{"id":621589,"date":"2025-07-13T15:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/-621589\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T15:37:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T10:07:14","slug":"largest-martian-rock-on-earth-to-be-auctioned-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/thedailyguardian.com\/web-stories\/largest-martian-rock-on-earth-to-be-auctioned-in-new-york-621589\/","title":{"rendered":"Largest Martian Rock on Earth to Be Auctioned in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Alegreya%3Awght%40700\" 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0;font-family:&quot;Alegreya&quot;,serif;font-size:0.404531em;line-height:1.19;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #e4e5c5\">The rock was likely blasted off Mars by a massive asteroid impact, traveled 140 million miles, and eventually landed in the Sahara Desert before being found<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"56c73528-f11b-4ddc-b0be-77dbad6439d7\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-7443acfa-3636-4a0a-b8aa-9ff7f46b7730 [data-leaf-element=\\\"true\\\"]\",\"keyframes\":{\"transform\":[\"translate3d(-17.491882919625127%, 0, 0) translate(-25%, 0%) scale(1.5)\",\"translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) 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This one specimen outshines them all\u2014estimated to be 70% larger than any known Martian meteorite<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><\/amp-story><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth is going under the hammer at Sotheby\u2019s in New York. 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