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At 54 pounds, this Mars rock is largest on Earth. It could sell at auction for $4 million

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

The Baltimore Sun · 3h

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.

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.

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 ...

ScienceAlert on MSN1h

Mars Seen Up Close in Stunning World First 60 Years Ago Today

As it flew by Mars, the spacecraft's onboard camera snapped 22 pictures of the planet's surface, sending them back home to ...

LAist on MSN12h

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 MSN12h

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 ...

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 ...

Space on MSN12h

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 ...

LAist19h

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 ...

New Atlas2d

A dead Mars may have been inevitable – and the Sun is to blame

New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...

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Two meteorites found in the Sahara could be from the solar system’s least studied planet, scientists say

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would ...

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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