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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 ...
The largest piece of Mars on Earth became the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction at Sotheby’s annual ”Geek Week,” ...
This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did it fetch the highest price of any meteorite ever, it’s also the largest, ...
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.
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 bidder at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday.
The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on ...
The largest known piece of Mars on planet Earth sold today for $5.3m in an auction at Sotheby's in New York City. The meteorite, designated NWA 16788, weighs 54 pounds (24.5 kilograms) and is the ...
A martian meteorite — the largest single piece of rock from Mars known to be on Earth — just sold at auction for $5.3 million ...
The largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth at a Sotheby’s auction in New York for $5.3 million after being found in the Sahara Desert in 2023.
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...