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Chunk of Mars sells for $5.3 million at New York auction

NWA 16788 was discovered in Niger in Novermber 2023 and is approximately 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars ever found on Earth, according to Sotheby’s.
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Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s

Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a ...
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Neither gold nor diamonds – this piece of Mars costs more than 5 million and is already the most expensive Martian meteorite ever auctioned

A rock from Mars sat in the sands of the Sahara, untouched and unnoticed, until a meteorite hunter picked it up in Agadez, ...
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Biggest chunk of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3M at auction, cheaper than NASA's sample return mission

Sotheby's also flogs off dinosaur skeleton for $26M Videos The largest chunk of Mars yet discovered on Earth, a 54-pound ...

The largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is up for auction

In New York City, specifically at the Sotheby's auction house, the sale took place of the largest rock found on Earth and originating from Mars. It is the NWA 16788 meteorite, weig ...
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When did our solar system's planets form? Discovery of tiny meteorite may challenge the timeline

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...
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Out of this world: meteorite sale expected to raise €1 million

An iron meteorite weighing 240 kilos will be auctioned off in Noorwijk at the end of August to help fund a new planetarium in ...

Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells at New York auction for over $5 million

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton went for ...