Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread. Unravelling Earth’s 4.5-billion-year history with rocks is tricky business. Case ...
Nasa's HiRISE camera captures a strikingly young 0.8-km crater in Acidalia Planitia on Mars, revealing sharp details and ...
A team of planetary scientists has developed a promising new way to peer beneath the dusty surface of Mars and other planetary bodies. A new study finds that ejecta blankets -- the layers of rock and ...
Mars has a new showpiece for planetary scientists, and it looks uncannily like a butterfly frozen mid-flight. A fresh set of images from a long-running European orbiter reveals an impact scar whose ...
The discovery suggests that parts of Mars may once have supported tropical-like climates, complete with heavy, sustained rainfall.
Astronomers have traced the origins of 200 meteorites to five impact craters in two volcanic regions on Mars, known as Tharsis and Elysium. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Mars Express orbiter captures a sweeping view of Idaeus Fossae in Mars' northern lowlands, ...
A recent impact crater on Mars captured by the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft. Credit: ESA Quakes shake Mars all the time. But many of these temblors originate in outer ...
In a remote desert, scientists have discovered one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It dates to well over a billion years ago, to a time when our planet was inhabited solely by single-celled life.
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