27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
... relatively rare on the side of the Moon that faces Earth. By using simulations to trace back to potential parent craters, and comparing their ages through comprehensive literature studies, Qian and colleagues show that Harpalus, a 39 kilometer...
01 October 2019
The Women of the Moon
...the stories of the 28 women who have lunar craters named after them…the ‘women of the Moon’ in the title. ...both men) point out, there are “abundant lunar craters still unnamed, and plenty of remarkable women who would deserve such an honour”.
17 February 2021
Perseverance due to land on Mars tomorrow!
... Headquarters in Washington. “To answer this question, the landing team will have its hands full getting us to Jezero Crater – the most challenging Martian terrain ever targeted for a landing.” Jezero is a basin where scientists believe an ancient...
23 February 2021
NASA releases first audio recording of Mars and stunning landing video of Perseverance
... of the rover’s intense ride to Mars’ Jezero Crater. The footage from high-definition cameras aboard the spacecraft...highly dynamic descent to the surface and obtained sounds from Jezero Crater on 20 February. About 10 seconds into the 60-second ...
07 April 2021
Ingenuity survives first cold martian night on its own
... (a Martian day is 24.6 hours), on the surface, Ingenuity will complete its testing, and Perseverance’s scientific exploration of Jezero Crater will kick into high gear. “Our 30-sol test schedule is frontloaded with exciting milestones,” said Teddy...
December 2014
Finding NEO
Looking at the surface of our Earth, we can see scars of ancient impacts from asteroids in places like Barringer crater in Arizona or Chicxulub crater in the Yucatan. Within the past 100 years, the Earth has seen a meteorite explode in the...
