November 2019
UAE meteor and debris monitoring network
..., thousands of meteorites have left significant impacts in different parts of the world, such as the Chelyabinsk and Tunguska craters in Russia. Consequently, a need for monitoring the sky has arisen. UAEMMN Monitoring the sky for meteors...
May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... a stable, superconducting environment that is ideal for sensitive receivers and other antenna components. Another advantage of this crater is that it is bounded by a rim that is sunlit for 92 percent of the year, which makes it convenient for the...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... The destructive ability of even a small paint flake travelling in excess of 17,500 miles per hour is significant, as shown by craters observed in Space Shuttle windows. Whilst larger assets such as the ISS have Whipple shielding to provide a measure...
12 June 2015
Why impact glass on Mars is a major discovery
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has found deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. Such deposits could provide us with more details on the possibility of past life on the Red Planet, ...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
...Terra Meridiani near Mars’ equator. Curiosity landed in Gale Crater, where a combination of photogeologic and orbital spectroscopic evidence ...these veins, both at the rim of Endeavour crater and in Gale crater, has yet to be fully explored, but ...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
... alignments more evident; and (d) the remaining rim of a buried crater in Elysium Planitia. [Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 309, ...from Tyrrhenum Mons head into the Gale crater via Herschel crater and Farah Vallis - features that do...
