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One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.
The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% ...
The 54-pound meteorite is believed to have been blown off of Mars by an asteroid strike before crashing into the Sahara Desert.
Two meteorites found in the Sahara in 2023 might be from Mercury, a study suggests, but doubts remain due to how little is ...
A chunk of the Martian surface that made unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to highest bidder at Sotheby's auction in ...
A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...
The whopping 25-kilogram Martian rock will be sold at a special natural history-themed auction at Sotheby's in New York this ...
A rare Martian meteorite discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2023 represents 6.5% of all known Martian material on Earth and ...
A mineral grain from a meteorite preserved evidence that water was present on Mars 4.45 billion years ago, and it may have created hot springs habitable for life.