Dusty wind, not water, likely formed mound on Mars

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 11:25

A new analysis has suggested that a roughly 3.5-mile high Martian mound that scientists suspect preserves evidence of a massive lake might actually have formed as a result of the Red Planet`s famously dusty atmosphere.

Meteorite craters play key role in evolution

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 27, 2013, 12:33

Asteroids hitting the earth cause immense destruction, but some of them may have also played a key role in the evolution of early life, according to new research.

Curiosity rover drills into Mars for 1st time

Last Updated: Friday, February 8, 2013, 16:19

NASA`s Mars rover Curiosity has turned its drill in rock for the first time.

Strongest evidence yet of life on Mars found

Last Updated: Monday, January 21, 2013, 11:29

A NASA spacecraft is providing new evidence that a Martian crater once may have held groundwater-fed lake.

`Crater wall on lunar surface holds ice`

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 16:12

Small patches of ice make up five to 10 percent of material in walls of the permanently shadowed Shackleton crater.

Mars rover `Curiosity` faces tricky landing

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 31, 2012, 10:37

Scientists and engineers are anxiously waiting the descent of Mars rover `Curiosity` which is expected to land at 1:31 a.m. EDT (0531 GMT) on August 6.

World`s oldest meteor impact crater discovered

Last Updated: Friday, June 29, 2012, 13:01

Scientists have discovered a giant crater in Greenland, which they believe might be the result of a massive asteroid or comet impact 3 billion year ago, i.e. the oldest known impact crater on Earth.

Moon`s largest crater may be rich in ice: Study

Last Updated: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 12:25

Data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft has indicated that ice may make up as much as 22 percent of the surface material in a crater located on the Moon’s south pole.