Mars is more susceptible to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new research shows

a deep, dark crater stands out on a reddish-orange planet

Mars could encounter more than twice as many encounters with potentially dangerous asteroids as Earth, according to a new study. This could jeopardize exploration missions to the Red Planet, but also provide insight into how the inner solar system formed. Asteroids pose the greatest threat to our planet from space; for example, the 2013 Chelyabinsk … Read more

Mars is more susceptible to devastating asteroid impacts than we thought, new research shows

A photo of a crater on Mars

Mars We may have more than twice as many encounters with potentially dangerous asteroids as Earth does, according to a new study. This could jeopardize exploration missions to the Red Planet, but also provide insight into how the inner solar system formed. Asteroids pose the greatest threat from space to our planet – the 2013 … Read more