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Discover the story of NWA 16788, the largest Martian meteorite on Earth, set to break records at Sotheby’s Geek Week auction in July 2025. If rocks could talk, this one (NWA 16788) would have a ...
There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet ...
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 ...
A 54-pound Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, fetched a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive ...
NWA 16788 is largest ever found on Earth originating from Mars; dinosaur skeleton sells for more than $30 million ...
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars, believed to be the largest piece of the planet currently on Earth, sold in a Sotheby’s auction for $5.3 million after a 15-minute bidding war to quickly become the most ...
One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.
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.
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 — if ...
A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...