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If rocks could talk, this one (NWA 16788) would have a great tale to tell. It was ejected from its own planet by a massive ...
After last week's meteor fly-by in Russia, many people have been searching for fragments of the rock that eventually made its way onto the Earth's surface. A larger chunk of the meteor landed in a ...
A once-in-a-lifetime auction is set to take place this July as Sotheby’s prepares to sell the largest Mars meteorite ever ...
A piece of Mars delivered from space is soon going to the auction circuit, and is supposedly going to demand a hefty price.
Meteorites, those bits of asteroids, ... Space Rocks! Photos of Meteorites for Sale. News. By Wynne Parry published 22 September 2012 When you purchase through links on our site, ...
Martian Meteorite For Sale Is A 'Little Time Capsule' While NASA's robot is taking photos of Martian rocks, there are several pieces of the real thing on Earth. In 2011, an extremely rare event ...
One of the headliners is the Valera meteorite—the only space rock known to have struck and killed an animal—which is expected to fetch 6,100 to 9,000 dollars. On October 15, 1972, in Trujillo ...
For Sale! Certified Lunar Meteorite — Weight 12 Pounds — Mileage 250,000 Ever look at the moon and say, "Yeah, ... First, at about 12 pounds, the lunar rock is very large.
For the CM2 meteorite, collectors will have to prepare between $40,000 and $60,000 extra, but they will get an “impeccable” rock that shows the signs of its passage through space, the earth ...
A Boston-based auction house is looking for the next proud owner of a 12-pound lunar meteorite, which it says has an estimated price tag of $500,000. Bidding on the moon rock, also referred to as ...
The Willamette Meteorite is a sacred icon to the Oregon-based Clackamas Indians. The tribe has its own name for the massive space rock, Tomanowas, and holds an annual religious ceremony with the ...
A doghouse that was struck by a meteorite fragment in April 2019 – complete with a hole in the roof – is among the items that sold on Wednesday in an auction of rare meteorites.