Satellites have captured amazing views views of these craters on Earth. ESA explains. Nördlinger Ries, Ouarkziz Crater, ...

They're stronger and more impactful than we ever knew.

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico Distinguished Professors Emeritus Karl Karlstrom and Laurie Crossey, along with ...

Early in the morning of October 6, 2008, astronomers at the University of Arizona detected an asteroid on a collision course with Earth. When other sightings cropped up across the world, the ...

Mysterious driftwood high in Grand Canyon caves hints at the legacy of Arizona’s huge impact crater.

Scientists have discovered a massive asteroid impact crater in China. The bowl-shaped depression is some 900 meters wide—more than eight times the length of a football field. In a paper published last ...

I perched on the edge of disaster. Oddly enough, I wanted to laugh, perhaps in a strange effort to reduce the planet’s best ...

WINSLOW, AZ (AZFamily) — An asteroid hit the Earth in what is now known as northern Arizona about 50,000 years ago. It left a giant crater that draws people from all over the world. Nestled between ...

Pune: Formed 50,000 years ago, India's only basaltic meteor impact crater — a geological marvel that scientists study as a ...