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The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% of all the Martian material currently on this planet, Sotheby’s says. It measures nearly 15 inches by 11 inches by 6 inches.

The Weather Channel on MSN · 15h

Largest Mars Meteorite Heads To Auction Block

Earth's Martian material goes up for auction at a prestigious auction house this week. The estimate? $2-4 million in Earth money.

New York Post on MSN · 4d

Largest chunk of Mars on Earth expected to fetch up to $4M at Sotheby’s auction

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

LAist on MSN6h

The first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were captured

Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...

Discover Magazine on MSN6h

Ancient Riverbeds on Mars Suggest Red Planet Was Wetter and More Complex Than Previously Thought

Researchers examining Noachis Terra in Mars’ southern highlands found evidence of extensive river networks – some hundreds of ...

Space on MSN6h

Happy anniversary, Mariner 4! NASA probe got 1st-ever up-close look at Mars 60 years ago today

After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...

LAist13h

The first Mars close-up

Sixty years ago today, NASA’s Mariner 4 spacecraft took the first up-close images of Mars, changing humanity's understanding ...

Live Science on MSN4d

Mystery of Mars' missing water could be solved by the planet's tipsy tilt

Mars has lost immense amounts of water over it lifetime, and scientists aren't sure exactly how. New research hints that the ...

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Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It'll likely cost you up to $4 million

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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Is Mars really red? A physicist explains the planet’s reddish hue and why it looks different to some telescopes

Your blood is also red because of a mixture of iron and oxygen in a molecule called hemoglobin. So in a way, the ancient connection between the planet Mars and blood wasn’t completely wrong. Rust, ...

What Happened to Mars’ Water? A New Study Offers a Startling Answer

An analysis led by the University of Chicago of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was ...

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Mars rover captures first close-up images of ridges that hint at planet's watery past in "really surprising" discovery

The new images by the Curiosity rover on Mars show "dramatic evidence" of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, ...

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