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What the $5.3 Million Martian Meteorite Reveals About Mars—and What It Can’t
There’s really no substitute for ‘ground truth,’ and the Martian meteorites represent the only known samples from that planet ...
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Biggest chunk of Mars in the world sells for staggering amount at auction
The auction house said it was 70 percent bigger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth. Only around 400 Martian meteorites have ever been found on Earth. Cassandra Hat ...
A Mars rock was expected to sell at auction for $4 million. The final bid was for more
A chunk of the Martian surface that at some point crashed into Earth sold Wednesday, July 16 to an anonymous bidder for a ...
Who wants to buy a piece of Mars?
The largest piece of Mars on Earth became the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction at Sotheby’s annual ”Geek Week,” ...
Huge piece of Mars sells at auction for $5.3 million
NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, fetched $5.3 million at auction. Franklin Institute chief astronomer and ...
Someone paid $5.3 million for a piece of Mars
Add this to the list of "things that might be fun if you had a buttload of money": Someone forked over $5.3 million in a ...