Even with relatively limited magnification, Galileo revealed the Moon's mountainous peaks, low valleys, and craters. Additionally, Galileo observed Jupiter and noted the presence of a few ...
Well, any of us who has ever looked through a telescope could say the same, for the two principal types in use today were developed by giants: the refractor by Galileo and the reflector by Newton.
Less is known about Galileo himself, however. He had a background in art, often drawing and painting. This training helped him realize what he was observing in the heavens. Specifically, his ...
"This would directly link a specific asteroid in space to its source crater on the Moon and suggests the existence of more small asteroids composed of lunar material yet to be discovered in near ...
A second, smaller space rock smashed into the sea off the coast of West Africa creating a large crater during the same era. It would have been a “catastrophic event”, the scientists say ...
The discovery of what seems to be a second impact crater on the other side of the Atlantic, of a very similar age, is raising these questions. It's not as big as the one we know at Chicxulub in ...
A satellite image of Gosses Bluff Crater located near the centre of Australia. The 22-km wide crater ... [+] is believed to have been created by an impact around 142 million years ago. Geological ...
An unexploded American bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights but no ...