DAKAR, Senegal -- It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month, setting a world record.

A 25 gm meteorite from Mars, heavily contested for its legality, fetched over $5 million at a New York auction. Originally ...

Sale of Martian meteorite for $4.3M sparks outrage in Niger, raising concerns over cultural heritage and ownership of rare extraterrestrial artifacts.

Chicago: “Brazen! It is brazen!” Professor Paul Sereno said down the phone line from Chicago.He made no effort to disguise his anger that a rare meteorite from Mars discovered two years ago in the ...

Niger is investigating how a $4.3m Martian meteorite left the country for auction in New York, amid disputes over legality ...

Niger has opened an investigation into whether a rare Mars rock was smuggled out of the country before it sold for £3.2m at a ...

A rare and exceptionally large Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, weighing 24.5 kilograms and measuring nearly 38.1 centimeters in ...

"Brazen! It is brazen!" Prof Paul Sereno says down the phone line from Chicago. He makes no effort to disguise his anger that ...

Members of the Legislative Council of Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State have officially suspended the council chairman, Alhaji Aminu Yakubu Ladan. He was allegedly suspended over ...