Niger has announced that it plans to investigate the sale of the largest martian meteorite on Earth after the fragment was ...

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 ...

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.

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.

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

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

The meteorite, dubbed Northwest Africa (NWA) 16788, is around twice the size of a basketball and weighs 54 pounds (24.5 kilograms), making it "the largest known piece of Mars ever found on Earth," ...

“NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance—the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most valuable of its kind ever offered at auction,” Cassandra Hatton, vice ...

The largest known Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, identified as NWA 16788, was auctioned by Sotheby's in New York for $5.3 million including fees, exceeding initial estimates of $2 million to ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth just hammered down for an astronomical sum. The 54-pound rock, known as NWA 16788, sold for a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s New York on Wednesday ...

NWA 16788 is so large that it represents more than 6 percent of all Martian material ever found on Earth. The chunk was likely torpedoed off Mars' surface by a powerful asteroid strike.

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 ...