One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...

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 Mars ever found on Earth is going up for auction on Wednesday and could fetch as much as $4 ...

A giant rock from Mars and a Jurassic-era dinosaur skeleton are set to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this week.

Sotheby's is putting some rare items up for auction, including what it calls the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth.

The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small, Sotheby’s Cassandra Hatton said, as record-breaking ...

In the scorching heat of the Sahara desert in November 2023, a meteorite searcher found something that would be felt by the scientific world as well as collectors: a 54-pound Martian meteorite, NWA ...

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance—the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most valuable of its kind ever offered at auction," said Cassandra Hatton, vice ...

In other words, NWA 16788 is likely a relative newcomer here on Earth, having fallen from outer space rather recently,” Sotheby’s explained, according to the release.

NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, is expected to fetch up to $4 million during the July 16 auction in New York City, according to Sotheby's. Pieces of Mars found on Earth are rare.