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New view shows the largest impact crater on Mars surface
Houston Chronicle· 2 hours agoThe basin is roughly 2,050 miles wide, or twice the size of Earth's Sahara Desert. The region is known to exhibit ice-related features on and below the surface, including ...
A rare risk of asteroid fastballs turns scientists into sluggers
Salon.com· 1 day agoAs Andy Rivkin, one of the team leaders, was getting ready to appear in NASA’s live broadcast of the...
A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)
SPACE.com· 1 day agoA massive Mars impact crater dominates a new view from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The...
Asteroids Could Fuel the Clean-Energy Transition
The Atlantic· 6 days agoAlthough the mission, backed by a company called AstroForge, ran into problems, it’s part of a new wave of activity by would-be asteroid miners hoping to cash in on cosmic ...
The Bennu samples have rocks unlike any meteorite ever found
Astronomy Magazine· 2 days agoToday, planetary scientists can study not only rocks that have fallen from the sky — they have begun...
NASA's 'Meteor Guy' explains the meteor showers coming in 2024
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhat is a meteor shower? Meteors are rock and ice debris ejected from comets and asteroids in orbit...
The best CGI movies of the 90s
Creative Bloq via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDream Quest Images got an Oscar nomination for its effects, including the villain of the piece: the asteroid, which was created using a model covered in...
32 strange places scientists are looking for aliens
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 days agoFrom planets and moons in our solar system to dying stars and parallel universes, here are some of the far-out places scientists are searching for alien...
Here's a Stacked List of June 2024 Holidays and Observances
Woman's Day via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJune holidays and observances in 2024 include Father's Day, Juneteenth, Flag Day, and Eid al-Adha....
Getting to know Southwest Research Institute
Astronomy Magazine· 4 days agoWhen we think of space and Texas, our thoughts jump to Houston and the Johnson Space Center, home of NASA’s Mission Control Center, and where the amazing...
