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NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars to ever make its way to Earth, is set to go up for auction on July 16 and is expected to ...
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at ...
In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.
There are currently no known asteroids on an impact course with the planet. Still, scientists are keeping a watchful eye on ...
Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.
The NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile, first reported observations to the Minor Planet Center of comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025.
The aerospace giant says it can revive Mars Sample Return with a leaner, lower-cost approach drawing on proven designs.
Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...
How did Earth, alone among the solar system's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...
A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...
The European Space Agency said Wednesday that scientists have discovered what might be only the third known interstellar ...
A rare rock from Mars known as Meteorite NWA 16788 will be up for auction at Sotheby's on July 16. The meteorite may sell for ...