The largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth was sold for more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York. Named NWA 16788, the 54-pound (25-kilogram ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up view of the meteorite’s surface. - Sotheby's A rare Martian meteorite, billed as the largest piece of Mars on Earth, ...

The largest Martian rock ever to arrive on Earth, NWA 16788, just sold for $5.3 million (including fees and other costs) at a Sotheby's auction to an unnamed bidder. This Mars rock, or more aptly ...

DAKAR, Senegal — It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world record. But ...

It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world record. But in the West African nation of ...

This monumental iron meteorite originates from the Gibeon fall, first documented in Namibia in the 19th century. Weighing an extraordinary 240 kilograms, this specimen is the largest pure-iron ...

The recent auction of a Martian meteorite—for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York—has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen from ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton ...

This record-breaking rock had losing bidders seeing red. At one of Sotheby’s Geek Week events, this Martian meteorite smashed through bidding expectations, which were between $2M to $4M. This ...