Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

Two meteorites found in the Sahara show tantalizing similarities to the innermost planet, and while researchers say they are ...

One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

Last year, in a quiet part of Nigeria near Agadez, someone found a rock in the desert. It turned out to be from Mars. Not ...

How do I know if I found a meteorite? WSBTV.com News Staff. Fri, June 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM UTC. ... The USGS says they adapted these tips from the University of New Mexico Meteorite Museum.

In New York City, specifically at the Sotheby's auction house, the sale took place of the largest rock found on Earth and originating from Mars. It is the NWA 16788 meteorite, weig ...

Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...

Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a ...

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most valuable of its kind ever offered at auction,” Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby's ...

The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% of all the Martian material currently on this planet, Sotheby’s says. It ...