When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NWA 16788 was recovered from the Sahara Desert in November 2023. It is 70% larger than any other ...
The 10 pound chunk of iron that fell in Roundup in 1990 is up for grabs through Christie's New York. As of press time, the ...
The largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth was sold for more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York. Named NWA 16788, the 54-pound (25-kilogram ...
"I was wanting a new bicycle, and I'd got the family hand-me-down, so I wanted to replace that," David said. He bought a ...
The world's second largest meteorite was unearthed last weekend in Argentina. It took two days to excavate the Gancedo meteorite, which weighs in at about 30 tons. That makes it the second largest ...
The 54-pound Martian meteorite NWA 16788, the largest known piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth, was sold for a record $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York ...
The recent auction of a Martian meteorite -- for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York -- has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks ...