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What the $5.3 Million Martian Meteorite Reveals About Mars—and What It Can’t
There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet ...
Biggest Martian Meteorite Ever Found Could Fetch $4 Million at Auction
One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.
The Largest Piece of Mars in the World Just Sold for a Record $5.3 Million
A 54-pound Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, fetched a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive ...
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Why the Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found Is Shaking Up Science and the Auction World
The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small, Sotheby’s Cassandra Hatton said, as record-breaking ...
Would you like to own a piece of Mars? A meteorite from the neighboring planet was just sold for over $5 million
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 ...
You Can Buy The Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found (And A Sick Dinosaur Skeleton Too)
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.