News

Space on MSN8h
Meteor impact may have triggered massive Grand Canyon landslide 56,000 years ago
A massive landslide would have dammed the Colorado River, forming a deep lake that has since dried up. A meteorite impact ...
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.
NASA tracking plane-sized asteroid approaching Earth today
The space rock came as close as within 4.15 million miles from our planet, according to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Metal Workers on MSN13h
The Goba Meteorite: The Largest Meteorite Found on Earth and Its Secrets
The largest meteorite ever found on Earth is the Goba meteorite, which weighs an astonishing 66 tons and measures about 3 meters in diameter. Discovered near the town of Grootfontein in Namibia in ...
Live Science on MSN2d
Largest known Martian meteorite on Earth sells for $5.3 million at auction
The largest known Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, has been sold at auction for $5.3 million. The hefty chunk of the Red Planet, ...
Cantonment man finds rare meteorite after fireball
Christian Varady was watching the sky outside his Cantonment home when he saw a color-changing fireball fall into the ...
Martian meteorite sells for record $5.3 million at Sotheby's
Martian meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars found on Earth has sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby's, setting a ...
Boing Boing on MSN1d
Huge Martian chunk sells for $4.3 million - plus fees
A meteorite known as NWA 16788 was found in the Sahara Desert in 2023. The composition of the meteorite is Martian ...