One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

A chunk of the Martian surface that made unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to highest bidder at Sotheby's auction in ...

The largest-known piece of Mars ever found on Earth is going up for auction on Wednesday and could fetch as much as $4 ...

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small, Sotheby’s Cassandra Hatton said, as record-breaking ...

Why Sayfollah Musallet’s Death Exposes Urgent Questions for 2025, said Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby’s vice chairman of science and natural history, as NWA 16788, the largest Martian meteorite ever to be ...

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance—the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most valuable of its kind ever offered at auction," said Cassandra Hatton, vice ...

The largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, called NWA 16788, could sell for as much as $4 million at Sotheby’s natural history sale in New York on July 16.

In other words, NWA 16788 is likely a relative newcomer here on Earth, having fallen from outer space rather recently,” Sotheby’s explained, according to the release.

NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, is expected to fetch up to $4 million during the July 16 auction in New York City, according to Sotheby's. Pieces of Mars found on Earth are rare.