Mars Express have revealed the dramatic influence that Martian winds have on shaping the planet's surface. Near the equator, ...

Martian winds can have quite an impact. ESA's Mars Express has spotted them whipping up sand grains and acting as a cosmic ...

The discovery of a vast, fresh impact scar on Mars began with what looked like a smudge in a routine weather snapshot. A camera built to monitor daily clouds and dust storms ended up flagging the ...

Researchers from China have identified a newly discovered impact crater, named Jinlin crater, located in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, with findings published in *Matter and Radiation at Extremes*.

But if one body is much bigger than the other, the larger body will probably survive the collision. Scientists may call the larger of the two the ‘target’ and the smaller, the ‘impactor’ or ‘ ...

Volcanic craters may have a cone or flanks associated with the crater. There may also be flows present. Impact craters may have central peaks, ejecta, raised rims and floors that are lower in ...

As astronauts prepare for south-polar landings, a new look at the Moon’s biggest crater points to a pivotal moment in lunar history—and to the rocks you’ll want sampled next. A study led by Jeffrey ...

The Moon’s largest and oldest known crater, the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, is revealing secrets that could transform our understanding of how the Moon, and possibly other rocky bodies, evolved.

The Moon's largest, most ancient crater, the South Pole-Aitken (SPA) basin, could rewrite the textbooks on how our Moon was formed. New analysis of the 1,600-mile-wide scar on the lunar far side ...

When NASA’s Artemis astronauts touch down near the Moon’s south pole, they may step into a natural archive of the Moon’s deepest secrets. A new study, led by Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna at the University of ...