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.

One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

Among items going up for auction at Sotheby's in New York is a 54-pound rock that the auction house calls the largest piece ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth has sold for a hammer price of $4.3 million to an anonymous ...

Very few meteorites from this planet ever reach Earth and none have been scientifically proven. A study investigated two ...

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 ...

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.

Arizona meteor hunter Robert Ward collected fragments of a meteorite in Georgia, including a 73.2-gram piece, adding to his ...

A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...

NWA 16788 was discovered in Niger & is assumed to have travelled 140 million miles to reach Earth. Weighing 24.67 kg, the ...