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

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 ...

Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have also caused the formation of an ancient lake in the Grand Canyon. This ...

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 ...

A video showcasing an incredible view of a meteorite site formed around 50,000 years ago has gone viral on TikTok. The footage was captured by a hiker on TikTok known as @blackhikingqueen and has ...

The Meteor Crater Education Alliance (MCEA) will be hosting its first fundraising event, Crater Challenge 2024, on Saturday, Nov. 2. Participants can choose one of two options for a 2 1/2-mile hike ...

July isn’t just for fireworks. It’s also when three meteor showers light up the night sky. July 2025 marks the start of three annual meteor showers: the Alpha Capricornids, Southern Delta Aquariids ...

Those who've poked along the old, cross-country Route 66 through the American Southwest in Arizona might have accidentally driven by, or perhaps spotted, what looks like a giant, bowl-shaped hole in ...

View from the Grand Canyon's South Rim onto Nankoweap Delta. Remnants of a past natural dam created by a landslide are visible on the far side of the Colorado River, just to the left of the dry bed of ...

Geologists from the University of Minnesota have found a crater 11 times larger than the iconic Meteor Crater in Arizona. The crater is hidden about 350 feet below the city of Inver Grove Heights, a ...

Researchers suggest the impact that created Arizona's Meteor Crater may have triggered a massive landslide in the Grand Canyon around 56,000 years ago. © Kring 2017 ...