Researchers have homed in on five craters on the Red Planet that are the likely sources of Martian meteorites.
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Exploring an Underwater Volcano from 16,000 Kilometers Away
Measurements of Hunga volcano’s crater continued for months after its 2022 eruption.
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Parts of Mars Might Be Younger Than We Thought
Data from InSight’s seismometer suggest more impactors strike the Red Planet than expected.
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Im Miozän gab es über dem heutigen Deutschland ein „doppeltes Meteoriten-Desaster”
Mit der Analyse der Sedimente, die durch den Einschlag durcheinandergeworfen wurden, konnten Forschende zeigen, dass zwei Einschlagkrater zwischen Schwäbischer und Fränkischer Alb nicht durch den gleichzeitigen Einschlag von zwei aneinander gekoppelten Himmelskörpern, sondern durch die Einschläge von zwei verschiedenen Meteroiten entstanden.
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Unveiling the Origins of Dome Craters on Ganymede and Callisto
Large craters with broad central domes are a unique crater morphology on Jupiter’s largest icy moons: Ganymede and Callisto. A new study examines how remnant impact heat may lead to their formation.
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The Art of Doing Fieldwork on the Moon
How early-career planetary scientists are preparing to support the astronauts who will return to the lunar surface and beyond.
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Amateur Astronomer Finds a Possible Crater on Io
The most volcanically active body in the solar system may have an impact crater, a discovery spotted by a curious nonprofessional scientist.
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Meteor Impact Site Holds 200-Million-Year-Old Atmospheric Snapshot
Minerals formed in short-lived hydrothermal systems set off by a meteor impact in France preserved information about noble gases in the ancient atmosphere.
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Decrypting Lunar Craters Quickly and Easily
Machine learning can reveal the stories written in the marks on the Moon.
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Asteroid Impacts Could Have Warmed Ancient Mars
Hydrogen released during large impacts might have boosted Mars’s surface temperature above freezing for thousands or even millions of years, enabling liquid water to flow over the Red Planet.