The Lida Historical and Art Museum holds a large piece of the famous meteorite, weighing more than 2,794 grams. The museum ...

In June, a piece of rock flew at extremely high speeds and struck a house in McDonough, fireball flashing in the skies over Georgia included. Now, the McDonough Meteorite, as it’s been named by the ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth is expected to fetch up to $4 million. It’s up for auction at Sotheby’s. Known as NWA 16788, the meteorite weighs 54 pounds (24.5 kilograms ...

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. — The explosive meteorite blasted into the skies over Georgia with a sonic boom, maybe you saw it on video or social media. But soon you’ll be able to see a chunk of the Georgia ...

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, while a juvenile dinosaur skeleton ...

NEW YORK (AP) — For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth. Sotheby's in New York ...

Imagine walking across your field, picking up rocks like you've done a thousand times before, when suddenly you're holding a piece of space itself. Maybe it's been sitting there for centuries.Or maybe ...

Three weeks after a bolide soared across and exploded over north Georgia skies, we're now getting our first close-up look at Georgia's 29th recovered meteorite in history. Planetary Geologist R. Scott ...

Scientists attempted to retrieve meteor samples from various spatial objects, but Mercury mostly remained out of reach. Being so close to the Sun, sample retrieval was somehow out of the question.