A rare rock from Mars known as Meteorite NWA 16788 will be up for auction at Sotheby's on July 16. The meteorite may sell for ...

A 25-kilo rock from Mars sold for over $5 million (€4.3 million) at Sotheby’s in New York last month. But Niger, where the ...

Brazen! It is brazen!” Still echo the words of paleontologist Paul Sereno in the controversy surrounding a 54-pound Martian meteorite whose trip from the Sahara Desert to a Sotheby’s auction podium ...

NWA 16788 is largest ever found on Earth originating from Mars; dinosaur skeleton sells for more than $30 million ...

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

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

NWA 16788 is an “olivine microgabbro shergottite,” a volcanic rock from cooled magma. Over 20 percent consists of maskelynite, a glass that was formed by an asteroid impact on Mars.

The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on Earth.

A rare 54-pound Martian meteorite, the largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth, will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in New ...

The largest piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3m. Meteorite NWA 16788, offered by Sotheby’s New York on Wednesday, July 16, instantly set a new world record as the most valuable meteorite ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3 million, with taxes and fees, to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby's New York auction Wednesday. Known as NWA 16788 ...