Lasers Used to Simulate Giant Extraterrestrial Impacts

Lasers Used to Simulate Giant Extraterrestrial Impacts

Lasers melt rocks to reveal development of super-Earths
and how giant impacts make magma, Hiroshima University
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3722097/Rock-melting-lasers-reveal-Earth-like-planets-magma-form.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160803143117.htm
http://phys.org/news/2016-08-lasers-reveal-super-earths-giant-impacts.html

The paper is:

Sekine T., Ozaki N., Miyanishi K., Asaumi Y., Kimura T.,
Albertazzi, Y. S., Sakawa, Y., Sano, T., Sugita, S., Matsui,
T., and Kodama, R., 2016, Shock compression response
of forsterite above 250 GPa Science Advances.
Vol. 2, no. 8, e1600157 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600157
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/8/e1600157

Yours,

Paul H.

More About Mysterious Giant Siberian Holes

More About Mysterious Giant Siberian Holes

Inside Siberia's mysterious sinkhole that appeared
at the 'end of the world, The Mirror, July 31, 2014
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/inside-siberias-mysterious-sinkhole-appeared-3940712

Two new mysterious craters emerge in Siberia,
deepening giant hole saga. Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/29/two-new-mysterious-craters-emerge-in-siberia-deepening-giant-hole-saga/

Mystery of giant holes in Siberia may be solved
Shelley Hazen, USA Today, August 1, 2014
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/08/01/newser-mystery-giant-holes-siberia/13455833/

Mysterious Holes In Siberia May Actually Be
Odd Type Of Sinkhole by Tanya Lewis, LiveScience
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/31/mysterious-siberian-holes-explained_n_5637303.html

Yours,

Paul H.

Many Martian Meteorites May Originate From Single Giant Crater

Many Martian Meteorites May Originate From Single Giant Crater

Study pinpoints source of Mars meteorites
by Irene Klotz, Reuters, March 6, 2014
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/06/us-space-mars-meteorites-idUSBREA252ES20140306

Mars Meteorites May Originate From Single Giant
Crater by Carl Engelking Discover Magazine,
March 7, 2014
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/03/07/mars-meteorites-originate-from-single-giant-crater/

Meteorites on Earth May Be From Ancient Crater
on Mars, Study Says, National Geographic.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/14/140306-mars-meteorite-crater-space/

Werner, S. C., A. Ody, and F. Poulet, 2014, The
Source Crater of Martian Shergottite Meteorites
Published Online March 6 2014 Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.1247282
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2014/03/05/science.1247282

Yours,

Paul H.