Impacts

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…

4 days ago

This Early Impact Devastated Life then Gave it a Boost

Most of us know about the impact that wiped out the dinosaurs about 66 million years ago. It's a scientific…

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks ago

Could Comets have Delivered the Building Blocks of Life to “Ocean Worlds” like Europa, Enceladus, and Titan too?

Throughout Earth's history, the planet's surface has been regularly impacted by comets, meteors, and the occasional large asteroid. While these…

2 months ago

Basketball-Sized Meteorites Strike the Surface of Mars Every Day

NASA's InSight Mars Lander faced some challenges during its time on the red planet's surface. Its mole instrument struggled to…

4 months ago

Impact Craters: Why study them and can they help us find life elsewhere?

When we look at the Moon, either through a pair of binoculars, a telescope, or past footage from the Apollo…

10 months ago

DART Showed We Can Move an Asteroid. Can We Do It More Efficiently?

Like many of you, I loved Deep Impact and Armageddon. Great films, loads of action and of course, an asteroid…

11 months ago

If You’re Trying to Prevent an Asteroid Impact, the Technical and Political Challenges are Staggering

While preparing for the threat of an asteroid strike might seem like a hypothetical exercise, it's really not. The Solar…

12 months ago

Astronomers See the Afterglow Where Two Ice Giant Planets Collided

What would happen if two giant planets collided? It would be terrifying to behold if it happened in our Solar…

1 year ago

Did Powerful Asteroid Impacts Make Venus So Different From Earth?

A new study connects impacts during Venus' early history to its smooth and "youthful" appearance today.

1 year ago