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A massive, icy Mars crater stares up at a Red Planet orbiter (image)
A panoramic view of Mars’ Utopia Planitia region with a massive impact crater as seen by the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). (Image credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS) A massive Mars impact crater dominates a new view from the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). The result of an ancient asteroid impact, the crater is located in Mars' Utopia Planitia.
Barringer Crater may have been formed by a cosmic ‘curveball,’ asteroid simulations show
A fast-spinning asteroid may have gouged out Arizona's Barringer Crater (also called Meteor Crater). (Image credit: StephanHoerold via Getty Images) Loosely-bound clumpy asteroids with curveball-like spins may have scooped out some of Earth's most distinctly shaped craters, including Arizona's bowl-like Barringer Crater, a study published Nov. 22 in the journal Physical Review E suggests. Craters