From the Archives: Overflowing Martian Crater Seen from Orbit

From the Archives: Overflowing Martian Crater Seen from Orbit

This amazing landscape was carved by muddy fluids

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 13th, 2014
Volcanoes Move Before Erupting

Volcanoes Move Before Erupting

This phenomenon could be used as an early-warning system

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 1st, 2013
Impact Craters May Harbor the Origin of Life

Impact Craters May Harbor the Origin of Life

New study suggests life may have also developed on Mars long ago

Amazing Martian Landscape Caught on Camera

Amazing Martian Landscape Caught on Camera

ESA spacecraft sees ice covering craters on the Red Planet

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 18th, 2012
Existence of Trillions of Carats in Russian Diamonds Revealed

Existence of Trillions of Carats in Russian Diamonds Revealed

These diamonds are about twice as hard as regular diamonds

Multiple Poke Marks in Hadley Crater, Mars [Photo]

Multiple Poke Marks in Hadley Crater, Mars [Photo]

The image has recently been released by European scientists

Mars Express Sees Ladon Basin

Mars Express Sees Ladon Basin

The partially-buried Martian crater is extremely large

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 27th, 2012
Martian Pits Created by Subsurface Water

Martian Pits Created by Subsurface Water

Scientists take a closer look at these rare landscape features

Taking the Temperature of Vesta's Tarpeia Crater

Taking the Temperature of Vesta's Tarpeia Crater

NASA releases color-coded temperature map for this terrain feature

Mars Is Scarred by Hundreds of Thousands of Craters

Mars Is Scarred by Hundreds of Thousands of Craters

New atlas shows the extent of damage the Red Planet suffered

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 7th, 2012
Martian Climate Fluctuated Periodically

Martian Climate Fluctuated Periodically

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 14th, 2012
Vesta Crater Found to Be Just 1 Billion Years Old

Vesta Crater Found to Be Just 1 Billion Years Old

Latest impacts occurred more recently than first thought

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 30th, 2012
Moon's Water Reserves Critical for Space Exploration

Moon's Water Reserves Critical for Space Exploration

Experts analyze how to best exploit these natural resources

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 23rd, 2012
Evidence Suggest Water Exists on Mercury

Evidence Suggest Water Exists on Mercury

The chemical may be harbored inside deep crater at the North Pole

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 28th, 2012
Younger Lunar Craters Produced by Faster Projectiles

Younger Lunar Craters Produced by Faster Projectiles

The space rocks that created them moved faster than in the past

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 20th, 2012
Lyman Alpha Emission Analyses Reveal Water-Ice in Lunar Craters

Lyman Alpha Emission Analyses Reveal Water-Ice in Lunar Craters

This is an indirect viewing method, but the only one possible

Vesta Was Impacted by Asteroids Rather Recently

Vesta Was Impacted by Asteroids Rather Recently

New images of the poke marks were sent back to Earth by Dawn

 
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