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July 18, 2025 10:51 AM

Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s

A 54-pound (24.5-kg) Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a new auction record for a meteorite. The auction on Wednesday for the rock known as NWA 16788 sparked a 15...

October 22, 2024 4:17 PM

Ancient meteorite was ‘giant fertilizer bomb’ for life on Earth

The space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period caused a global calamity that doomed the dinosaurs and many other life forms. But that was far from the largest meteorite to strike our planet. One up to...

 

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