ASTRONOMY - Geology Science Info

Researchers prove 120-million-year-old volcanism on moon

ASTRONOMY contact.geology - 05/09/2024 0

Extensive geologic evidence of ancient volcanic activity can be found on the moon, but how long this volcanism persisted has been unclear. However, Prof....

Rocks collected on Mars hold key to water and perhaps life on the planet: Researchers urge bringing them back to Earth

ASTRONOMY contact.geology - 14/08/2024 0

Over the course of nearly five months in 2022, NASA's Perseverance rover collected rock samples from Mars that could rewrite the history of water...

Scientists pin down the origins of the moon’s tenuous atmosphere

ASTRONOMY contact.geology - 03/08/2024 0

While the moon lacks any breathable air, it does host a barely-there atmosphere. Since the 1980s, astronomers have observed a very thin layer of...