About 466 million years ago, there was an asteroid collision in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The collision…
The most comprehensive and widely-held theory of how the Moon formed is called the 'giant impact hypothesis.' That hypothesis shows…
People always want to know how old everything is. And more specifically, they want to know how we know how…
According to a new study from Johns Hopkins University, Mars' Medusa Fossae region was created by volcanic activity, a finding…
Ancient grains of the mineral zircon help researchers paint a picture of Earth in the Hadean Eon, and that picture…
Data collected over decades proves that Earth has another continent: Zealandia.
A Martian meteorite that landed in Africa in 2012 has confirmed that Martian volcanic activity lasted 3 billion years or…
The geological feature known as a "butte" (French for "small hill") is quite common to Earth, and planets like Mars…
Whether a volcano is active or dormant is complicated, as these geological features can have very long lifespans that go…
A fossilized meteorite from a quarry in Sweden is a new type of space rock that's different from other meteors.