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The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on ...
The whopping 25-kilogram Martian rock will be sold at a special natural history-themed auction at Sotheby's in New York this ...
A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of ...
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On Wednesday, Sotheby’s will auction off a chunk of rock believed to have originated on Mars for an anticipated two to four ...
A new map shows hidden Martian rivers stretching thousands of miles, offering fresh evidence of a warm, wet ancient Mars.
Looks like Mars might have had more water than anyone previously imagined.
Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...
This Martian meteorite is the largest piece of Mars we have ever found by a long shot,” Sotheby’s vice chairman of science and natural history Cassandra Hatton explained as NWA 16788 was to be the ...
Progress M-31 (92P) — Flight engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritskiy opened the hatch leading into the newly docked ...
The UK’s VERVE mission to hunt for microbial life in Venus’s clouds could redefine the search for extraterrestrial life.
Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet's surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding ...