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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
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The largest chunk of Mars on Earth just fetched a meteoric sum at auction, but bidders really bit at a baby dinosaur skeleton
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
Study suggests liquid brines could form on Mars surface during seasonal frost melting
Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid water to form on the planet's surface, a critical precondition for habitability. The only hope of finding ...
Largest chunk of Mars discovered on Earth sells at auction for $5.3 million
The largest Martian meteorite ever discovered on Earth at a Sotheby’s auction in New York for $5.3 million after being found in the Sahara Desert in 2023.
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Largest chunk of Mars on Earth blasted through space by meteorite sells for $5.3 million
The largest piece of rock from Mars ever found on Earth, weighing 54 pounds, was sold for an extraordinary price at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects on Wednesday in New York.
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The first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were captured
Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...
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If aliens existed on Mars 3.7 billion years ago, they would have needed umbrellas
"Our work is a new piece of evidence that suggests that Mars was once a much more complex and active planet than it is now." ...