Most impact craters are usually circular and fairly symmetric, but not all. This oddly shaped crater on Mars is obviously an impact crater, but it has a unique oblong shape. What happened?
Planetary Sciences
Apr 25, 2022
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After collecting eight rock-core samples from its first science campaign and completing a record-breaking, 31-Martian-day (or sol) dash across about 3 miles (5 kilometers) of Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover arrived at the ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 19, 2022
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If there was ever any doubt the 2011 discovery by a post-doctoral student was indeed the hottest rock on Earth, new findings from a Western-led research team are putting that uncertainty to rest.
Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2022
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NASA's Perseverance Mars rover is using its self-driving capabilities as it treks across Jezero Crater seeking signs of ancient life and gathering rock and soil samples for planned return to Earth.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 11, 2022
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A research team led by Prof. Di Kaichang from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and their collaborators have established an evolution model with simple craters in ...
Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2022
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While for humans the constants might be death and taxes, for planets the constants are gravity and collisions.
Astronomy
Mar 30, 2022
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New views from ESA's Mars Express reveal fascinating ice-related features in Mars' Utopia region—home to the largest known impact basin not only on the Red Planet, but in the Solar System.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 30, 2022
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Strange lumpy terrain on Pluto unlike anything previously observed in the solar system indicates that giant ice volcanoes were active relatively recently on the dwarf planet, scientists said on Tuesday.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 29, 2022
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Nothing says springtime on Mars like defrosting dunes.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 17, 2022
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Danish and Swedish researchers have dated the enormous Hiawatha impact crater, a 31 km-wide meteorite crater buried under a kilometer of Greenlandic ice. The dating ends speculation that the meteorite impacted after the appearance ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 9, 2022
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