Discover the story of NWA 16788, the largest Martian meteorite on Earth, set to break records at Sotheby’s Geek Week auction in July 2025.

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

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

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, which weighs 54 pounds, could help unravel new secrets about Mars — if ...

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.

The NWA 16788 Martian meteorite, believed to be the largest ever found on Earth, was sold at Sotheby’s auction in New York ...

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.

The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.

Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...

With dimensions of roughly 15 inches by 11 inches by 6 inches, NWA 16788 is said to be 70 per cent larger than the ...