planetary science

Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on EarthLife Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on Earth

Life Helps Make Almost Half of All Minerals on Earth

[ad_1] “Each one of those kinds of pyrite is telling us something different about our planet, its origin, about life,…

3 years ago
Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact AsteroidsBehold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids

Behold the Weird Physics of Double-Impact Asteroids

[ad_1] The best candidate for a binary crater on Earth today is the Lockne crater in Sweden and a smaller…

3 years ago
Astronomers Radically Reimagine the Making of the PlanetsAstronomers Radically Reimagine the Making of the Planets

Astronomers Radically Reimagine the Making of the Planets

[ad_1] Start at the center, with the sun. Our middle-aged star may be more placid than most, but it is…

3 years ago
NASA’s InSight Mars Lander’s Days Are NumberedNASA’s InSight Mars Lander’s Days Are Numbered

NASA’s InSight Mars Lander’s Days Are Numbered

[ad_1] While InSight’s pair of solar panels, each one shaped like a decagonal (10-sided) pie, efficiently provide solar power to…

3 years ago