On Mars, Dust Avalanches Triggered by Major Earthquakes

On Mars, Dust Avalanches Triggered by Major Earthquakes

By combining data collected by the SEIS seismometer operated by the InSight mission on Mars with available orbital data, a scientific team has revealed that Martian seismic activity may be responsible for dust avalanches In certain areas, the researchers found,...
Nasa’s Lucy Mission Confirms Asteroid Formation Model

Nasa’s Lucy Mission Confirms Asteroid Formation Model

A numerical model of the formation, at low velocity, of satellites in binary asteroid systems was Published on November 17th in the journal Icarus by a research team from IPGP and Université Paris Cité. This model, suggesting the existence of “contact binary”...