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A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of ...
Tucked away in a building on the corner of 72nd Street and York Avenue in Lenox Hill, an extraterrestrial marvel sits ...
A chunk of the Martian surface that made an unlikely voyage to Earth will be available to the highest bidder at Sotheby's ...
Mars and Earth share similar origins: rocky planets with water and carbon, located in a potentially habitable zone. Yet one ...
New discoveries by NASA's Curiosity Mars rover may not only explain why the Red Planet is a dry, lifeless desert, but that it ...
A new map shows hidden Martian rivers stretching thousands of miles, offering fresh evidence of a warm, wet ancient Mars.
Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.
Frost-covered regions present the best candidates for the future habitability of Mars and further astrobiological exploration, research into brines shows.
After its voyage past Mars, Mariner 4 maintained intermittent communication with JPL and returned data about the interplanetary environment for two more years. But by the end of 1967, the spacecraft ...
Understanding the similarities and differences of the deserts on Earth and Mars will help space travelers survive future ...
NWA 16788 is the largest martian meteorite ever found, weighing in at 54 pounds. Soon, it’ll be up for auction.