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Largest chunk of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million
The “Largest Piece of Mars on Earth” just sold at auction for about $5.3 million— $5,296,000, to be exact. Popular Science has reached out to Sotheby’s for confirmation of the sale price.
Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth has sold for just over $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.
Largest Mars rock found on Earth sees $4.3M bid at Sotheby's auction
The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.
A Mars rock was expected to sell at auction for $4 million. The final bid was for more
A chunk of the Martian surface that at some point crashed into Earth sold Wednesday, July 16 to an anonymous bidder for a record $5.3 million.
A massive rock from Mars landed on Earth. It sold for a record $5.3M.
A massive Mars meteorite sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at a Sotheby’s auction, making it the highest selling meteorite ever.
Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $4.3 million plus fees at New York auction
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $4 million plus fees at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday.
Mars rock found on Earth sold for over $5 million
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Huge piece of Mars sells at auction for $5.3 million
NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, fetched $5.3 million at auction. Franklin Institute chief astronomer and planetarium director Derrick Pitts joins CBS News with more.
Mars meteorite sells for whopping $4.3m at auction
A very rare piece of Mars rock has sold for a whopping $4.3 million (£3.2 million) at auction on Wednesday. The meteorite was first discovered in 2023, in the country of Niger in Africa. It's known as NWA 16788 – not the most memorable name for a rock worth that much money!
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Western Sahara: 50-year independence fight blocked by Morocco
Western Sahara independence faces pushback as Morocco’s autonomy plan gains global support despite legal and environmental ...
Meteorite fragments found in the Sahara turn out to be from the most mysterious planet in our solar system
Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...
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Scientists Discover Rocks Believed To Have Fallen From Mercury in Sahara Desert
A group of scientists have published a paper describing two meteorites that were found in the Sahara Desert. They believe the ...
Martian rock that crash landed in the Sahara listed to sell for around $2M at auction
A huge and “incredibly rare” chunk of Mars that crash-landed in the Sahara will go on sale for nearly $2m at auction. Sotheby ...
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South African MK Party Supports Morocco’s Sovereignty Over Western Sahara Breakaway
Party of South Africa has backed Morocco’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara breakway and expressed support for the kingdom ...
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In California, an invasive mustard is destabilizing desert plant communities
In southern California’s Coachella Valley, pale sand dunes sprawl under the desert sun, shifting and re-forming in the wind.
In the Sahara, a friendly dance competition carries on an ancient festival tradition
The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town ...
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Growing and burying algae in the Sahara is the latest solution ... - CNN
Out in the Sahara Desert, in one of the most inhospitable environments imaginable, a natural solution to the climate crisis is growing ­– and at a rapid rate. London-based startup Brilliant ...
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Rethinking Rural Living in the Sahara
Across the vast stretches of the Algerian Sahara, we are not lacking land, sunlight, or ancestral knowledge. What we lack is ...