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

It's another meteoric rise for what's called the largest piece of Mars on Earth. The 54-pound rock fetched nearly $5.3 ...

The Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars that has been recovered, according to the auction house.

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

It sold for more than the maximum estimated price of $4 million. On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million.

"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." ...

Mars and Earth share similar origins: rocky planets with water and carbon, located in a potentially habitable zone. Yet one ...