Geology

Evidence of Recent Geological Activity on the Moon

According to the Giant Impact Hypothesis, the Moon formed from a massive impact between a primordial Earth and a Mars-sized…

1 week ago

A Marsquake Reveals Why Mars has Two Very Different Hemispheres

Even with all we've learned about Mars in recent decades, the planet is still mysterious. Most of the mystery revolves…

2 weeks ago

This is What it Sounds Like When the Earth’s Poles Flip

Is there something strange and alien confined deep inside the Earth? Is it trying to break free and escape into…

3 months ago

Titan May Have a Methane Crust 10 Km Thick

Saturn's moon, Titan, is an anomaly among moons. No other moons have surface liquids, and aside from Earth, it's the…

3 months ago

Scientists Determine the Age of the Moon’s Oldest and Largest Impact Basin

The massive South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin is one of the Moon's dominant features, though it's not visible from Earth. It's…

4 months ago

An Ancient Martian Lake Was Larger Than Any Lake on Earth

The ESA's Mars Express orbiter captured an image of the remains of a vast ancient lake on Mars. The remnant…

6 months ago

Scientists Discover New Geological Link Between Earth and Venus

Venus is sometimes called Earth's sister planet because of their shared physical, geological, and atmospheric features. Scientists have discovered something…

6 months ago

Mercury Could be Housing a Megafortune Worth of Diamonds!

Mercury, the closest planet to our Sun, is also one of the least understood in the Solar System. On the…

6 months ago

What’s Under This Hole on the Surface of Mars?

Human visitors to Mars need somewhere to shelter from the radiation, temperature swings, and dust storms that plague the planet.…

8 months ago

Enceladus’s Fault Lines are Responsible for its Plumes

The Search for Life in our Solar System leads seekers to strange places. From our Earthbound viewpoint, an ice-covered moon…

9 months ago