Search results for small rocks:
How Martian winds make rocks walk
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 08, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
8
Rocks on Mars are on the move, rolling into the wind and forming organized patterns, according to new research.
Martian rock arrangement not alien handiwork
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 07, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (8) |
2
At first, figuring out how pebble-sized rocks organize themselves in evenly-spaced patterns in sand seemed simple and even intuitive. But once Andrew Leier, an assistant geoscience professor at the U of C, started observing, ...
What makes Mars magnetic?
Aug 10, 2007 |
4.5 / 5 (24) |
0
So how have these rocks hung onto their magnetic directions and what do they tell us about Mars? Strangely, the answer to these questions might be sitting here on Earth.
Dirty stars make good solar system hosts (w/ Video)
Oct 06, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (7) |
1
Some stars are lonely behemoths, with no surrounding planets or asteroids, while others sport a skirt of attendant planetary bodies. New research published this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters explains why the co ...
Volcanic deposits may aid lunar outposts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2008 |
3.1 / 5 (9) |
1
A U.S. study of radar images of the moon suggests deposits from early lunar volcanoes might be useful to astronauts at lunar stations.
'Fossil earthquakes' abundant
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2009 |
3 / 5 (3) |
1
Rocks formed only under the extreme heat and friction during earthquakes, called pseudotachylytes, may be more abundant than previously reported, according to new research focused on eight faults found in the Sierra Nevada. ...
Diamonds show how Earth is recycled
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 30, 2008 |
4.4 / 5 (21) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny minerals found inside diamonds have provided us with a rare glimpse of the Earth’s deepest secrets. This exciting new research by a team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, ...
Apollo moon rocks lost in space? No, lost on Earth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
2
(AP) -- Attention, countries of the world: Do you know where your moon rocks are?
Researchers show small robots can prepare lunar surface for NASA outpost
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 25, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (13) |
13
(PhysOrg.com) -- Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA's Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical ...
Ancient rock's magnetic field shows that moon once had a dynamo in its core
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 15, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (11) |
9
(PhysOrg.com) -- The collection of rocks that the Apollo astronauts brought back from the moon carried with it a riddle that has puzzled scientists since the early 1970s: What produced the magnetization found ...
Half-baked asteroids have Earth-like crust
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 07, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (3) |
2
Asteroids are hunks of rock that orbit in the outer reaches of space, and scientists have generally assumed that their small size limited the types of rock that could form in their crusts. But two newly discovered ...
The adherence mechanism of red algae to the rocks is discovered
Aug 03, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Geologists of the University of Granada, Spain, have described for the first time ever the biological mechanism that explains how calcareous red algae grow on rocky substrates.
Opportunity Rover Sees Variable Environmental History at Martian Victoria Crater
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 21, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (12) |
2
(PhysOrg.com) -- One of NASA's two Mars rovers has recorded a compelling saga of environmental changes that occurred over billions of years at a Martian crater.
Researchers make rare meteorite find using new camera network in Australian desert
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (19) |
4
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the Solar System it came from, in a very rare finding published today ...
Energy From Hot Rocks
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 08, 2007 |
4.2 / 5 (16) |
0
Two UC Davis geologists are taking part in the Iceland Deep Drilling Project, an international effort to learn more about the potential of geothermal energy, or extracting heat from rocks.
