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crater

[krey-ter] / ˈkreɪ tər /


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On the floors of many valleys and craters, swirling, grooved patterns reveal where icy material once moved during an earlier martian ice age.

From Science Daily

A recently uncovered and unusually intact impact crater is offering scientists new insights into how objects from space have struck Earth throughout its history.

From Science Daily

This week Elon Musk suggested on X that quantum computing would run best on the "permanently shadowed craters of the moon".

From BBC

Early results suggested the crater was formed by an asteroid several hundred meters wide about 66 million years ago, but proof remained uncertain.

From Science Daily

Perkins made a sparkling black cake and created a crater that was studded with pop rocks.

From Los Angeles Times