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Who has an even bigger grin than ten years ago? This goofy-looking crater on Mars. (more…)
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NASA has repeatedly imaged the Martian surface, and sometimes a feature appears that wasn't there in prior images. That's what…
The New Horizons team just shared new findings about the lack of small craters on Pluto and Charon's surface, which…
An unusual pit on the surface of Mars is a bit of a mystery to scientists: is it the result…
According to a new study from Brown University, impacts on Mars could have triggered supersonic storms that scoured the surface