Dhaka, July 14 -- pound (25-kilogram) Martian meteorite - the biggest ever discovered on Earth - is set to go under the hammer at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday, with an estimated price tag of $2 million to $4 million.

Named NWA 16788, the meteorite is being offered as part of a natural history-themed auction that also includes a juvenile Ceratosaurus skeleton standing over 6 feet tall and nearly 11 feet long.

According to Sotheby's, the meteorite likely originated from a colossal asteroid impact on Mars, which blasted it into space. After traveling approximately 140 million miles (225 million kilometers), it eventually crash-landed in the Sahara Desert. It was discovered by a meteorite hunter in Niger in November 2023.

The red, br...