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A Mars rock was expected to sell at auction for $4 million. The final bid was for more
A chunk of the Martian surface that at some point crashed into Earth sold Wednesday, July 16 to an anonymous bidder for a record $5.3 million.
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% of all the Martian material currently on this planet, Sotheby’s says. It measures nearly 15 inches by 11 inches by 6 inches.
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Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It'll likely cost you up to $4 million
A 54-pound meteorite from Mars is expected to fetch up to $4 million when it goes up for auction later this month at Sotheby's.
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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 studying the Red Planet.
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