This record-breaking rock had losing bidders seeing red. At one of Sotheby’s Geek Week events, this Martian meteorite smashed through bidding expectations, which were between $2M to $4M. This ...

“The odds of this getting from there to here are astronomically small,” Sotheby’s vice chairman of science and natural history Cassandra Hatton said moments before the gavel fell on a rock that ...

The universe is a vast expanse filled with wonder, and among its most intriguing entities are meteorites. These celestial bodies, which fall to Earth, offer vital insights into the history and ...

The mission to land humans on Mars may remain tantalizingly elusive, but pieces of the red planet have been crashing into planet earth for millions of years. The largest-known chunk, a meteorite ...