For the new study, astronomers used simulations to narrow down which of the moon’s thousands of craters could have been the asteroid’s point of origin. Based on the modeling, the team ...
A wide view of Giordano Bruno crater on the moon and its ejecta blanket. "Those codes were later adopted for the purpose of understanding the impacts of asteroids on planets," she said.
A recent study has shed light on the origin of the near-Earth asteroid known as Kamo’oalewa, revealing that it likely originated from the Giordano Bruno crater on the moon's far side.
The idea is to store a biorepository — a biobank that stores samples of biological material cooled to temperatures low enough it is essentially suspended in time — inside permanently shadowed craters ...
The crater is on the far side of the moon, the part of the moon Earth never sees. 2016 HO3 is considered a near-Earth asteroid with an elliptical orbit around the Earth. It is estimated to be ...
In 2016, the U.S. Geological Service conducted a study showing that pikas, small herbivores that typically live in high ...
Originally published May 2 on IdahoCapitalSun.com.In 2016, the U.S. Geological Service conducted a study showing that pikas, small herbivores that typically live in high altitudes in rocky mountain ra ...