The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small,” Sotheby’s vice chairman of science and natural history Cassandra Hatton said moments before the gavel fell on a rock that ...

Lab-made Martian dust. Credit: A. Valantinas.© ZME Science This Mineral Is What Makes Mars Red — And It Shows the Planet Was Once Cold and Wet© ZME Science ...

The “Largest Piece of Mars on Earth” just sold at auction for about $5.3 million— $5,296,000, to be exact. Popular Science ...

NWA 16788 is largest ever found on Earth originating from Mars; dinosaur skeleton sells for more than $30 million ...

On Wednesday, Sotheby’s will auction off a chunk of rock believed to have originated on Mars for an anticipated 2 to 4 ...

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.

"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 ...

WASHINGTON — A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence of the planet's warmer and wetter ancient past when it ...

These minerals exist widely on Mars, making up 4% to 8% of Martian soil. They're also embedded in the planet's layered sediments and cemented within sandstones and siltstones.

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...