Since the Moon's formation, asteroid impacts have been the dominant exogenous geological process, creating craters and basins ...

A research team led by Prof. TIAN Hengci from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

Evolution of endogenic processes is indicated by simulated melt production rate and mare basalt volume. Evolution of exogenic process is indicated by impactor kinetic energy. The points represent ages ...

Recent explorations have fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the geological evolution of both Ceres and Vesta. Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt, exhibits a diverse ...