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

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.

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

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3 million, with taxes and fees, to an anonymous ...

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.

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

On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million.

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

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth has sold for just over $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

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

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

Add this to the list of "things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money": Someone forked over $5.3 million in a ...