How a Martian meteorite rocked the world
Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
On July 18, 2011, at 2 a.m. local time, nomads living in a desert valley in southern Morocco near the Algerian border reported seeing a fireball light up the sky followed by two sonic booms. This was a truly rare event, not just the arrival of a Martian meteorite, but a meteorite fall that had witnesses.