A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for $5.3 million, with taxes and fees, to an anonymous bidder at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday.

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

A 54-pound meteorite from Mars sold for more than $5 million when it went up for auction on Wednesday at Sotheby's.

Crinia is a unique 5-kilometer asteroid that shares Earth’s orbit in a rare one-to-one rhythm. Despite its nickname as Earth’s “second moon, ” it actually orbits the sun with a looping path that ...

Today, the sky holds an exciting spectacle as 2025 MA90, an asteroid approximately 280 feet in diameter, makes its close ...

Hayabusa2 Brings Ryugu Samples & Surprising Mineral Clues Pristine grains from asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe in December 2020, are turning planetary science on its head ...

When scientists spot an asteroid whose trajectory might take it close to Earth, they monitor it frequently and calculate the probability that it might collide with our planet.