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This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did ...
The largest Martian meteorite ever sold has set a new auction record, fetching $5.3 million in the United States, according ...
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 ...
One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.
The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small, Sotheby’s Cassandra Hatton said, as record-breaking ...
NWA 16788 is largest ever found on Earth originating from Mars; dinosaur skeleton sells for more than $30 million ...
The 24.5kg space rock is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
Out of the 122 lots, the main event is NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite that is the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.
A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...
Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...
Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...