How Do You Prove There’s Ice on the Moon? With a Lunar Flashlight
“For me, this is a dream measurement,” says David Paige, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles who has been part of the mission…
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NASA Spacecrafts at Mars Record Biggest Meteor Strikes, Impact Craters Yet
Two NASA spacecraft at Mars — one on the surface and the other in orbit — have recorded the biggest meteor strikes and impact craters yet.The high-speed…
Newly formed craters located on Mars: These craters hold interesting clues about the planet’s…
An international team of researchers with NASA's InSight mission located four new craters created by impacts on the surface of Mars. Using data from a…
Using impact craters to date geological events on Mars
While rovers visiting the surface of Mars are invaluable research tools for understanding surface chemistry and other questions, observing Mars from…
Mounds of ice in craters give new insight into Mars’ past climate: Honing the ways Mars’ orbit and…
Newly discovered deposits of layered ice in craters scattered around Mars' southern hemisphere provide insights into how the planet's orientation controlled…
When worlds collide: Studying impact craters to uncover the secrets of the solar system
While for humans the constants might be death and taxes, for planets the constants are gravity and collisions.
Brandon Johnson studies the latter, using…
Mars’ surface shaped by fast and furious floods from overflowing craters
On Earth, river erosion is usually a slow-going process. But on Mars, massive floods from overflowing crater lakes had an outsized role in shaping the…