Team discovers lull in Mars' giant impact history
Tuesday, April 25, 2017 - 10:32
in Astronomy & Space
From the earliest days of our solar system's history, collisions between astronomical objects have shaped the planets and changed the course of their evolution. Studying the early bombardment history of Mars, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Arizona have discovered a 400-million-year lull in large impacts early in Martian history.