The Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars that has been recovered, according to the auction house.

On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million.

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

Among items going up for auction at Sotheby's in New York is a 54-pound rock that the auction house calls the largest piece ...

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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, ...

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

The largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth was sold for more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

A martian meteorite — the largest single piece of rock from Mars known to be on Earth — just sold at auction for $5.3 million ...

There was a clean entry hole through the roof, air ducts and ceiling before it finally slammed into the floor and concrete slab.

A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our ...

Arizona meteor hunter Robert Ward collected fragments of a meteorite in Georgia, including a 73.2-gram piece, adding to his ...