These five spectacular impact craters on Earth highlight our planet's wild history
I think all craters are cool, I'm just going to start with that. I am very biased.
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Curiosity rover discovers water-rich fracture halos in Gale Crater
A research team using new methods to analyze data from NASA's Curiosity rover and its neutron spectrometer Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, or DAN, on Mars was able to independently verify that fracture halos contained water-rich ...
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Jan 4, 2023
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NASA's Perseverance rover to begin building Martian sample depot
In the coming days, NASA's Perseverance rover is expected to begin building the first sample depot on another world. This will mark a crucial milestone in the NASA-ESA (European Space Agency) Mars Sample Return campaign, ...
Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2022
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New study says left-over planetesimals, not asteroids, created the moon's largest craters
The moon's pock-marked surface tells the story of its history. It's marked by over 9,000 impact craters, according to the International Astronomical Union (IAU.) The largest ones are called impact basins, not craters. Now, ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 14, 2022
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Scientists get first-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars
When the rover Perseverance landed on Mars, it was equipped with the first working microphone on the planet's surface. Scientists have used it to make the first-ever audio recording of an extraterrestrial whirlwind.
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Dec 13, 2022
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Mars megatsunami may have been caused by Chicxulub-like asteroid impact
A Martian megatsunami may have been caused by an asteroid collision similar to the Chicxulub impact—which contributed to the mass extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs on Earth 66 million years ago—in a shallow ocean ...
Planetary Sciences
Dec 1, 2022
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Simulations of impact crater show small asteroids are probably young
The impact experiment conducted on the asteroid Ryugu by the Japanese Hayabusa2 mission that took place two years ago resulted in an unexpectedly large crater. With the use of simulations, a team led by the University of ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 30, 2022
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Possible organic compounds found in Mars crater rocks
A study published in Science analyses multiple rocks found at the bottom of Jezero Crater on Mars, where the Perseverance rover landed in 2020, revealing significant interaction between the rocks and liquid water. Those rocks ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 24, 2022
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Mars: How we discovered two huge, unusual impact craters, and the secrets they unveil
Most of the worlds of our solar system are pockmarked with impact craters. These bear testament to the violence of the early days of the sun, when asteroids, comets and entire planets routinely collided with and annihilated ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 21, 2022
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NASA's Perseverance Rover investigates intriguing Martian bedrock
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring an area the science team calls "Yori Pass" near the base of Jezero Crater's ancient river delta. They've been eager to explore the region for several months after spotting ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 17, 2022
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