Geology
How are Mars Rocks Getting “Shocked” by Meteorite Impacts?
A new NASA study shows how samples obtained by Perseverance could have been shaped by asteroid impacts when Mars was…
There's a Giant Magma Plume on Mars, Bulging the Surface out Across a Vast Region
Scientists find more evidence that a magma plume could exist beneath Elysium Planitia, proving Mars might still be volcanically active
The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Also Flooded the World's Coastlines With a Catastrophic Tsunami
New research shows that in addition to killing the dinosaurs, the Chicxulub Impact caused a global tsunami 30,000 more powerful…
The Pacific Ocean Will be Gone in 300 Million Years as the World's Continents Drift and Combine
A new study determined that the world's next supercontinent, "Amasia," will form between two and three hundred million years.
Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Asteroid That Created the Biggest Known Crater on Earth
Ancient impacts played a powerful role in Earth's complex history. On other Solar System bodies like the Moon or Mercury,…
Mars did Have Moving Glaciers, but They Behaved Differently in the Planet's Lower Gravity
New research shows that glaciers on Mars moved very slowly, which could have allowed ancient life there to survive.
Would We Have Continents Without Asteroid Impacts?
Early Earth was a wild and wooly place. In its first billion years, during a period called the Archean, our…
Earth’s Magnetic Field Almost Completely Collapsed 550 Million Years Ago
More than half a billion years ago, Earth experienced an almost-complete collapse of its magnetic field. It began in the…
Scientists Identify the Source of a Famous Meteorite as One Crater on Mars
If we think untangling Earth's complex geological history is difficult, think of the challenge involved in doing the same for…
Mars' Carbon Dioxide Glaciers are on the Move
New research has shown that the southern polar glaciers on Mars are migrating, and have been for a very long…