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

The largest known Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, has been sold at auction for $5.3 million. The hefty chunk of the Red Planet, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

“Our findings provide a methodological framework for detecting biosignatures [evidence of life] in Martian sulfate minerals, potentially guiding future Mars exploration missions,” Youcef ...

The presence of these minerals signals the presence of organic life, because prokaryotes—cells without a nucleus—supply elements which clay needs to form.