A Martian meteorite has become the centre of global attention as its sale grabbed $5.3 million from an anonymous bidder at a ...

The recent auction of a Martian meteorite – for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York – has sparked questions over its provenance and renewed debate over who gets to claim rocks fallen ...

There's been outrage in The Gambia following the death of a one-month-old baby girl. Reports suggest she was a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM). Although FGM is outlawed in the country, it's ...

Niger Republic has launched a formal investigation into the $5.3 million sale of a rare Martian meteorite, questioning the ...

A large Martian meteorite found in Niger recently sold at auction. Now, the country is investigating the legality of its ...

In my personal collection of rocks, fossils and minerals I have an iron/nickel meteorite, writes our columnist - but the debate on who ...

Sotheby’s insists the rock was exported legally but Niger, where the meteorite was found, is investigating the sale.

The recent auction of a Martian meteorite—for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York—has sparked questions over ...

Niger has initiated an investigation into the "trafficking" of a meteorite from Mars. The piece of rock was sold by Sotheby's last month for a whopping $5 million (someone really wanted a piece of our ...

A 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite – the largest Martian rock ever found on Earth –is now the subject of an investigation in Niger. The meteorite fetched more than US$5 million (£3.71 million) at an ...

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.