In 1994, astronomers watched in awe as the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed into the planet Jupiter, creating massive fireballs exploding with the force of six million megatons of TNT—equivalent to 600 times the world's nuclear ...
Space Exploration
May 14, 2018
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The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has returned the first images of the Red Planet from its new orbit.
Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2018
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These images from ESA's Mars Express show a crater named Ismenia Patera on the Red Planet. Its origin remains uncertain: did a meteorite smash into the surface or could it be the remnants of a supervolcano?
Space Exploration
Apr 12, 2018
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Our planet has had a few close encounters with asteroids of late.
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2018
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Imperial experts have found a 'breadcrumb trail' of debris from an 800,000 year old meteor impact
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2018
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A new technique developed by researchers at U of T Scarborough is using the same technology behind self-driving cars to measure the size and location of crater impacts on the moon.
Space Exploration
Mar 16, 2018
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By seeing which way the wind blows, a University of Texas at Dallas fluid dynamics expert has helped propose a solution to a Martian mountain mystery.
General Physics
Jan 8, 2018
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Surface features on Ceres—the largest world between Mars and Jupiter—and its interior evolution have a closer relationship than one might think.
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2017
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Three-dimensional (3-D) subsurface radar volumes generated from thousands of 2-D radar profiles are revealing new information about the polar regions of Mars, including more accurate mapping of CO2 and water ices, the discovery ...
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2017
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An international team of researchers has found evidence of an ancient meteorite colliding with ground rock on Earth, producing the highest temperature ever recorded on the planet's surface. In their paper published in the ...
