A new study, published in Science Advances, has refined some important details about the moon's largest and oldest impact ...

(a) Craters on Earth's moon (in the middle, with a smaller bow-shaped crater inside, is Poinsot crater). (b) Craters on Vesta, with a recent 20-km-diameter crater at the top of the image. (c) Layout ...

Asteroids with different spins and bonding strengths may be responsible for the vast variety of impact craters on Earth, including Arizona's Barringer Crater, new simulations show. When you purchase ...

Various crater shapes can be found throughout the Solar System, and these differences can form from a variety of factors that affect impact. Although velocity is one major ingredient, a new study ...

An ancient impact may have scattered material from deep inside the moon toward NASA's planned Artemis landing sites near the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The Silverpit Crater is situated in the Silverpit Basin in the ...

A team of planetary scientists has developed a promising new way to peer beneath the dusty surface of Mars and other planetary bodies. A new study finds that ejecta blankets -- the layers of rock and ...

Sometimes planetary physics is like being in a snowball fight. Most people, if handed an already-formed snowball, can use their experience and the feel of the ball to guess what kind of snow it is ...

Scientists have revealed crucial new details about the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the moon’s largest and oldest confirmed ...