There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet ...

A 54-pound Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, fetched a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive ...

A spirited 15-minute bidding war between online and phone participants ultimately landed the ultra-rare specimen with an ...

"While robotic missions to Mars continue to shed light on the planet's history, the only samples from Mars available for ...

The 24.5kg space rock is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The largest piece of Mars on Earth became the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction at Sotheby’s annual ”Geek Week,” ...

The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on ...

The auction saw a tense 15-minute bidding war between online and phone buyers, ending with an anonymous collector winning the ultra-rare Martian relic ...

The largest piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3m. Meteorite NWA 16788, offered by Sotheby’s New York on Wednesday, July ...

It sold for more than the maximum estimated price of $4 million. On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million. (Extra ...

The largest Mars rock ever found on Earth, NWA 16788, just sold for $5.3 million at a Sotheby's auction to an unnamed bidder.

NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, fetched $5.3 million at auction. Franklin Institute chief astronomer and ...