craters

Courses tagged with "craters"

Rocks hurtling through space shape the surface of the moons and planets as collide – and now you can use your skill and knowledge to make your own mark. Can you cover a target percentage of a planet or a moon’s surface with impact craters – by choosing meteroids based on size, make-up and speed and aiming them at your chosen target.
How one of the largest and most prominent features on the Moon got its name.
Category: Astronomy
How big a crater would be made by an impact from a body hurtling from space? It depends... but our calculator will give you an idea. You can choose either to compute crater size from the projectile size, or to compute the projectile size from the crater size.
Category: Astronomy
How to sound like an expert. When confronted with the prospect of a giant asteroid impacting the Earth, you may find that certain phrases pop into your mind involuntarily
Category: Astronomy
Professor David W Hughes explains how asteroids are registered and tracked to keep watch for any potential 'Near Earth Asteroids'
Category: Astronomy
Dave Rothery explains (almost) everything you need to know about comets in this essential guide.
Category: Astronomy
Images provided by NASA of craters on the surface of Venus
Category: Astronomy
Images provided by NASA increase our knowledge of the surface of Venus
Category: Astronomy
The what, where and why of comets is explained by Professor David W Hughes in this article
Category: Astronomy