When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. NWA 16788 was recovered from the Sahara Desert in November 2023. It is 70% larger than any other ...
One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite. This space rock, discovered in the Sahara Desert in 2023, is the largest ...
“It literally stood out,” NASA scientists said, describing the moment that cameras on Perseverance focused on a single, sculpted boulder on the rim of Jezero Crater. In almost four years of traversing ...
A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3 million, with taxes and fees, to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday. Known as NWA 16788, the ...
Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.
A meteorite that tore through the sky in June shaking the Southeast with a sonic boom is now believed to be 4.56 billion years old, according to researchers who studied it following its crash landing.
© 2025 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. All Rights Reserved. A Henry County man won a lottery of sorts when a space rock — seen for hundreds of miles around as a ...
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — The explosive meteorite blasted into the skies over Georgia with a sonic boom, maybe you saw it on video or social media. But soon you’ll be able to see a chunk of the Georgia ...
The largest known Martian meteorite has just been sold at auction for $5.29 million, selling well over the asking price of $2 million to $4 million. The hefty chunk of the Red Planet could help us ...