Record-Breaking Mars Rock Sells for $5.3M at Auction
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A 54-pound meteorite from Mars, the largest ever found on Earth, sold for a record $5.3 million at an auction in New York City, having traveled 140 million miles after an asteroid impact on Mars.
- A massive rock from Mars landed on Earth. It sold for a record $5.3M. The Washington Post
- Largest Mars rock ever found on Earth sells for $4.3m at auction BBC
- World’s biggest Mars rock sells for $5.3 million at auction CNN
- Science suffers when meteorites and fossils become an asset class Financial Times
- Largest piece of Mars on Earth sells for $5.3 million at auction, but young dinosaur steals the show NBC News
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