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Sotheby’s may be better known for Warhols and Picassos, but this week, the Upper East Side auction house is going full geek. Through July 15, the annual Geek Week exhibition returns, transforming the ...
The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...
The largest chunk of rock ever to land on Earth from Mars is set to be auctioned. The meteorite known as the NW16788 is 24 kilograms. It is the largest rock ever to journey through the Earth’s ...
Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.
Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...
Ancient meteorite reveals a protoplanet formed in the outer Solar System earlier than thought, reshaping planet formation ...
Death toll from Texas flood hits triple-digits as tally of missing tops 180 The death toll from the July Fourth flash flood ...
Sotheby’s has unveiled the largest Martian meteorite ever recovered on Earth, a 54-pound (24.4-kg) specimen known as NWA ...
It’s the only known juvenile specimen of the Ceratosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur that lived around 149 to 154 million years ...
Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...
How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...
Another highlight from the category is the “largest piece of Mars on Earth.” The Martian Meteorite, which Sotheby’s has ...