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Discovered in November 2023 by a meteorite hunter scouring a remote region of Niger, an analysis determined that NWA 16788 ...

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

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.

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A 54-pound Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, fetched a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive ...

Add this to the list of "things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money": Someone forked over $5.3 million in a ...

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

The largest Mars rock ever found on Earth, NWA 16788, just sold for $5.3 million at a Sotheby's auction to an unnamed bidder.

Auction house Sotheby's just auctioned off the largest known Mars meteorite, realizing a record price that shattered ...

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