On Wednesday (July 16), the largest Mars meteorite on Earth was auctioned off at Sotheby's in New York City for $4.3 million.

The Martian rock, known as NWA 16788, is 70% larger than the next biggest piece of Mars that has been recovered, according to the auction house.

One lucky bidder will soon fork over millions of dollars to take home NWA 16788, a 54-pound (24-kilogram) Martian meteorite.

Among items going up for auction at Sotheby's in New York is a 54-pound rock that the auction house calls the largest piece ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

The auction of the largest piece of Mars on Earth exceeded Sotheby's expectations, fetching US$5.3 million.

A 54-pound Martian meteorite, the largest ever discovered on Earth, sold for $5.3 million at Sotheby’s. Learn about its ...

A meteorite that is the largest known piece of Mars on Earth sold at a Sotheby’s New York auction Wednesday.

This was the first time such an historical and rare piece was auctioned off. But as popular as the Mars meterorite was, a ...

This meteorite, affectionately dubbed NWA 16788, isn’t just any space rock, though. At a stunning $5.3 million, not only did it fetch the highest price of any meteorite ever, it’s also the largest, ...

The dinosaur skeleton, on the other hand, sparked a war among six bidders over six minutes. With a pre-auction estimate of $4 ...

Sotheby's - the auction house which sold the meteorite - says it weighs 54lb (24.5kg) and is nearly 15in (38.1cm) long. A meteorite is a piece of rock that has come from outside of Earth.