craters
Were Lunar Volcanoes Active When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth?
The Moon's a very dusty museum where the exhibits haven't changed much over the last 4 billion years. Or so…
Getting to Know Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
We're finally getting to know the icy nucleus behind comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. For all the wonder that comets evoke, we on…
How Humanity’s Next Moon Explorers Could Live In Lunar ‘Pits’
Just look at that new video from NASA showing the first moon landing site in three dimensions. It's tempting to…
Like Yoda This Moon Shadow Looks. Yes, hmmm?
Scientists from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter say that Icarus Crater is one of a kind on the Moon because its…
Moon’s Blotchy Near Side Has Bigger Craters Than Expected
The familiar blotches that make up "the man in the moon", from the vantage point of Earth, happened because the…
Catastrophic Impacts Made Life on Earth Possible
How did life on Earth originally develop from random organic compounds into living, evolving cells? It may have relied on…
Curiosity’s Landing Leftovers
During its "seven minutes of terror" landing on August 6, 2012, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory dropped quite a few things…
A Color View of Darling Dione
Color-composite of Dione made from raw Cassini images acquired on Dec. 23, 2012. (NASA/JPL/SSI. Composite by J. Major.) Although made…
Mercury’s Many Colors
Although composited from expanded wavelengths of light, this wide-angle image from NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft shows the amazing variation of colors…
Loads of Ice Waiting for Explorers at the Moon’s Shackleton Crater
Shackleton crater on the Moon’s south pole has been somewhat of an enigma, as its permanently shadowed interior has made…