A rock just sold for more than a New York City penthouse apartment. The Associated Press reported that Sotheby’s hosted an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects on Wednesday and managed to sell a meteor from Mars for a whopping $5.

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at Sotheby's.

The Perseverance rover has made an astonishing discovery on Mars, as it encounters an unexpected and strange feature within the ancient, eroded rock layers at the edge of a once-thriving delta. As the rover traverses these strange terrains,

A meteorite is a meteoroid that "survives" a trip through Earth's atmosphere and lands fully intact, according to NASA. The meteorite was reported to be ejected from the Martian surface due to a "massive asteroid strike" and then traveled 140 million miles through space before landing in the Sahara Desert, according to the release.