5 results for “craters”
Planets & the Solar System
The Moon
Craters, seas and dust The Moon has no atmosphere and no weather, so nothing erases its scars
Article · 4 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Mercury and Venus
craters at the poles never see the Sun at all, and radar and spacecraft have found
Article · 3 min read
Planets & the Solar System
Mars
cratered; the north is low, smooth and young. One idea is that a colossal impact early
Article · 4 min read
Life & Biology
Dinosaurs and Mass Extinctions
crater 180 kilometres wide, and triggered earthquakes, tsunamis and a rain of molten rock that set forests
Article · 3 min read
Planet Earth
Volcanoes
crater called a caldera, tens of kilometres across. Yellowstone, in the United States, is a caldera
Article · 4 min read
