Roughly 50,000 years ago, a massive iron meteorite slammed into what is now northern Arizona, creating one of the most ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

While the discovery of a new tektite strewn field in northeastern Brazil points to a large meteorite impact, geologists have yet to find the crater.

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs didn’t keep life down for long. New research shows that microscopic plankton began evolving into new species within just a few thousand years—and ...

A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Geology proposes that the same asteroid strike that carved Arizona’s Meteor Crater roughly 50,000 years ago also triggered a massive landslide inside the ...

Unusual potassium isotope signatures in Chang’e-6 lunar samples point to extreme conditions created by the impact that formed ...

Arizona's Meteor Crater remains 'the perfect natural laboratory' for studying what happens when meteors strike Earth, scientists say.

The Silverpit crater mystery in the North Sea appears to have been solved. Scientists say it was formed by an asteroid 43 million years ago.

The findings end 20-year debate on whether North Sea's Silverpit crater was formed by a 43-million-year-old asteroid impact or by geological salt movement ...

New research shows structure is one of Earth’s rare impact craters after massive asteroid struck region millions of years ago ...

Discover how scientists confirmed the Silverpit Crater in the North Sea was formed by an asteroid impact millions of years ago, resolving a long-standing debate.