Geology
This is What it Sounds Like When the Earth’s Poles Flip
Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into…
Titan May Have a Methane Crust 10 Km Thick
Saturn's moon, Titan, is an anomaly among moons. No other moons have surface liquids, and aside from Earth, it's the…
Scientists Determine the Age of the Moon’s Oldest and Largest Impact Basin
The massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin is one of the Moon's dominant features, though it's not visible from Earth. It's…
An Ancient Martian Lake Was Larger Than Any Lake on Earth
The ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured an image of the remains of a vast ancient lake on Mars. The remnant…
Scientists Discover New Geological Link Between Earth and Venus
Venus is sometimes called Earth's sister planet because of their shared physical, geological, and atmospheric features. Scientists have discovered something…
Mercury Could be Housing a Megafortune Worth of Diamonds!
Mercury, the closest planet to our Sun, is also one of the least understood in the Solar System. On the…
What’s Under This Hole on the Surface of Mars?
Human visitors to Mars need somewhere to shelter from the radiation, temperature swings, and dust storms that plague the planet.…
Enceladus’s Fault Lines are Responsible for its Plumes
The Search for Life in our Solar System leads seekers to strange places. From our Earthbound viewpoint, an ice-covered moon…
The ESA’s Mars Rover Gets a New Map
Rosalind Franklin, the ESA's Mars rover, is scheduled to launch no sooner than 2028. Its destination is Oxia Planum, a…
Mars’ Gale Crater was Filled with Water for Much Longer Than Anyone Thought
Even with all we've learned about Mars in recent years, it doesn't stack up against all we still don't know…