“We’ve always known that the first solid parts of planets, or ‘planetesimals’, must form further back in time at earlier stages of the protoplanetary disc,” Melissa explains. “Now, for the first time, ...

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

A 54-pound Martian meteorite, the largest ever found on Earth, will be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York for $2-$4 million, ...

There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects Wednesday in New York. But a rare young dinosaur ...

A spirited 15-minute bidding war between online and phone participants ultimately landed the ultra-rare specimen with an ...

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Add this to the list of "things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money": Someone forked over $5.3 million in a ...

A rare dinosaur skeleton and a Martian meteorite rock led to bidding wars at Sotheby’s, marking new auction records.

The 24.5kg space rock is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

The largest Mars rock ever found on Earth, NWA 16788, just sold for $5.3 million at a Sotheby's auction to an unnamed bidder.