Unveiling the Mysteries of Titan’s Icy Faults: A Journey Through Space Geology
Scientists have discovered strike-slip faults on the icy moons of our solar system, similar to those seen at the San Andreas fault in California. These…
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Experiments Measure Freezing Point of Extraterrestrial Oceans To Aid Search for Alien Life
University of Washington (UW) and University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) researchers conducted experiments that measured the physical limits for the existence of liquid water…
Diverse Life Forms Evolved 3.75 Billion Years Ago – Challenging the Conventional View of When Life Began
Diverse life forms may have evolved earlier than previously thought. Diverse microbial life existed on Earth at least 3.75 billion years ago, suggests a new…
Planetary Scientists Discover That Water Was Once Present in Arabia Terra on Mars
Team studied thermal inertia to understand how rock layers were formed. As part of a team of collaborators from Northern Arizona University and Johns Hopkins…
Hypatia Stone Contains Mineral Compounds Unlike Anything on Earth, Known Meteorites or Comets
In 2013, researchers announced that a pebble found in southwest Egypt was definitely not from Earth. By 2015, other research teams had announced that the…
New Map of Mars Shows Signs of Ancient Lakes and Quakes
A new geological map based on NASA images shows signs of ancient lakes and quakes on Mars. This animation simulates a flyover of a portion…
NASA Discovers Further Evidence of Dry Ice Gullies on Mars
A new study details further evidence of dry ice gullies on Mars, revealing that the gullies on Mars’ surface are primarily formed by the seasonal…
Scientists Produce Geologic Map of Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede
Using data from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and Galileo orbiter, scientists have produced the first global geologic map of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. More…