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The Largest Martian Meteorite in the World Is Heading to Auction and Could Sell for $4 Million

Humans are still dreaming about landing on Mars. But periodically, chunks of the Red Planet come crashing down on Earth. Now, one of those rare Mars rocks is heading to auction. The largest Martian ...
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Two meteorites found in the Sahara could be from the solar system’s least studied rocky planet, scientists say

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...
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You Can Buy The Largest Martian Meteorite Ever Found (And A Sick Dinosaur Skeleton Too)

Auction house Sotheby's will be hosting its annual Natural History sale in New York City on July 16, which features "...a carefully curated selection of dinosaur and non-dinosaur fossils, meteorites, ...
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Researchers study Sahara meteorites for possible Mercury origin

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...
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Two meteorites found in the Sahara could be from the solar system’s least studied planet, scientists say

(CNN) — Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s ...