found in the remote Sahara just nine months ago – left the country without anyone noticing.
