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The largest chunk of Mars on Earth just fetched a meteoric sum at auction, but bidders really bit at a baby dinosaur skeleton
The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...
The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
The red, brown and gray hunk is about 70% larger than the next largest piece of Mars found on Earth and represents nearly 7% ...
Noted Earth and space scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa named director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Meenakshi Wadhwa was recruited from Arizona State University, where she’s been serving as director of the School of Earth and ...
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The first close-up images of Mars still elicit wonder, 60 years after they were captured
Mariner 4, built by JPL in Pasadena, took the images on July 14, 1965. One of the mission's leaders reflects on decades of ...