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"It is incredible that modern telescopic surveys have the ability to detect such small objects up to millions of kilometers ...
The largest fragment of Mars ever discovered on Earth, a 54-pound meteorite named NWA 16788, is set to be auctioned at ...
The largest-known piece of Mars to be found on Earth will be up for bid and could be sold for up to $4 million at auction.
The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% ...
Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth ...
In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.
Earth may no longer be threatened by an impact from the asteroid 2024 YR4, but that doesn't mean this 200-foot-wide space rock can't still impact our lives.The asteroid, which at one point had a 1 in ...
Every now and then, a piece of Mars comes crashing down on Earth, but in 2023, an exceptionally large Martian meteorite fell out of the sky and landed in Niger. This chunk, the largest meteorite from ...
Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.
Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...
Scientists found a rock in Africa that originally came from the Moon after being knocked off by an asteroid impact and ...
World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth ...