Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have ...

The researchers were fascinated by a landslide that formed a paleolake and an asteroid impact that carved a massive crater, ...

A meteorite impact thousands of years ago may have triggered a landslide in the Grand Canyon and reshaped the Colorado River ...

New research links the impact at Meteor Crater to a Grand Canyon landslide that may have created an ancient lake 56,000 years ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

The asteroid known as 2024 YR4 is out of sight yet still very much on scientists' minds as its revised trajectory is now ...

Learn more about the Meteor Crater near the Grand Canyon and how it may have created a paleolake thousands of years ago.

For some people, the significance of Lake Bosumtwi goes beyond geology. Sacred to some members of the local villages, its ...

A new study suggests ancient wood floated into a cave far above the Colorado River when a meteorite-induced earthquake ...

The Meteor Crater (Barringer crater) in Arizona is o ne of the most impressive and easily accessible. The Charlevoix impact structure in Quebec. The Rochechouart impact structure in France.

A new study suggests a meteor strike that created Arizona’s Meteor Crater 56,000 years ago may have triggered a massive ...