Approximately 50,000 years ago, an iron-nickel meteorite estimated to be 30-50 meters wide survived Earth's thick atmosphere ...

Illustration: Mare Imbrium taken from Apollo 17 in 1972. Left of centre is the Pytheas crater. Near the top is the Copernicus crater. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

NASA's Galileo spacecraft took this image of the Moon on December 7, 1992, showing the bright Tycho crater at the bottom. This image, captured by Lunar Orbiter 2, shows Copernicus crater on the Moon ...

Through a telescope, Copernicus offers lots of detail including terraced walls and three central mountain peaks which formed as part of the impact process that created the main crater. Without ...

We just want to give you a taste of what a shadowed crater looks like, so the going here is really pretty easy! First, locate the two craters Kepler and Copernicus which were targets pointed out ...

Copernicus Crater: This image taken by NASA's Lunar Orbiter II shows the floor of the Copernicus crater on the Moon's surface. The lunar surface is dotted with craters created by asteroid impacts ...

Scientists warn that Alaska’s Mount Spurr is showing signs of increased activity and could erupt in the coming weeks or ...

This false-color image was taken in April 2024 and Copernicus Sentinel-2's near-infrared ... The ring-shaped rim of the Messum Crater can be seen in the bottom center of the image.