Posted on June 3, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
What ‘time of day’ did the heavy bombardment period begin?
Space & NavigationCosmic Pinball: When Did the Solar System’s Wild Ride Begin? Picture the early solar system: not the neat, orderly arrangement we see today, but a cosmic demolition derby. One of the most intense phases of this chaotic period is what scientists call the Late Heavy Bombardment (LHB). Basically, it was a time when asteroids and
Posted on June 1, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
What techniques are used to date asteroid impacts?
Space & NavigationCracking the Cosmic Clock: How We Date Asteroid Impacts Asteroid impacts – they’re not just the stuff of disaster movies. These cosmic collisions have fundamentally shaped the planets in our solar system, including our own Earth. Figuring out when these impacts happened is a huge deal. It helps us understand how planets evolved, lets us
Posted on May 30, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
The Imprint of Asteroid Strikes on Glacial Landscapes
Space & NavigationAsteroid Strikes and the Landscapes Ice Made: A Story Etched in Stone (and Ice!) Asteroids have been slamming into Earth for billions of years, a cosmic demolition derby that’s constantly reshaped our planet. Usually, wind and rain scrub away the evidence, but glaciers? They’re a different story. These icy behemoths can both bury and drastically
Posted on May 30, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
Calculating Atmospheric Survivability: Determining the Fate of Incoming Meteoroids
Space & NavigationCalculating Atmospheric Survivability: What Makes a Meteoroid Make It? Ever look up at the night sky and see a shooting star? That brief, brilliant streak is a meteor, a tiny piece of space debris burning up as it slams into our atmosphere. But have you ever wondered why some of these space rocks completely vanish
Posted on May 29, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
Sediment boundarys produced by largest meteors? Vredefort, Sudbury and Chicxulub
Space & NavigationGiant Impacts and Their Sedimentary Secrets: Vredefort, Sudbury, and Chicxulub Earth’s had its fair share of cosmic fender-benders, and I’m not talking about little meteor showers. I mean the kind of collisions that have literally reshaped the planet and, in some cases, rewritten the rules of life itself. Think Vredefort, Sudbury, and Chicxulub. These weren’t
Posted on May 29, 2024 (Updated on July 12, 2025)
Partial Lunar Visibility: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Moon’s Phases
Space & NavigationPartial Lunar Visibility: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Moon’s Phases The Moon, our constant companion in the night sky, has been a source of wonder for as long as humans have looked up. We’ve all seen it go through its phases, a beautiful reminder of the cosmic dance happening right above us. But have you