The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.

Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...

In July 2023, a meteorite hunter found a 54-pound rock in Niger. They sent it to the Shanghai Astronomy Museum for analysis and experts determined the rock, dubbed NWA 16788, had likely broken away ...

In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.

The 54 pound chunk from Mars was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 and could set a record when it appears at auction this ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for ...

The meteorite is going up for auction on July 16 at Sotheby’s Natural History sale in New York, and it is estimated to reach ...

A 54-pound chunk of Mars-believed to be the largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth-is hitting the auction block ...

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...

Sotheby’s will auction massive Martian meteorite NWA 16788, and is accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC bids for a piece of ...

In the almost three years since NASA proved that it could successfully deflect an asteroid, we’ve learned a lot about these ...