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This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did ...
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The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small, Sotheby’s Cassandra Hatton said, as record-breaking ...
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.
One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.
A 54-pound Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, fetched a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive ...
Auction house Sotheby's just auctioned off the largest known Mars meteorite, realizing a record price that shattered expectations.
The largest piece of Mars on Earth is now the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction after it achieved $5.3 million in the Natural History sale during Sotheby's Geek Week. #AuctionUpdate The ...
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.
A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...
Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...
Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...