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Largest Martian meteorite sells for a whopping $5.3M at auction: ‘Geological time capsule from another world’
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, most scientifically significant piece of Mars that we Earthlings have access to.
Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...
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.
Arizona meteor hunter Robert Ward collected fragments of a meteorite in Georgia, including a 73.2-gram piece, adding to his ...
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Northwest Africa 12264: Ancient Meteorite May Change Our Timeline Of The Solar SystemAnalysis of meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 suggests that we may have to alter our timeline of the early Solar System, ...
A meteorite that struck near Winslow, Arizona, about 56,000 years ago may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand ...
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at ...
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Sotheby’s poised for red hot bidding battle as largest Martian meteorite goes up for auction in NYNWA 16788 was discovered in Niger & is assumed to have travelled 140 million miles to reach Earth. Weighing 24.67 kg, the ...
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19th Century Documents Reveal An Account Of The Only Person Known To Be Killed By A MeteoriteAt 8:30 p.m. on the night of August 22, 1888, a "fireball" struck a hill near what's now Sulaymaniyah, Iraq. The blast ...
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