The largest fragment of Mars ever discovered on Earth, a 54-pound meteorite named NWA 16788, is set for auction at Sotheby's in New York.

Sand and dust storms affect about 330 million people in over 150 countries and are taking an increasing toll on health, ...

The Sebeiba festival, a 3,000-year-old tradition of the Tuareg people, takes center stage in Djanet, an Algerian oasis town ...

In all, there are only 400 known Mars rocks on Earth, comprising less than 1% of all known space rocks on the Blue Planet.

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

Deep space requires deep pockets. Sotheby’s annual Natural History Auction includes several out-of-this-world items, ...

The meteorite weighs about 54 lbs. and is approximately 15 inches across at its widest section, per the release. The house also stated that the “incredibly rare discovery” was ejected from the surface ...

Two meteorites discovered in the Sahara Desert could potentially be fragments of Mercury that broke off during a collision in ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Algeria, Africa’s largest country, is throwing its doors open to record numbers of visitors. Roman ruins and trekking through the Sahara desert to a gigantic “open-air museum” filled with ...

In the middle of the 19 th century, the German explorer Heinrich Barth discovered prehistoric Saharan rock sculptures and engravings while traveling through the Sahara Desert in North Africa. Barth, ...