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Mickey Mouse on Mercury?
This collection of craters, shaped not unlike the iconic head of a certain cartoon mouse, was imaged by NASA's MESSENGER…
Warhol Crater Gets Its 15 Minutes of Fame
[/caption] As pop art icon Andy Warhol said, "In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes," and so…
The Bright and Dark Side of Vesta’s Craters
[/caption] Bright craters, dark craters... craters shaped like butterflies... they're all represented here in a panorama made from images acquired…
By Dawn’s Early Light
[/caption] Sunrise on Vesta highlights the asteroid's varied surface textures in this image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, released on Monday,…
Researchers Discover 2nd Largest Impact Crater in Australia
[/caption] Geothermal energy researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia have identified what may be the second largest meteorite…
Weird Crater on Mars is a Mystery
[/caption] This is one of the strangest looking craters ever found on Mars, and this platypus-tail-shaped depression, called Orcus Patera,…
Radar Images Reveal Tons of Water Likely at the Lunar Poles
[/caption] Radar has been used since the 1960s to map the lunar surface, but until recently it has been difficult…
Nancy is Now on Venus
This was posted on USGS Astrogeology Science Center website yesterday: "The name Nancy has been approved for a crater on…