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Tag Archives: asteroid impacts
Did the Lomonosov Crater impact create a mega-tsunami?
[Editor’s note: From a paper by François Costard and eight co-authors recently published in the Journal of Geophysical Research.] The Lomonosov Crater Impact Event: A Possible Mega‐Tsunami Source on Mars • Unusual morphometric characteristics of Lomonosov crater in comparison to … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroid impacts, impact craters, impact processes, Lomonosov Crater, northern ocean, northern plains, tsumani
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Asteroid impacts+hydrogen = recipe for Mars life
A new study reveals asteroid impacts on ancient Mars could have produced key ingredients for life if the Martian atmosphere was rich in hydrogen. An early hydrogen-rich atmosphere on Mars could also explain how the planet remained habitable after its … Continue reading
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Tagged asteroid belt, asteroid impacts, bolide impacts, giant impacts, hydrogen, impacts, life, nitrates, nitrites, nitrogen
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