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A minuscule meteorite seems to be rewriting the history of our solar system. The 50-gram Northwest Africa 12264 has brought a new understanding of when and how rocky worlds came together. Inner ...
Galway International Arts Festival stages the premiere of an Irish opera in which four women astronauts embark on a Martian ...
In July 2023, a meteorite hunter found a 54-pound rock in Niger. They sent it to the Shanghai Astronomy Museum for analysis and experts determined the rock, dubbed NWA 16788, had likely broken away ...
Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...
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The biggest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is going under the hammer — and it’s got collectors buzzing from London to ...
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at ...
The largest known piece of a Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, is expected to fetch over $4 million at a Sotheby’s auction on July 16, 2025.
In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.
A 54-pound chunk of Mars-believed to be the largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth-is hitting the auction block ...
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.
Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.