EditorialRussian shelling has gouged countless craters in the earth, destroying much of the landscape in southern Ukraine, in September 2022. (Jim Huylebroek/The New York Times)
EditorialAn image taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows fractures on the Moon, seen in the floors of ancient, flat-floored highlands craters. (NASA via The New York Times) — EDITORIAL USE ONLY —
EditorialSome of the shell craters that pit the Saltivka neighborhood, just 20 miles from the Russian border, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, July 16, 2022. (Emile Ducke/The New York Times)
EditorialA satellite image provided by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University with an arrow pointing to a double crater, roughly 28 meters wide, on the surface of the moon that is the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March of 2022. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via The New York Times)
EditorialA satellite image provided by NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University with an arrow pointing to a double crater, roughly 28 meters wide, on the surface of the moon that is the crash site of a forgotten rocket stage that struck the far side of the moon in March of 2022. (NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University via The New York Times)
EditorialOleksandr Chaplik, 55, bails feed for cattle at his farm near Sievierodonetsk, Ukraine, where Russian and Ukrainian troops have been battling for control in heavy street fighting in recent days, June 3, 2022. (Finbarr O'Reilly/The New York Times)
EditorialVase, Dedham Pottery, Hugh Cornwall Robertson, 1845 1908, stoneware, Gray-white stoneware body, thrown. Baluster body with cylindrical neck, slightly flaring; base also slightly flaring; not foot. Exterior covered with an olive green volcanic glaze pit...
EditorialThe Summit of Cader Idris Mountain, Edward Rooker, 17241774, British, Michael 'Angelo' Rooker, 17461801, British, after Richard Wilson RA, 17141782, British, active in Italy (175056), 1775, Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textu...
Editorialsnake head, The head and the front part of the body of a snake. The body is not provided with drawings or other details, the head is indicated by a line around the round headboard. The eyes are not specified. There are a number of (small) damages in th...
Editorialsnake head, inscription, unreadable, The head and the front part of the body of a snake. Weathered with a pockmarked surface. It is impossible to distinguish top and bottom. On the sides of the head two lines can be seen that give some model to the hea...
EditorialThe flat torus-foot runs wide The period LH IIIC is known for the fact that several local pottery centers were active. Our crater shows a close relationship with earlier craters from the LH IIIA2-B period, but the decoration is considerably behind this...
EditorialThe Moon with Schickhard and Gassendi craters. 23 July 1897. Atlas photographique de la lune. Paris, 1896 - 1910. Photogravure, 77 x 124 mm. Source: 14001.s.3.
EditorialPtolemy, Alphos, Arzachael, etc. , c.1874. A 19th century photograph of the surface of the Moon, showing craters. The Moon: considered as a planet, a world and a satellite. London, 1885. Woodburytype. Source: 8562.e.22 plate 13.