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Biggest Martian Meteorite Is Up For Auction — And It Could Fetch a Whopping $4 Million

A piece of Mars delivered from space is soon going to the auction circuit, and is supposedly going to demand a hefty price. The piece, NWA 16788, uncovered on December 16, 2023, from the remote Agadez ...
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The Largest Piece of Mars in the World Just Sold for a Record $5.3 Million

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth just hammered down for an astronomical sum. The 54-pound rock, known as NWA 16788, sold for a record $5.3 million at Sotheby’s New York on Wednesday, ...
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A chunk of Mars just sold for a record-breaking $5.3 million at auction

The Sotheby’s auction for meteorite NWA 16788, the largest chunk of Mars found on Earth, started at $2 million. While Sotheby’s expected it to go for between $2 and $4 million, a 15-minute bidding war ...
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World’s Largest Martian Meteorite Up For Auction Could Reach Whopping $2-4 Million

Katy has a BA in Humanities and Philosophy, with over 20 years of experience in online and print publishing. She was named the Association of British Science Writers' Editor of the Year in 2023. An ...
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Scientists Saddened as World’s Largest Mars Rock Is Sold at Auction

A rock from Mars that traveled tens if not hundreds of millions of miles before improbably landing on our planet’s surface has found its final resting place: the private collection of some secretive ...