A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient magma ocean, researchers say. Crewmembers on upcoming Artemis missions could potentially ...

There are a lot of theories about how the moon formed, including one where the Earth collided with another planet and the moon was created from the debris. However, in competition is another massive ...

the final stage in the impact crater formation process that produces the strange internal structures that characterize complex craters. Complex crater collapse has long been an enigmatic issue in ...

By studying impact craters and the meteorites that cause them, we can learn about the processes and the geology ... transformed into the circular rock formation of Tnorala.” ...

Impact craters are typically erased by ... Each one provides unique insights into the processes of planetary formation, the history of life on Earth, and the potential risks posed by future ...

Locations of samples returned from the Moon. Model ages of mare deposits [1] were based on superposed crater densities and the Neukum crater chronology [23]. The Moon had a much higher impact flux ...

The impact experiment conducted on the asteroid ... structure of the asteroid," explains Jutzi. The study of the crater formation process therefore has important implications for the understanding ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known meteorite impact crater ... aren’t many craters from that long ago, because plate tectonics, erosion and other processes have wiped away ...

WASHINGTON — Earth’s oldest craters could give scientists critical information about the structure of the early Earth and the composition of bodies in the solar system as well as help to ...

By studying impact craters and the meteorites that cause them, we can learn about the processes and the geology ... transformed into the circular rock formation of Tnorala. Today Tnorala is ...