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How an Ancient Angled Impact Created Vesta’s Groovy Belt
When NASA's Dawn spacecraft arrived at Vesta in July 2011, two features immediately jumped out at planetary scientists who had been so…
Making the Moon: The Practice Crater Fields of Flagstaff, Arizona
Between the years of 1969 and 1972 the astronauts of the Apollo missions personally explored the alien landscape of the lunar…
Tonight’s Moon-Mars-Saturn Trio Recalls Time of Terror
Check it out. Look southwest at dusk tonight and you'll see three of the solar system's coolest personalities gathering for…
What Created This Huge Crater In Siberia?
What is it with Russia and explosive events of cosmic origins? The 1908 Tunguska Explosion, the Chelyabinsk bolide of February 2013, and…
German Impact Crater Could Have Hosted Early Life On Earth
Could life thrive in the devastated rock left behind after a meteorite impact? A new study hints that possibly, that…
Plastic Protection Against Cosmic Rays?
It could work, say researchers from the University of New Hampshire and the Southwest Research Institute. One of the inherent dangers…
Mercury Shows Off Its Reds, Whites, and Blues
At first glance, the planet Mercury may bear a striking resemblance to our own Moon. True, both are heavily-cratered, airless…
This is NOT the Russian Meteorite Crater
There's been a lot of really incredible videos and images of the meteor that streaked across Russian skies on Feb.…
What Craters on the Moon Teach Us About Earth
When the Moon was receiving its highest number of impacts, so was Earth. Credit: Dan Durda Some questions about our…
The South Rim of Aristarchus
LROC view looking obliquely of the south rim of Aristarchus from the west (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University) Flying over at an…