Compared with Earth, the surfaces of most other objects in the solar system appear largely static. Planetary scientists have long believed that impacts from space debris are the principal source of change on these surfaces ...
Planetary Sciences
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A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a colleague from Peking University, has found evidence of a layered subsurface in the Utopian Basin on Mars. In their paper published in the journal Nature, ...
Since 2018, NASA's InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels of the car-sized robotic lander have become ...
Planetary Sciences
Sep 20, 2022
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The meteorite that wiped out Earth's dinosaurs instantly ignited forest wildfires up to thousands of kilometers from its impact zone, scientists have discovered.
Earth Sciences
Sep 7, 2022
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The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater.
Planetary Sciences
Aug 20, 2022
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A newly discovered impact crater below the seafloor hints at the possibility that more than one asteroid hit Earth during the time when dinosaurs went extinct.
Earth Sciences
Aug 18, 2022
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The latest image release from ESA's Mars Express takes us over two ruptures in the Martian crust that form part of the mighty Valles Marineris canyon system.
Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2022
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In 2011, a small meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert. Designated Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 or "Black Beauty," the blackened chunk of volcanic crystal turned out to be a little piece of Mars, flung into space by an ...
Planetary Sciences
Jul 13, 2022
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Chinese scientists have created the most detailed map of the moon yet. It took them 10 years and involved hundreds of researchers. The new map will be a boon to lunar exploration and for anyone who just wants to study our ...
Astronomy
Jun 15, 2022
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A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with a colleague from the University of Copenhagen, has found evidence that water was present on Mars more recently than has been thought. In their paper published ...
