This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did ...

Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a ...

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.

There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet ...

NWA 16788 is largest ever found on Earth originating from Mars; dinosaur skeleton sells for more than $30 million ...

A 54-pound Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, fetched a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, becoming the most expensive ...

One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

Out of the 122 lots, the main event is NWA 16788, a Martian meteorite that is the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

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

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 ...

Sotheby's - the auction house which sold the meteorite - says it weighs 54lb (24.5kg) and is nearly 15in (38.1cm) long. A ...

Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...