craters

Long ago, an immense landslide occurred on the Moon’s far side in an unnamed crater inside the much larger Klute crater. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

Landslides on the Moon? Get a Klute.

By Phil Plait 6 months ago

An oblique view of the Martian north polar cap using images from Mars Express combined with laser altimeter data to artificially change the perspective. The spiral trough pattern is obvious. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, NASA MGS MOLA Science Team

What created this enormous spiral in the Martian north pole? Wind. And Time.

By Phil Plait 6 months ago

Erlanger crater, near the Moon's north pole, with just its rim lit by low sunlight. Much of the crater's floor is in permanent darkness. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University

Exploring the Moon's inky black craters… by the light of the Earth

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

Pallas asteroid

Watch out, Avengers: This asteroid has a more violent track record than Thanos

By Elizabeth Rayne 1 year ago

asteroid impact art

Did a two-billion-year-old monster impact save the Earth from being a snowball?

By Phil Plait 1 year ago

Meteor

Incoming! Scientists pinpoint impact crater of ancient Asian meteor strike

By Jeff Spry 1 year ago

A map of the region near the lunar south pole shows the crater Boguslawsky E (arrowed). Credit: NASA/ /ASU/LRO

India's Chandrayaan-2 sees boulders and craters on the Moon

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

Mars crater

This mind-blowing Martian crater almost doesn't look real

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago

South Pole-Aitken crater on the moon

What is that thing in the moon that’s 5 times the size of Hawaii?

By Elizabeth Rayne 2 years ago

asteroid impact art

A town with impact: Nördlingen, Germany sits in the floor of a huge impact crater

By Phil Plait 2 years ago