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Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth ...
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.
In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.
Named NWA 16788, this meteorite is believed to have been blasted off Mars by a colossal asteroid impact, hurtled 140 million ...
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A massive Martian meteorite is set to be auctioned at Sotheby's in New York. The meteorite, named NWA 16788, weighs 54 pounds. It is considered the largest fragment of Mars found on Earth. The auction ...
Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...
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Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...
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Sotheby's in New York will be auctioning what's known as NWA 16788 on Wednesday as part of a natural history-themed sale that ...