A meteorite that landed in Russia in the 1940s and was recently stolen from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque has been located, according to AP. KRQE-TV reports that authorities found the rock after a man in Missouri bought it for $1,700. It's worth between $20,000 and $40,000. The Meteorite Museum at UNM flew an employee to retrieve the nearly 21-pound (9.5-kilogram) chunk of space - and lug it through security. School police believe someone stole the meteorite from the display case and walked out the front door. Investigators have a suspect, but no one has been arrested. The meteorite was once part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and crashed in Siberia. It was a gift from a Soviet scientist. The Meteorite Museum is closed for a security review.
