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Largest Piece Of Mars On Earth Sold At Auction For Record-Breaking $5.3 Million
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars, believed to be the largest piece of the planet currently on Earth, sold in a Sotheby’s auction for $5.3 million after a 15-minute bidding war to quickly become the most valuable meteorite ever sold at auction.
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The largest Mars rock ever found on Earth, NWA 16788, just sold for $5.3 million at a Sotheby's auction to an unnamed bidder.
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China's Tianwen 2 asteroid-sampling probe snaps gorgeous shots of Earth and the moon (video, photos)China's Tianwen 2 mission captured stunning views of Earth and the moon from deep space just days after launch.
The Perseid meteor shower, expected to peak Aug. 12-13, will light up the night sky with up to 100 meteors per hour, offering ...
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The flash in the Georgia sky in June, described by witnesses as a fireball, traveled hundreds of millions of miles through ...
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