{"id":37601,"date":"2025-07-11T01:19:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/want-to-own-a-huge-chunk-of-mars-itll-likely-cost-you-up-to-4-million\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T01:19:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T01:19:38","slug":"want-to-own-a-huge-chunk-of-mars-itll-likely-cost-you-up-to-4-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/want-to-own-a-huge-chunk-of-mars-itll-likely-cost-you-up-to-4-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to own a huge chunk of Mars? It&#8217;ll likely cost you up to $4 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A bidder here on Earth will soon shell out a lot of green for a piece of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mars-rover-curiosity-images-ridges-planet-water-discovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">red planet<\/a><\/span> as Sotheby&#8217;s puts a Martian meteorite up for auction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NWA 16788, the largest piece of Mars on Earth, is expected to fetch up to $4 million during the July 16 auction in New York City, according to Sotheby&#8217;s. Pieces of Mars found on Earth are rare. According to the auction house, just 400 of the more than 77,000 officially recognized meteorites found on Earth \u2014 or about 0.6% \u2014 are from Mars. The meteorite represents approximately 6.5% of all Martian material currently known on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Meteorites come <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fireball-meteorite-georgia-south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">from meteors<\/a><\/span>, space rocks that enter Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. Most meteors burn up as they fall toward Earth, but the ones that survive the trip through Earth&#8217;s atmosphere are considered meteorites. The chunk of Martian rock being auctioned off by Sotheby&#8217;s was likely dislodged from the planet by an asteroid strike.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/11\/3cc1c842-262d-45de-b31f-e3177f05e796\/thumbnail\/620x372\/f7228fd7b9a5e9c0870ddcd782a85e06\/gettyimages-2223538045.jpg#\" alt=\"The largest ever Martian meteorite \" height=\"372\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/11\/3cc1c842-262d-45de-b31f-e3177f05e796\/thumbnail\/620x372\/f7228fd7b9a5e9c0870ddcd782a85e06\/gettyimages-2223538045.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/11\/3cc1c842-262d-45de-b31f-e3177f05e796\/thumbnail\/1240x744\/d0ac76c5fdea9e8ff6605cc26034cd8b\/gettyimages-2223538045.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">The largest ever Martian meteorite is on view for the first time at Sotheby&#8217;s before an auction on July 8, 2025, in New York City. The rock is expected to fetch up to $4 million as the biggest chunk of Mars on Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Selcuk Acar\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NWA 16788 traveled 140 million miles through space before it crashed in the Sahara Desert, where it was found in Niger&#8217;s remote Agadez Region in 2023, according to Sotheby&#8217;s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small,&#8221; Cassandra Hatton, Sotheby&#8217;s vice chairman of science and natural history, said in an auction house <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UXXHHabg6Ms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The meteorite weighs just over 54 pounds, which makes it the largest meteorite from Mars, but not the largest meteorite ever found. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov\/docs\/StarChild\/solar_system_level1\/meteoroids_know.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NASA<\/a>, a meteorite originally weighing over 100 tons once fell to Namibia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s believed that NWA 16788 is a &#8220;relative newcomer here on Earth, having fallen from outer space rather recently,&#8221; Sotheby&#8217;s said in its auction listing. The meteorite is on public view at Sotheby&#8217;s New York galleries until July 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t just a miraculous find, but a massive dataset that can help us unlock the secrets of our neighbor, the red planet,&#8221; Hatton said in the auction house <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UXXHHabg6Ms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sotheby&#8217;s regularly auctions meteorites.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Specimens of the Moon and Mars are among the greatest of rarities on our planet \u2014 as every bit of both would fit in the cargo hold of a large SUV,&#8221; the auction house wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebys.com\/en\/articles\/a-collectors-guide-to-meteorites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2022 collector&#8217;s guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/aliza-chasan\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aliza  Chasan<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; and CBSNews.com. 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