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

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $5.3 million.

In New York City, specifically at the Sotheby's auction house, the sale took place of the largest rock found on Earth and originating from Mars. It is the NWA 16788 meteorite, weig ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

The meteorite was discovered in Niger in November 2023 and is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars recovered on ...

The largest known Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, has been sold at auction for $5.3 million. The hefty chunk of the Red Planet, ...

A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...

Scientists predicted that Tuesday will be a fraction of a second shorter than normal as the Earth's rotation is moving faster ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $4 million plus fees at an auction of rare geological ...

In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.

The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% ...

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.