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Given that Mars lacks the geological process called plate tectonics that generates earthquakes on our planet, scientists suspected a meteorite impact had caused this marsquake. But a search for an impact crater came up empty, leading scientists to conclude that this quake was caused by tectonic act...
Where is the largest known meteorite crater on Earth? What is the name of the first asteroid belt discovered? How big was the asteroid that made the Vredefort crater? How large is the largest body in the asteroid belt? How big was the asteroid that made Meteor Crater?
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The massive find promises to help scientists better understand how all rocky bodies—including our own planet—came to be.
This cataclysmic event not only plunged the Earth into a volcanic winter but also carved out a colossal crater, 62 miles long and more than 1,600 feet deep. Nature took its course in the crater; a body of water was formed, and lava domes rose like silent giants, gradually coalescing ...
the Aitken Basin, the largest, deepest and oldest crater in the solar system. It may contain the earliest information about the moon, for example whether it once had water. Exploration in this area will provide firsthand data and clues for the evolution of the moon, earth and solar system....
How many astronomical units is the asteroid belt from Earth? Does the solar system have an unusually large asteroid belt? What does the asteroid belt separate? What are the asteroid belt's moons? How big was the asteroid that made Meteor Crater? What are significant objects in the asteroid ...
brightening and dimming of the hot spot, called Loki Patera after the Norse god. The most active volcanic site on Io, Loki Patera is about 200 kilometers, or 127 miles, across. The hot region of the patera, a bowl-shaped volcanic crater, has a surface area of 21,500 square kilometers...
The crater from the impact millions of years ago has long disappeared. But a team of geophysicists has found the twin scars of the impacts - the largest impact zone ever found on Earth - hidden deep in the earth's crust. Lead researcher Dr Andrew Glikson from The Australian National Univer...