The naming of Tooley crater
Like Einstein, Galileo, and Copernicus, former NASA program manager Craig Tooley now has a place on the Moon named in his honor. Tooley crater is a 7 km crater in a permanently shadowed region of Shoemaker crater near the lunar south pole. The new cr.....»»
Dwarf planet Ceres: Organic chemistry and salt deposits in Urvara impact crater
The third-largest crater on the dwarf planet Ceres was geologically active at least once many millions of years after its formation. In a recent study published today in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for.....»»
Secondary cratering on Earth: The Wyoming impact crater field
Several dozen small impact craters, 10-70-m in size, have been discovered in southeastern Wyoming. A team of U.S. and German geoscientists found these ancient craters in exposed sedimentary layers from the Permian period (280 million years ago). Afte.....»»
Image: Hooke Crater in Mars" southern highlands
Chaotic mounds, wind-sculpted ripples and dust devil tracks: this image shows a fascinating and otherworldly landscape near Hooke Crater in Mars' southern highlands......»»
Scientists determine comet delivery to Moon
Southwest Research Institute scientists joined a team that reanalyzed and modeled data from a planned lunar impact more than a decade ago. The findings suggest that volatiles present in a crater near the Moon's south pole were likely delivered by a c.....»»
Leftover SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage will impact the lunar surface in early March
The moon is set to gain one more crater. A leftover SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage will impact the lunar surface in early March, marking the first time that a human-made debris item unintentionally reaches our natural satellite......»»
Crashing rocket will create new moon crater: What we should worry about
It's not often that the sudden appearance of a new impact crater on the moon can be predicted, but it's going to happen on March 4, when a derelict SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will crash into it......»»
Image: Crater "tree rings" on Mars
This feature could easily be mistaken for a tree stump with characteristic concentric rings. It's actually an impressive birds-eye view into an ice-rich impact crater on Mars. Tree rings provide snapshots of Earth's past climate and, although formed.....»»
Extremely harsh volcanic lake shows how life might have existed on Mars
A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars' early history, reports a new publication in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science—and this may be thanks to a broad range of adaptations. The hydrothermal crater lake of th.....»»
Newly discovered carbon may yield clues to ancient Mars
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars on Aug. 6, 2012, and since then has roamed Gale Crater taking samples and sending the results back home for researchers to interpret. Analysis of carbon isotopes in sediment samples taken from half a dozen expose.....»»
How Perseverance is dealing with its pebble problem
The Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, has run into a challenge when collecting samples from the planet......»»
Game studios, please agree on a rerelease naming convention
The way game remakes, remasters, and rereleases are named has become too confusing for players......»»
Turkmenistan plans to close its "Gateway to Hell"
Turkmenistan's strongman leader has ordered experts to find a way to finally extinguish a massive five-decade old fire in a giant natural gas crater in the Central Asian country, dubbed the "Gateway to Hell"......»»
Mars looks like a delicious dessert in stunning spacecraft image
The red planet looks good enough to eat in this Trace Gas Orbiter image of a crater. ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSISThe European Space Agency (ESA) has released a breathtaking new photo of a two-and-a-half-mile-wide ice-covered crater on Mars affecti.....»»
See a gorgeous icy crater on Mars captured by the Trace Gas Orbiter
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a stunning new image of an icy crater on Mars, taken by the Trace Gas Orbiter......»»
Perseverance rover data reveals the secrets of Mars’ Jezero crater
The Perseverance rover has made exciting findings about the location it is exploring on Mars, the Jezero crater......»»
Samsung names new co-CEOs for smartphones and chips
Samsung Electronics will merge its mobile and consumer electronics divisions, the firm said on Tuesday, naming new co-chief executives in the biggest reshuffle since 2017 to simplify its structure and focus on the logic chip business......»»
In Naming Omicron Variant, Authorities Skipped "Xi" and "Nu"
WHO has been using the Greek alphabet to name coronavirus strains, but avoided two letters that presented problems. From a report: As health authorities around the world grappled with the emergence of a new strain of the coronavirus, virologists were.....»»
Iceland"s journey to the centre of the Earth
With its large crater lake of turquoise water, plumes of smoke and sulphurous bubbling of mud and gases, the Krafla volcano is one of Iceland's most awe-inspiring natural wonders......»»
Qualcomm is changing the Snapdragon branding ahead of next flagship SoC announcement
Qualcomm has been using the same naming and numbering scheme in its SoCs since 2013, but it seems it's time to change that. The chip manufacturer announced a Snapdragon rebranding is coming, and it will first appear on its new SoC, set to be unveiled.....»»
Crypto.com Naming Agreement "Paid for Itself" After Coin Surges
Crypto.com's deal last week to replace Staples as the title sponsor of an iconic downtown Los Angeles sports center appears to have already paid for itself. From a report: The CRO token has surged more than 55% in the past seven days as of Monday and.....»»