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Moon Crater

February 7, 2010

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter While craters on the Earth can be due to different causes, e.g. volcanic activities, underwater explosions, and asteroid or meteoroid impacts, among others, a typical Moon crater is always classified as an impact crater. That is, one caused by an impact [...]

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Craters of the Moon

February 7, 2010

Do you know that the largest verified impact craters on Earth are more than 100 km wide? And the largest of them, Vredefort Crater, being an astounding 300 km wide? Still, these giants are no match for the largest of all craters of the Moon. So what is the largest of all craters of the [...]

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Meteor Impact

January 29, 2010

A news article on the Sidney Morning Herald last December 2009 reported the discovery of a meteor impact crater by Australian astronomer Duane Hamacher through the use of Google Earth. Having heard of an ancient Aboriginal legend regarding a star that crashed from the sky inspired Hamacher to set out on his quest. His search [...]

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Meteor Crater

January 29, 2010

Meteor Crater is a colossal hole on the United States’ Northern Arizona desert stretching 1.2 km across and 170 m deep. It is now recognized as the first proven, best-preserved meteorite crater on Earth. The crater also bears the name Barringer Crater, in honor of the man who first suggested that the hole was caused [...]

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The Manicouagan Crater

July 27, 2009

The Manicouagan crater is one of the best preserved craters on Earth, considering that it is between 206 and 214 million years old. The crater is now 70 km in diameter, but the original rim was 100 km in diameter. Some erosion has taken place, but not nearly as much as has taken place on [...]

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