The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small,” Sotheby’s vice chairman of science and natural history ...

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

This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did ...

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

A chunk of the Martian surface that at some point crashed into Earth sold Wednesday, July 16 to an anonymous bidder for a record $5.3 million.

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has already detected sulfate minerals, including gypsum, on the Martian surface. If similar fossils are found within these deposits, it could be one of the strongest ...

At first glance, it might seem like an ordinary hunk of stone, but this particular rock is poised to fetch upwards of AU$6 ...

The largest fragment of Mars ever discovered on Earth, a 54-pound meteorite named NWA 16788, is set to be auctioned at ...

Sotheby’s says the meteorite was blown off the surface of Mars by a massive asteroid strike and traveled 140 miles to Earth, where it was found in the Sahara in Niger in 2023.

"Models predict that carbonate minerals should be widespread, but, to date, rover-based investigations and satellite-based orbital surveys of the Martian surface have found little evidence of ...