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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.
One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.
Earth's Martian material goes up for auction at a prestigious auction house this week. The estimate? $2-4 million in Earth ...
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 ...
A 54-pound Martian meteorite, the largest ever discovered on Earth, sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby’s. Learn about its ...
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 ...
The largest piece of Mars on Earth became the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction at Sotheby’s annual ”Geek Week,” ...
The largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth was sold for more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
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, ...
A martian meteorite — the largest single piece of rock from Mars known to be on Earth — just sold at auction for $5.3 million ...
The meteorite is around 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars on Earth, and it represents around 7% of the entirety ...
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...