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Scientists Drilled for Geothermal Energy. They Hit a 67-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Instead.
Finding a dinosaur bone in a core is like hitting a hole in one from the Moon,” James Hagadorn, the museum’s curator of ...
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The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York
For sale: A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It's the ...
Science suffers when meteorites and fossils become an asset class
As wealthy buyers rush for these new collectibles, museums and universities risk turning into impotent onlookers ...
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Denver dino museum makes a find deep under own parking lot
A dinosaur fossil has been found in an unlikely place, a hole drilled under the parking lot of a Colorado museum where dinosaur skeletons are on display.
Sotheby’s to auction largest Mars rock ever found on Earth in New York; here’s how it came to our planet
A colossal Martian meteorite, NWA 16788, weighing 54 pounds, is set to headline Sotheby's Geek Week 2025 auction in New York.
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Preserved Blood Vessels Discovered in a Rib Bone from the World’s Largest T. Rex Could Shed Light on How Dinosaurs Healed
“Preserved blood vessel structures, like we have found in Scotty’s rib bone, appear linked to areas where the bone was ...
How to dig up 55 tons of dinosaur bones from the world’s fiercest desert
A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara ...