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Largest piece of Mars rock goes for $5.3 million

CBS News on MSN · 5d

Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for nearly $5.3 million at auction

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

Popular Science · 5d

Largest chunk of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million

The “Largest Piece of Mars on Earth” just sold at auction for about $5.3 million— $5,296,000, to be exact. Popular Science has reached out to Sotheby’s for confirmation of the sale price.

Associated Press News on MSN · 5d

Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and archaeological objects in New York on Wednesday. But a rare young dinosaur skeleton stole the show when it fetched more than $30 million in a bidding frenzy.

Space.com on MSN1d

This wild bioplastic made of algae just aced a Mars pressure test. Can astronauts use it to build on the Red Planet?

"As this type of technology develops, it's going to have spinoff benefits for sustainability technology here on Earth as well ...

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Noted Earth and space scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa named director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Meenakshi Wadhwa was recruited from Arizona State University, where she has been serving as director of the School of Earth ...

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