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Mars rover shows evidence of a lake on the Red Planet, which could have held microbial life
The Curiosity Mars rover has captured photos suggesting that Aeolis Mons, unofficially known as Mount Sharp, was created by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years, NASA says.
Astrum
What did NASA's Lunar Orbiter discover over the Moon's most unusual terrain? | LRO 4K
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the Moon has some pretty unusual features!
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Climate change might be behind powerful explosions in Siberia
In Siberia’s thawing tundra, huge craters are being punched out of the Earth’s crust from below — by huge explosions. Scientists suspect that global warming is the culprit.
NASA
Sample Asteroid Bennu in 360
NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission, OSIRIS-REx, will make a daring attempt to “TAG” asteroid Bennu on Oct. 20 – touch its surface and collect a sample for return to Earth. Experience the sample collection event in 360 and watch...
Next Animation Studio
China probe touches down on far side of moon in historic landing
China's lunar probe has made history as the first spacecraft to touch down on the far side of the moon.
NASA
Gravity Assist: Persevering on Mars, with Mitch Schulte
NASA’s upcoming Mars Perseverance rover, scheduled to launch in July, is bringing a set of technologies to explore the Red Planet in new ways. Mitch Schulte of NASA Headquarters discusses this mission and the effort to explore whether...
NASA
Explore Mars' Jezero Crater with NASA’s Perseverance Rover
This guided tour of Mars' Jezero Crater from NASA’s Perseverance rover provides a glimpse of the Martian landscape from the rover's highest vantage point yet in the “Séítah” region. Perseverance Project Scientist Ken Farley points out...
NASA
NASA in Silicon Valley: The Dark Side of the Crater: Podcast
A feature from NASA's Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley originally posted on July 26, 2017.
Astrum
What Makes These Craters On The Moon So Unusual?
The NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's findings answers some questions about the Moon's unsolved mysteries.
NASA
NASA | Lynn Carter, Planetary Scientist
From a distance, the dry, ancient surfaces of the Moon, Venus, and Mars look nothing like the dynamic planet we live on. But the same forces that shape our world -- volcanoes, plate tectonics, and impact craters -- have also driven the...
Weatherthings
Kilauea 2018: Hawaii's Most Active Volcano
Kilauea is an active volcano in Hawaii that erupts every 10 to 20 years. In 2018, Kilauea eruptions on a rift zone destroyed more than 700 hundred homes, forced evacuations, and sent lava downhill to cover 14 square miles of land in...
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Japan's asteroid-smashing probe reveals a surprisingly young space rock
Launched in late 2012, Japan’s spacecraft Hayabusa2 was sent to investigate asteroid Ryugu by lobbing a copper shell into the space rock. Japan’s space agency JAXA published the probe’s findings in the journal Science on March 19.
Astrum
What has NASA’s HiRISE seen over some of Mars’ most interesting craters?
Mars has some fascinating a beautiful craters, but are all craters the same, or are there aspects that make each one unique? NASA's MRO has a closer look with its HiRISE camera...
NASA
Solar Wind at Martian Moon Could Impact Future Missions
Mars has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Both are small, airless bodies with irregular shapes. Because they lack protective atmospheres and magnetospheres, Phobos and Deimos are directly exposed to the solar wind for part of their orbits....
NASA
Moon Sheds Light on Earth’s Impact History
By analyzing data on lunar craters provided by the Diviner instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, scientists have made a fascinating discovery about the history of impacts on both the Earth and the Moon. Watch this video to...
NASA
NASA | Tour of the Moon
Although the moon has remained largely unchanged during human history, our understanding of it and how it has evolved over time has evolved dramatically. Thanks to new measurements, we have new and unprecedented views of its surface,...
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Where the giant dinosaur-killing asteroid came from
About 66 million years ago, an object estimated to be 6 miles wide (that’s almost 10 kilometers wide) slammed into the Earth. Now, scientists think they know where that object came from.
Curated Video
Gravity Assist: The Sun’s Mysteries with Thomas Zurbuchen
Thomas Zurbuchen, the Associate Administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, joins NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green to discuss the mysterious we still need to solve about the Sun, and more!
Science Buddies
Creating Craters
How did the Moon get its craters? What about the craters on Earth? Why do they look the way they do? Find out in this fun science activity, as you make your own craters by dropping balls into a tray of flour.
Mazz Media
Caldera
This live-action video program is about the word caldera. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word caldera through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...
NASA
Water Released from Moon During Meteor Showers
Scientists have discovered that water is being released from the Moon during meteor showers. When a speck of comet debris strikes the Moon it vaporizes on impact, creating a shock wave in the lunar soil. For a sufficiently large...
NASA
NASA | Planetary CSI: Crater Science Investigations
If you want to learn more about the history of Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system, craters are a great place to look. Now, thanks to LRO's LROC instrument, we can take a much closer look at Linn? Crater on the moon--a...
Poetry Foundation
Sarah Kay reads "Titanic"
Sarah Kay reads Laura Lamb Brown-Lavoie's poem, "On This the 100th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, We Reconsider the Buoyancy of the Human Heart"
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NASA | The Moon's Permanently Shadowed Regions
As you watch the Moon over the course of a month, you'll notice that different features are illuminated by the Sun at different times. However, there are some parts of the Moon that never see sunlight. These areas are called permanently...