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The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.
Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...
Sotheby’s has unveiled the largest Martian meteorite ever recovered on Earth, a 54-pound (24.4-kg) specimen known as NWA ...
In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.
A 54-pound chunk of Mars-believed to be the largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth-is hitting the auction block ...
Sotheby’s will auction massive Martian meteorite NWA 16788, and is accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC bids for a piece of ...
The meteorite is going up for auction on July 16 at Sotheby’s Natural History sale in New York, and it is estimated to reach ...
Sotheby's auction also includes a piece of the moon shaped into a sphere, and a space rock advertised as 'the oldest matter ...
Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.
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 ...
A rare meteorite that traveled 36 million miles on its journey to Earth could become the most expensive space rock ever sold ...
Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...