The strangest story you'll read this weekend:
Jeanine Pirro seized the world's largest Martian meteorite from Sotheby's. Then I reported on a tale of potential smugglers, meteorite hunters, and a potential endpoint for the meteorite: the Smithsonian.
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/a...
nytimes.com
Who Owns This Chunk of Mars? Jeanine Pirro Says America Does Now. (Gift Article)
Sotheby’s sold the rock at auction last year for $5.3 million. The government has now seized the 54-pound hunk of space debris — the largest meteorite from Mars ever auctioned.