In July 2023, a meteorite hunter found a 54-pound rock in Niger. They sent it to the Shanghai Astronomy Museum for analysis and experts determined the rock, dubbed NWA 16788, had likely broken away ...

Sotheby’s will auction massive Martian meteorite NWA 16788, and is accepting Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC bids for a piece of ...

The meteorite is going up for auction on July 16 at Sotheby’s Natural History sale in New York, and it is estimated to reach ...

And It Could Fetch a Whopping $4 Million A piece of Mars delivered from space is soon going to the auction circuit, and is ...

The fiery ball that streaked across the South Carolina sky Thursday was a meteor, according to NASA.So what is a meteorite? NASA says this: A meteorite is a solid piece of debris from an object ...

This view inside some of the most precious and rare museum specimens on Earth is helping scientists to better understand the ...

Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive ...

A stunning 54-pound Martian meteorite, known as NWA 16788, is poised to hit the auction block in New York, with a staggering ...

"NWA 16788 is a discovery of extraordinary significance — the largest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth, and the most ...

This article was originally published with the title “The Willamette Meteorite” in SA Supplements Vol. 58 No. 1488supp (July 1904), p. 23838 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican07091904-23838supp ...

Both meteorites contain only trace amounts of plagioclase, in contrast to Mercury’s surface, which is . Furthermore, our study suggests that the age of the samples is about 4,528 million years old.