geology
We Finally Know What's Causing Enormous Mounds on Mars
Posted in Science on 3rd Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller
Astronomers have puzzled over the miles-high mounds rising from of the centres of Martian craters.
Moon formed by a head-on collision between Earth and young planet
Posted in Science on 31st Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
The moon was formed by a collision between the Earth and a "planetary embryo" called Theia approximately 100 million years after the Earth formed.
A giant chasm may rest underneath Antarctica's ice sheet
Posted in Science on 14th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller
Researchers have found long cracks in the surface of the ice, which they believe indicates a huge underground canyon system.
New type of moon rock discovered by Chinese lunar lander
Posted in Science on 22nd Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
The Yutu rover, part of the Change-3 unmanned lunar mission, has identified a type of basalt unlike anything collected by previous Soviet or US missions.
MIT study says that there is little risk of Earth's goemagnetic field flipping soon
Posted in Science on 1st Dec, 2015
by Alex Muller
Previous research had predicted an imminent flip that would leave life on Earth temporarily un-shielded from space radiation.