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A massive 240-kilogram iron meteorite, believed to be 4.6 billion years old, is set to be auctioned later this summer in a ...
An iron meteorite weighing 240 kilos will be auctioned off in Noorwijk at the end of August to help fund a new planetarium in ...
The Mercurius Planetarium (Sterrenwacht Mercurius) is expected to auction off a 4,6-billion-year-old meteorite to keep the Dutch observatory afloat.
This art is out of this world. A rare collection of stunning, platinum-hued meteorites hit the auction block this week — offering bidders a chance to take home the cosmically cool space rocks.
The handiwork of artist Lee Downey, the 46.5-pound skull, titled Yorick, is carved from an iron-based Gibeon meteorite that crashed to earth in Namibia, Africa, some 1,000 years ago.
Long ago, a large meteorite called the Gibeon burst in the Earth’s atmosphere, showering present day Namibia in Africa with tons of interstellar material. For decades, scientists have used the ...
Fragments of the Gibeon meteorite that is believed to have fallen in prehistoric times in South Africa are on display at the Hoover Public Library in Hoover, Ala., The larger piece weighs 20 pounds.
A bout four centuries after David’s men beat Saul’s at the pool of Gibeon (“And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow’s side, so they fell down ...