Giant landslides on Saturn’s icy moon intrigues scientists
A giant landslide on Iapetus reaches halfway across a 75-mile (120 kilometer) impact crater.(c) NASA/JPL/Space Science ...
Tag: geophysics
Signs of water ice found on one of the moon’s craters
The permanently shadowed crater adjacent to the lunar south pole, called Shackleton, after the famous Antarctic ...
New Yellowstone study suggests volcanic activity is more frequent than previously thought
The Yellowstone super volcano, which basically outlines the whole Yellowstone National Park, is part of one of the most active ...
Physics explains why the “man in the moon” stares at the Earth
The human brain is wired to see all kinds of patterns in various shapes. The most common one is that ...
3D laser mapping might help predict some earthquakes in the future
Scientists from China, US and Mexico have used light detection and ranging laser altimetry (LiDAR) to study how an earthquake can change ...
[UPDATE] Europa is filled with shallow lakes under its surface. High chances of life
Jupiter's moon Europa. (c) Michael Benson / Kinetikon Pictures / Corbis Yesterday, NASA held a ...
Geophysics shows plume of Yellowstone volcano is much larger than previously believed
Yellowstone is without a doubt one of the most fascinating places on the face of the planet. But it doesn't ...
Cassini finds that Saturn Moon is a powerhouse
It's been quite a while since we published anything about the Cassini mission, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been ...
When CSI and geophysics meet
We probably all know (especially thanks to the abundancy of TV series) what Crime Scene Investigators (CSI) are. Probably not ...
GeoPicture of the week – The Wave, Arizona
The geek inside was nagging me for quite a while to make a category like this. So, starting today, every ...
Rare Earth minerals to be mined from the seafloor
The next step in prospecting and mining has always been a subject of speculation and theories, ever since the days ...
Storm elves and sprites recorded on video
Storm elves and sprites are electric luminous fleeting phenomena that sometimes naturally occur in the upper atmosphere. A team of ...
Saturn’s moon full of geysers
There are many things we have yet to find out about Saturn, but the Cassini probe has definitely shed some ...
Hell’s gate
If a gate to hell existed, I bet this is how it would look like. Locals from the town of ...
Melt rises up 25 times faster than previously believed
Scientists have for the first time determined the actual permeability of the asthenosphere in Earth's upper mantle, which is basically ...
4 hottest volcano events of 2009
Boy 2009 passed quite quickly, but it didn't go without a blast, that's for sure ! I'm gonna show you ...
Mineral Kingdom Co-evolved With Life
Evolution isn't just for living organisms, as scientists the Carnegie Institution found. They found that more than 3000 of the ...