This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did ...

Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby’s, setting a new auction record for a meteorite.The auction for the rock known as NWA ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

The movie 'Armageddon' is 27 years old, having been released in 1998. The story of this film tells how an asteroid threatened ...

A rock from Mars sat in the sands of the Sahara, untouched and unnoticed, until a meteorite hunter picked it up in Agadez, ...

The meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 12264 might cause changes to the timeline of planet formation, affecting the knowledge ...

Harris, working with Henry County Emergency Management and the homeowner, examined the entry point and fragments of meteorite ...

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

The largest piece of Mars ever discovered on Earth was sold for more than $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...

Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...

Among items going up for auction at Sotheby's in New York is a 54-pound rock that the auction house calls the largest piece ...